Salmon baked with dill, lemon juice, and butter makes for an easy, fast, and delicious dinner. Bake lemon dill salmon at 375F ~ 13-16 minutes or until salmon is moist and flaky.
Salmon baked with lemon, dill, and butter is fresh and popping for summer salmon season!
This ingredient combination of fresh lemon, fresh dill, and butter will work for all and any fish.
Pacific wild salmon season generally runs May - September. This is when you will find the freshest and most affordable wild salmon availability.
Remove Pin Bones For Lemon Dill Salmon
Pin bones are the little bones that are sometimes in a fish filet. They are annoying at the least.
Remove pin bones from salmon with tweezers and pull them away gently holding the flesh of the fish down (the flesh will be delicate if it's fresh). Pull them away in the direction that you think they got in. It's intuitive!
Baking Time For Lemon Dill Salmon
Cooking time will vary depending on thickness and kind of salmon. Play with cooking time based on thickness and wild vs. farm raised salmon
Wild salmon cooks faster than farm raised, generally due to lower fat content. Farm raised salmon has more fat and will take a couple minutes longer to cook.
Wild salmon may take 12 or 13 minutes to cook. Farm raised Salmon may take 15 - 18 minutes to cook.
Serving Suggestion
Serve this Salmon with Lemon and Dill recipe with complementary dishes like:
Things In My Kitchen:
- Tweezers - To remove fish pin bones
- Victorinox 8" Chef's Knife - one of my favorite affordable knives.
- Mac 8" Chef's Knife - one of my favorite expensive knives. I have & use both of these knives in my knife repertoire as a personal chef.
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Easy Baked Lemon Dill Salmon
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Salmon baked with dill, lemon juice, and butter makes for an easy, fast, and delicious dinner. Bake lemon dill salmon at 375F ~ 13-16 minutes or until salmon is moist and flaky.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 20
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: International
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 4 fillets (~ 2 ½ lbs) wild caught salmon, skin on
- 1 ½ tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 tabs (~ 1 ½ Tbsp) butter, each tab = 1 tsp
- 1 lemons, sliced
- 2 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Lay salmon (skin side DOWN) in a lightly oiled baking pan or sheet.
- Drizzle fish evenly with lemon juice and salt.
- Add one pat of butter per piece. Add 2 pieces of lemon per fish.
- Sprinkle on ⅔ of the chopped dill. Leave ⅓ of the chopped dill as a garnish.
- Bake salmon uncovered ~ 13-16 minutes or until fish is flaky.
- Garnish with fresh dill and add salt to taste.
Notes
- Salmon cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of the salmon and if it's farm raised or wild caught. Wild caught salmon cooks faster due to a lower fat content. Farmed salmon has more fat and will need more time in the oven.
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