Delicious Baked Salmon from Frozen!

bowl of salmon in a bowl with rice and vegetables

Servings: 4

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 25

No need to thaw frozen salmon. Use this recipe to bake it in the oven and get a delicious meal without the fuss!

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Ingredients

4 frozen salmon fillets, with or without skin
2 teaspoons oil
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
1 lemon, optional

Instructions

Prep:

Preheat the oven to 425F with the top oven rack positioned in the middle of the oven. If you're baking skinless salmon, lightly grease the bottom of a baking dish with oil or spray.
Remove the frozen salmon from the packaging and use a paper towel to pat it dry if necessary. If you left it on the counter for a bit and it's begun to thaw, you want to absorb that liquid.

Season the salmon:

Place the salmon in the baking dish, skin-side down. If you have skinless salmon, the flat side goes at the bottom. Drizzle a little olive oil over the tops of the salmon and with a brush (or your fingertips) spread it over the top of each piece. This flavors the salmon and gives it a nice crust at the end. Sprinkle the seasonings over the top of the salmon pices.
Cover the baking dish tightly with foil to trap the moisture while baking.

Bake:

Bake the salmon covered for 15 minutes. Then, remove the foil cover and cook for another 8 to 10 minutes. Wild salmon and thinner salmon pieces should be done by now. Thicker salmon or farm-raised salmon will need a few extra minutes. You know the salmon is done when at the thickest part, the internal temperature taken with a meat thermometer registers 145F.

Serve:

Remove the baking dish from the oven, squeeze the lemon over the tops of the salmon, and serve.

Notes

If you want to roast vegetables with your frozen salmon, I recommend chopping your vegetables into smaller pieces since the total baking time will be about 25 minutes. They can bake in the same dish as the salmon or in a separate sheet pan in the oven shelf below the salmon. Some that work well are cherry tomatoes, diced zucchini, cubed sweet potatoes, broccoli, and quartered Brussels sprouts.

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