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Typically, the summertime calls for relaxed evenings and more time on our hands. I’ve found this to be the complete opposite this year. As we finish remodeling our home and are gearing up to move, I’ve found myself with very little time to cook. This means it’s time to KEEP IT SIMPLE with this Easy Lemon Thyme Roasted Salmon. Food can always be nutritious, taste delicious…even with minimal ingredients and time in the kitchen!
This salmon dish is a super-simple one that my entire family just loved. In fact, Sutton’s response when I asked her if she enjoyed it was, “I usually am not a fan of Salmon, but this is really good.” hah! I loved her mature 7-year old response! I wasn’t sure what they’d think about the fresh thyme in there but they loved it!
I highly recommend you trying out this simple, healthy weeknight Easy Lemon Thyme Roasted Salmon dinner! For more fun salmon recipes try my Easy Creamy Spinach Stuffed Salmon, Easy Crispy Salmon Sticks, OR Spring Sheet Pan Salmon.
Easy Lemon-Thyme Roasted Salmon
Ingredients
- 4 [6-8 ounce] filets of salmon, skin removed
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1.5 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- zest of 1/2 lemon
- 1 lemon, sliced into thin rounds
- 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Place salmon filets in a baking dish and pat dry.
- Drizzle with olive oil and rub oil evenly into all of the salmon filets. Sprinkle with the salt, pepper, paprika. Top with the minced garlic, lemon zest, and scatter the lemon rounds around the salmon. Sprinkle with the fresh thyme.
- Transfer to the oven and roast until the salmon is cooked through and easily flakes with a fork, about 10-12 minutes (depending on how thick your salmon is).
- Remove from oven, serve and enjoy!!
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Tried this for the first time tonight and it was wonderful! Quick, easy, and delicious!
Is the lemon slices on the salmon or just in the pan?
on the salmon.
Easy and delicious, this has quickly become out go to meal when we don’t have anything else planned!
Is there a reason your directions say to remove the skin?
You don’t have to! i just prefer it this way
So delicious and easy. The leftover salmon tasted great cold the next day over some greens also. We made a smaller batch of salmon and the only change we made was just a sprinkle of salt instead of the full amount listed. Will definitely be adding this to my go-to list of dinner recipes!
SO yummy!!! Will make again.
This is the best salmon recipe! Rarely, do I find a recipe where the adults and kids eat the same thing, I like to use less olive oil on top and it turns out so yummy! We’d love more salmon recipes! Thank you 🙂
Easy and delicious
This has quickly became my go-to salmon recipe! Its a perfect, quick weeknight dinner and tastes insanely delicious
So simple and delightful.
No suggested oven temp
The very first line of the recipe method tells you the suggested oven temperature. Thanks for the bad rating??
This recipe is so so good! I was short on time, but it took almost no time or effort at all to make. I served it along some baby bok choy. Yummy!!
It says 400 degrees