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Healthy, hearty, and loaded with flavor, this simple Lemon, Garlic, and Thyme Baked Salmon is lip smackin’ good. An easy seafood recipe the whole family will love!
Lemon Garlic Baked Salmon
Happy Friday! Tell me – what are your weekend plans? Are you going anywhere fun? Staying home and nesting? Baking any of my recipes? The weather is going to be cold, miserable, and rainy here, so I’m wicked excited to cozy up with a good book, enjoy a few glasses of French wine, and just relax. What are weekends for… am I right?!
In other news, I made you dinner! A healthy and NOT boring dinner. I know this because last weekend we ate this flavorful lemon thyme baked salmon with rice, salad, and fresh peach margaritas and after one taste I blurted out mid-bite “I HAVE to make this for my blog”. All of my friends agreed and a few of my guests even snagged the recipe that night. Always a good sign 😉
I ♥♥♥ this salmon recipe because it’s:
- Ready in just 20 minutes
- Pairs perfectly with rice, salad, potatoes… or pretty much anything you can dream up
- Full of flavor thanks to honey, garlic, lemon, and fresh thyme
- Healthy and hearty
- Super freakin’ delicious
Can you believe in less than a half hour you can go from this ↓
To THIS ↓
Fresh, fast, and absolutely fabulous, I really hope you make this!!!
More Salmon Recipes:
- Sweet and Spicy Sriracha Baked Salmon
- Baked Lemon and Herb Salmon with Greek Salad Salsa
- 20 Minute Tabasco and Honey Roasted Salmon
If you try this lemon and garlic baked salmon recipe, let me know! Leave a comment below and don’t forget to snap a pic and tag it #bakerbynature on instagram! Seeing your kitchen creations makes my day. ♥
Lemon, Garlic, and Thyme Baked Salmon
Ingredients
- 2 pounds salmon, cut into 4 fillets
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest (more to taste, if desired)
- 3 cloves garlic, grated or very finely minced
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- Lemon wedges, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees (F). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
- Place the salmon fillets in a large bowl, set aside. In a separate bowl whisk together the honey, lemon zest, garlic, thyme, black pepper, and salt, mixing well to combine. Stir in the lemon juice.
- Pour this sauce over the salmon fillets, using your hands (or a spoon) to evenly and generously coat them. Remove fillets from marinade and place on prepared baking sheet. Use a small spoon to top each fillet with one teaspoon of remaining marinade. Bake for 13-15 minutes, or until salmon is cooked to your liking. Remove salmon from the oven and serve at once, with extra lemon wedges.
Very good, thanks!
Did you try skin on otr skinless? I have with skin and I was just going to make that way.
How would you recommend decreasing the servings for this? I really want to try it but I’m the only one in my house who likes salmon so making 4 seems like a bit of a waste!
Was wondering if this is skinless.?
Delicious recipe! I used agave instead of honey and it still tasted great!
This recipe tasted fabulous! I wish my photos turned out half as appetizing as yours look.
So happy you enjoyed it 🙂
Nutrition please!
Hi Diane. I do not provide nutrition information at this time, but there are many apps out there that can do this for you.
I realize that this post is a couple of years old, but I found it on Pinterest recently. This is very yummy. I didn’t have fresh thyme, but I did have dried from my garden (it’s winter here) so I used about a teaspoon. Otherwise I followed the recipe. I used a 1 pound piece of sockeye salmon because I’m the only person in a 2 person family that likes it, but there was plenty enough sauce for a 2 pound piece.. Myfitnesspal says it’s about 300 calories per serving (4 ounce piece of salmon), 21 g protein, 14 g fat – sounds about right to me. I served it with steamed broccoli and white rice with green onions. I’m a happy camper 😀