Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, pesto salmon and asparagus in foil. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The other way I want to try this next time is with asparagus in place of the green beans which I think I'll like even more, it's just that I already did a salmon and foil recipe with asparagus so I wanted to switch things up and use something different. Place half the asparagus in the center of each piece of foil. Season salmon on both sides with sea salt and freshly ground pepper and place on top of asparagus (if using salmon with skin, place skin side down).
Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pesto salmon and asparagus in foil using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil:
- Get 2 skinless salmon fillets
- Take 1/2 bunch asparagus, tough ends trimmed
- Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 clove garlic, minced
- Get salt
- Prepare pepper
- Make ready 1/2 lemon thinly sliced
- Make ready 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- Make ready 2 tbsp pesto
Seal ends, leaving room for air to circulate inside the packet. Place packets on a cookie sheet and cook in. This recipe bakes salmon, asparagus and lemon together for a complete meal in a single serve packet. If you haven't tried baking salmon in a foil packet, you've been missing out on one of the easiest ways to get flavorful baked salmon that's NEVER dry!
Steps to make Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil:
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Cut two sheets of aluminum foil about 14-inch long. Divide asparagus into 2 equal portions (about 8 spears per foil packet) and layer in centre of each length of foil.
- In a small bowl stir together oil with garlic. Cover the asparagus with half of the oil mixture, then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Season each salmon fillet with salt and pepper. Layer fillets over asparagus
- Drizzle top of each salmon fillet with the remaining olive oil mixture. The cover with pesto.
- Top each with about 2 sprigs dill and 2 lemon slices.
- Wrap sides of foil inward over salmon then fold in top and bottom of foil to enclose.
- Place foil pouches in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until salmon is cooked through, about 25 minutes.
- Unwrap and serve warm with boiled potatoes if you like potatoes.
Filled with salmon, asparagus, and fresh lemony flavor our spring pasta dish is a sure to be a hit around your dinner table. Pat salmon dry; season with salt and pepper. Line a shallow baking pan with foil; add salmon, tucking under any thin edges. Place vegetables on top of salmon. Guess what we are putting in our foils?
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