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citrus salmon

i make this citrus salmon all the time because it's so effortless, quick for weeknight dinners, and always good!
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Ingredients  

  • 1-2 lb salmon (you can do skinless, but i like the skin!)
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 blood orange (or any orange will do)
  • fresh rosemary sprigs
  • fresh thyme sprigs
  • fresh cilantro
  • salt
  • pepper
  • herbs de provence
  • olive oil

Instructions 

  1. preheat oven to 400°. in a baking pan, lay down a piece of parchment paper if you’re using salmon with the skin. this way it won’t stick!
  2. wash off your salmon and pat it dry with paper towels. i personally like to really rinse the crap out of it and find it tastes a lot less fishy that way. lay in baking dish.
  3. season liberally with salt, pepper, and herbs de provence.
  4. slice lemon and orange slices about 1/4″-1/8″ and lay on top of the salmon, spreading and alternating around so you get a little of both all over.
  5. cover with the rosemary and thyme and stick in oven. bathe in olive oil, like i pour a lot all over so that it’s swimming in the oil.
  6. cook for about 15-20 minutes depending on the thickness of your filet.
  7. i check it around the 15 minute mark, and then usually kinda push some of the lemon slices in the center off to the sides so the center (thickest part) can cook.
  8. once it all looks nicely cooked, pull out of the oven. squeeze lemon juice all over and top with roughly chopped cilantro.

Notes

if you only like crispy skin, maybe use skinless salmon. i don’t mind it not getting super crispy, but i have experimented with turning up the temperature really high at the end or pan frying at the end etc. sometimes the oil at 400 gets hot enough that the skin does get a bit crispy, but if i’m looking for a crispy skin salmon i’ll usually make a different recipe!
i typically don’t do the smaller pieces of salmon like in the picture because i always order my groceries and it’s always one big piece. once cooled after cooking, i just use a spatula to cut into individual servings. but i love to do it with individual portioned pieces because i find the skin crisps up a little more!
i almost always serve it with microwave jasmine rice and roasted asparagus. the asparagus is so easy to do with the salmon because i cook it at the same temp/time right below the salmon. i’ll finally share that easy recipe asap too!