If you haven’t tried making dinner on a sheet pan, I’m not sure what you’re waiting for. There’s something very pleasing to me about a whole dinner that includes potatoes and veggies that only requires me to wash one pan. It’s like a vacation from dishes! This really is the best recipe for salmon that you can make on a busy weeknight. It’s flavorful, perfectly cooked, and simple to put together. Add a simple salad or some dinner rolls, but only if you want to – this baked salmon recipe is a meal all on its own.
Why You’ll Love This Salmon Recipe
Ingredients
A savory butter, garlic, and herb sauce is so simple to make! Complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Salmon: I use a 1 – 1 ½ pound (500-600g) salmon filet with the skin on and bones removed. I find that a full piece of salmon rather than cut portions cooks better with this method.
Baby Potatoes: You can use white, yellow, or red baby potatoes. Cut them in half or in quarters if they are large. The smaller you cut them, the faster they will cook. Green Beans: Fresh green beans, trimmed and washed are so delicious when roasted with salmon. Butter: This is where the magic comes from! Melted butter adds flavor and brings in all of the other delicious flavors with it. Garlic: I used two cloves. Add more if you want to. To make mincing garlic super easy, use a garlic press. Dried Herbs: Use any combination you like, up to 1 teaspoon total. Here I used oregano, basil, dill and parsley in equal amounts. Lemon: All fish recipes need lemon in them. It’s just a requirement in my book! Salt and Pepper: Seasoning the fish well while it cooks is important. Or try my favorite salmon seasoning, it’s delicious!
How to Make This Easy Salmon Recipe
Baked salmon with garlic butter is cooked all on one sheet pan for easy cleanup.
Baked Salmon Cooking Tips
I don’t have too much more to say about this easy salmon recipe – it’s so simple, it’s hard to mess up!
Preheat. When roasting it’s important to let the oven pre-heat fully. If you will be boiling the potatoes instead of roasting them in the beginning, you can preheat the sheet pan as well, so that it’s nice and hot when you add the ingredients. This will help everything to brown up perfectly. Use Foil. To really minimize clean up you can line your sheet pan with aluminum foil before adding the ingredients. I prefer not to do, as I find that things brown up better when they have direct contact to the pan. I use this same method to make my delicious Honey Mustard Salmon recipe. Cook the Potatoes Just Right. The trick to a perfect sheet pan meal is making it so the potatoes are done at the same time as the other items. Here we cook the potatoes alone until they are done, and then add the fish and veggies. Using par-boiled potatoes or potatoes that were cooked previously will help this process along. Saute it Instead. Use this recipe for Honey Garlic Salmon or Tuscan Salmon to see how I make a similar dish on the stovetop. Try it with Chicken. The flavors of butter, garlic and herbs are also delicious with chicken. Similarly to my Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs and Greek Sheet Pan Chicken recipe, you can use chicken thighs here as well. If using chicken, cook the meat with the potatoes since it will need more time.
Baked Salmon Variations
This is, in my opinion, the best baked salmon recipe ever, but there is room to play around with things and make it more interesting. Swap out Veggies: Green beans are great, but other sturdy vegetables, such as bell peppers, cauliflower, carrots, or sugar snap peas can be used too. Make it Sweet: Skip the herbs and add a tablespoon or more of honey to the sauce instead to get a sweet and salty honey garlic salmon sauce that is just amazing. Use another fish: Any type of firm, meaty fish can be used in this recipe. Try sea trout, mahi mahi, or tuna.
What to Serve with Garlic Butter Salmon
With a Delicious Sauce. This Cream Sauce for Salmon is my go-to whenever I make any type of Salmon, and I LOVE it with this recipe so you have to try it! Homemade Tartar Sauce will be delicious as well. Extra Veggies. Sheet pan Salmon is a whole meal on one pan, but some extra veggies never hurt. Try making Air Fryer Cauliflower or Broccoli in the Instant Pot for a simple side dish. With Soup. Enjoy soup as a first course while your baked salmon is cooking. Roasted Carrot Soup or Creamy Clam Chowder would both be delicious. Make Dessert. Since dinner was so easy, you can put your energy into a delicious dessert for your family to enjoy. Oreo Tiramisu or Cherry Pie are both amazing. Enjoy your newfound freedom from scrubbing pots and pans! Sheet pan dinners are amazing, and I know you’re going to love this one. © Little Sunny Kitchen
