Spicy Garlic Salmon

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

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 dried red chile pepper
• sea salt to taste
• 1 teaspoon whole grain mustard
• 2 (6 ounce) fillets salmon

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.