Parchment Paper Salmon
Stay healthy and bake your fish in parchment paper. Dress it up with herbs and your Parchment Poached Salmon makes a great weeknight meal.
Servings 2 servings
Calories 348kcal
Ingredients
- 2 salmon fillets, 5oz each
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon lemon pepper
- 4 slices of lemon (2 per fillet)
- 6 broccoli florets
- 2 mushrooms sliced
- ¼ cup red bell pepper chopped
- 2 teaspoon white wine dry, divided
- 2 sprigs of thyme fresh, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450ºF.
- Rinse salmon filets with water and pat dry with paper towels.
- Place each salmon fillet in the center of a 16" x 12" piece of parchment paper and season with salt and lemon pepper.
- Lay 2 slices of lemon over each of the salmon filets.
Divide broccoli, mushrooms and bell pepper evenly and arrange around the salmon. - Top each salmon filet with 1 teaspoon wine and 1 sprig of thyme.
- Pull the two long ends of parchment paper straight up, fold ends together and continue to roll and crimp until tightly sealed.
Roll and crimp the smaller ends of the parchment paper until your package is wrapped up. - Place fish packets onto a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow packets to rest for 5 minutes before opening.
- Place packet on your plate and open slowly and carefully as the steam can burn your hands.
Notes
Serving Suggestions: Serve alone or with wild rice.
Cooking Tips: Also great with most fillets of fish, like halibut, catfish, snapper and tilapia.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 348kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 327mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g
