Baked Salmon (with lemon pepper garlic)

Abhishek had been wanting me to bake Salmon since like ages!! And every time I end with Catfish ;)

So this time he took matters to his hands, went to the shop on his own last to last weekend and got 1 big fillet of Salmon and gave me an ultimatum that I better bake it...What did I do?? I was not able to make up my mind on how to bake it so I put in the freezer for about till this Sunday. Weekend was kind of busy so Abhishek kind of forgot about the fillet of Salmon. Finally today when the guilt feeling set in, I pulled it out and decided to make something with it finally. 

Tell you what, we both enjoyed it thoroughly!!

 

All that I used :
(Serves 1- 2)

• Salmon fillet - 1 (about 8 oz / 200 gms)

• Garlic - 2 pods

• Lemon juice - 1 Tbsp

• Black pepper - 1 tsp

• Salt - about 1 tsp

• Olive oil - 2-3 Tbsp

• Baking dish / tray

• Aluminium foil

How did I make it :

• The fillet was clean so there was no time needed to get the fish ready.

• Mince the garlic very finely.

• Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.

• Preheat the oven to about 375 degrees Fahrenheit (should take about 10 minutes).

• Spread the aluminium foil on the baking dish / tray.

• Place the salmon on the foil (on the baking dish / tray). Put the mixture all over the salmon, making sure its covered on all sides properly.

• Wrap the foil and get the salmon closed nicely.

• Put it in the oven for about 15 minutes.

• Take it out carefully (remember the tray is very hot), open the foil, take a fork and make small pokes on the salmon. Turn it upside down and repeat.

• Wrap the foil again and put the salmon inside for baking for another 15 minutes.

• It should be done after about 30 minutes of baking. Just check with the fork to see if the salmon flakes easily. And also the salmon would have changed its colour.

What else...The salmon is baked to perfection, in the most simple way..Eat it hot!!!!

Note:

• You can use any cooking oil, just in case olive oil is not handy.

• Once the salmon is baked and you open the aluminium foil, there will be some juicy gravy. If you don't want the juice, you may drain it. But try it before you discard it, I surely liked it, tangy and garlicky it was..