The combined simplicity and flavor are what make this dish terrific. I think that we all need some easy, but delicious recipes that we can prepare in a short time and with little planning, for a weeknight dinner party, without sacrificing taste.
I love to cook salmon because just by adding olive oil, salt and pepper, it tastes great and adding just a couple of more ingredients makes for a great tasting, fancier dish. Of course this recipe would work beautifully with parsley instead of cilantro, in case you are one of those people who hate cilantro and think it tastes like soap 
I happen to love the taste of cilantro and I don’t think that you will find many Colombians that don’t like it as we use cilantro in almost all of our traditional dishes. My mom is a huge fan of cilantro and uses it as a garnish in every soup she makes. Enjoy!
Ingredients
(4 servings)
4 (6 oz) salmon fillets
2 cups fresh cilantro stems removed
1/2 cup olive oil
Salt and pepper
2 garlic cloves
Juice of ½ lime
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 400° F.
2. In a large baking dish place the salmon fillets. Season each fillet with salt and pepper.
3. In a food processor mix the cilantro, oil, garlic, lime, salt and pepper. Pour half of the mixture on top of the salmon fillets.
4. Place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the salmon is cooked through.
5. Place the rest of the oil in a serving bowl and leave on the table with the salmon to be used as a topping, if desired.
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this is fab will make it today lol Rebecca
Delicious and healthy ! Cilantro gives a special taste to this recipe
And a good white wine goes so well …
Fabulous salmon, the flavors of cilantro and garlic are excellent!
I love everything with cilantro… This salmon sounds delicious! I’ve been meaning to make salmon sometime soon (I’m a bit frightened by seafood), and I think this may be the perfect recipe. Thanks!
An easy and delicious recipe! I love dishes like this!
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Salmon looks terrific!!!
I love salmon cause you can make a lot of fresh and delicious dishes with it. I like the flavors you used here
It’s look delicious! Wonderful fish
Thank you everyone!!!!
Wow, my mouth is watering just looking at this picture!
This my fave dish…I make it often…and till now I had this thought in my mind that its my own fantasy…well glad to know that the fantasy land is nowhere but Columbia
I made this dish for dinner last night and it was really delicious! It was very easy to make and fast! We had it with rice and green salad. I used the remaining cilantro-garlic oil as salad dressing and it was really good. Thank you! I’ll definitely try more of your recipes.