This spicy garlic salmon bakes salmon fillets with a delicious garlic and mustard paste. You can swap fresh basil for chile or balsamic for lime juice.
Preparation Time
10 mins
Cooking Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Calories
345 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a medium baking dish with aluminum foil. Lightly grease foil.
Step 2
Grind garlic, chile pepper, and olive oil together with a mortar and pestle. Add lime juice, mustard, salt, and black pepper; mix until a thick paste forms.
Step 3
Place salmon fillets in the prepared baking dish; coat with mustard paste.
Step 4
Bake in the preheated oven until salmon easily flakes with a fork, 12 to 15 minutes.