Lemon and Mint Crusted Salmon

This is one of my standard salmon dishes that I regularly cook for my family. While the fish finishes in the oven I can prepare the sides, usually rice and salad.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 18 mins
• Total Time: 28 mins
• Calories: 267 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 lemon, finely zested and juiced
• 1 ¾ pounds salmon fillets
• 1 slice multigrain bread
• 6 cloves cloves garlic, peeled
• ¼ cup fresh mint

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Drizzle lemon juice over salmon fillets.

Step 3

Combine bread, garlic, mint, lemon zest, salt, pepper, and cayenne in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until finely chopped.

Step 4

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Place salmon fillets, skin-side up, in the hot skillet and cook until edges are opaque, 3 to 5 minutes. Flip fillets and transfer to a baking dish, skin-side down. Press bread mixture over fillets.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until salmon can be easily flaked with a fork and the crust is browned, 15 to 20 minutes more.