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Grilled Salmon Recipe or Oven-Roasted Salmon
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Ingredients:
- 1 two pound (approximately) wild King or Sockeye salmon fillet (skin-on or not) or 4 steaks
- Vegetable oil for brushing
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Lemon Herb Butter
- Lemon Herb Butter:
- 1 pound butter
- 1 1/2 lemons (zest and juice but no seeds)
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped herbs (your choice but I like basil, thyme and sometimes a bit of cilantro)
- 2 teaspoons fresh chopped parsley
How to make
Grilled Salmon Recipe or Oven-Roasted Salmon
Grilled Salmon Recipe or Oven-Roasted Salmon
- This easy grilled salmon recipe uses a delicious lemon herb butter to enhance the flavor of the salmon.
- You can use the same ingredients and oven roast your salmon fillet or salmon steaks if you prefer.
- I love the fish prepared either way, especially when topped with my lemon herb butter.
- Prepare a medium fire in a charcoal grill or pre-heat a gas grill to medium heat
- Place the salmon fillet, skin-side down if using skin-on, on heavy foil that is a little larger than the salmon fillet (or the 4 salmon steaks) that you have brushed with vegetable oil
- Salt and pepper, if desired
- Using the foil as a cradle, place the salmon on the foil directly over the fire (the heat)
- Cover the grill and cook on one side for 6-8 minutes
- While the salmon is cooking, prepare a second sheet of foil, cut a little larger than the fillet (or steaks), and again brush the foil with vegetable oil so the salmon will not stick to the foil
- When the fish is ready on the first side, cover it with the second sheet of foil, oiled side down, and pinch ends of foil together to seal
- Flip the fish over using the foil \"pouch\" you have created
- Remove the foil that was on the skin side of the fish (the first piece used)
- Continue grilling, covered, until the fish is opaque throughout and the salmon flakes easily when tested with a fork or sharp knife (about 4 minutes)
- Using wide spatulas, lift the salmon fillet (or steaks) from the grill and slide onto a warmed serving platter (skin-side down if using a skin-on fillet)
- Top fillet or steaks with a generous amount of lemon herb butter (butter should melt over fish)
- For Oven Roasted Salmon:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- Place foil on a sheet pan and oil slightly
- Place salmon on foil and place pan on the middle oven rack
- Salt and pepper, if desired
- Roast in oven for 10 minutes per inch thickness of salmon or until it just begins to flake when tested with a sharp knife
- Using wide spatulas, lift the salmon from the foil onto a warmed serving platter
- Top generously with lemon herb butter (butter should melt over the fish)
- Portion and plate to serve (you can add more lemon herb butter to each, if desired)
- Lemon Herb Butter:
- Combine ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth
- Shape into a long roll (a log) in plastic wrap
- Twist ends and chill
- Remaining butter will keep several weeks in the freezer!
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Grilled Salmon Recipe or Oven-Roasted Salmon
Grilled Salmon Recipe or Oven-Roasted Salmon
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