Baked Salmon with Cilantro-Garlic Oil
Ingredients
- 4 6 oz salmon fillets
- 2 cups fresh cilantro stems removed
- ½ cup olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 2 garlic cloves
- Juice of ½ lime
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400° F.
- In a large baking dish place the salmon fillets. Season each fillet with salt and pepper.
- In a food processor mix the cilantro, oil, garlic, lime, salt and pepper. Pour half of the mixture on top of the salmon fillets.
- Place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the salmon is cooked through. Drizzle the fish with the rest of the sauce and serve.
Nutrition
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!
rebecca subbiah
this is fab will make it today lol Rebecca
Claudia Medeiros
Delicious and healthy ! Cilantro gives a special taste to this recipe 🙂
And a good white wine goes so well ...
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie
Fabulous salmon, the flavors of cilantro and garlic are excellent!
Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction
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!
Lynda
An easy and delicious recipe! I love dishes like this!
Nagma
It's look delicious! Wonderful fish
Sarah Naveen
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Salmon looks terrific!!!
Ben
I love salmon cause you can make a lot of fresh and delicious dishes with it. I like the flavors you used here 😀
Erica
Thank you everyone!!!!
Gina
Wow, my mouth is watering just looking at this picture!
Atreyee
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 🙂
Andini
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.
Michelle
Loved this recipe! Tried it last night and added chili flakes and used lemon juice instead. It's a keeper - so flavourful 🙂
Terri
My new favorite way to cook salmon. Delicious!
Laura B
This looks amazing. What is the patty-shaped side dish?
Erica Dinho
Patacones (green plantains): https://www.mycolombianrecipes.com/fried-green-plantains-patacones/
Santiago
Just had this delicious recipe for dinner! a delicious taste of cilantro and garlic complement a fresh fillet of salmon perfectly! 15 min prep time and 20 min baking.
Tena
I admit I am not fond of cilantro. I have some dill growing in the backyard, though. I think that will work well.
Harold Burton
Second time I have tried this dish – absolutely delicious! Thanks ever so much for this!
Óscar
Espectacular receta. Salmón es mi pescado favorito. Ahh y cilantro y tostones complementan un receta súper deliciosa. Gracias.
David Brenner
Hi,
This recipe looks great, but it seems as though the instructions are incomplete. It says to put half of the sauce mixture on the fish, but then it never explains what to do with the other half.
Thanks,
David
Erica Dinho
Updated it.
Amparo Lopez
Por qué si es una página colombiana tiene que estar en inglés no veo la razón no sale en español ni tampoco hay opciones para colocarla en español no somos gringos somos colombianos
Erica Dinho
Hola Amparo, el blog fué creado para mostrar nuestra comida al mundo. Yo vivo en USA y quiero compartir con personas de otros paises mis recetas. Pero el blog está en español aquí: https://www.mycolombianrecipes.com/es/
DIMAHA
The Baked Salmon With Cilantro-garlic was a success! My family absolutely loved the flavor! It was also very easy to make. Thank you, Erica! I cannot be more grateful for your website.