Description
This Asian Salmon in Foil recipe offers a delicious and healthy dinner option, featuring tender salmon fillets baked with fresh vegetables and a flavorful sauce made from soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, garlic, and ginger. Cooked in individual foil packets, this dish locks in moisture and taste, resulting in perfectly cooked fish and vibrant veggies with minimal cleanup. It’s quick to prepare and can be easily customized with additional vegetables or spice to suit your palate.
Ingredients
Scale
Salmon and Vegetables
- 4 salmon fillets (6 ounces each)
- 1 small zucchini, sliced
- 1 small red bell pepper, sliced
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- Optional: lime wedges for serving
Sauce
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C) to ensure it’s hot enough to cook the salmon perfectly.
- Prepare Sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, honey, rice vinegar, sesame oil, minced garlic, grated ginger, and black pepper until well combined, forming a flavorful marinade.
- Prepare Foil Packets: Tear four large sheets of aluminum foil, each big enough to completely wrap a salmon fillet. Place one salmon fillet in the center of each sheet.
- Add Vegetables: Arrange the sliced zucchini and red bell pepper evenly around each salmon fillet on the foil sheets.
- Add Sauce and Seal: Pour the prepared sauce evenly over the salmon and vegetables. Fold the foil over the salmon to create sealed packets, making sure they are tightly closed to trap steam.
- Bake: Place the foil packets on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 18 minutes, until the salmon is cooked through and flakes easily with a fork.
- Finish and Serve: Carefully open the foil packets to avoid steam burns. Sprinkle the cooked salmon with sliced green onions and sesame seeds. Serve immediately with optional lime wedges for a fresh citrus touch.
Notes
- Feel free to add other vegetables like snap peas or carrots to the foil packets for more variety and nutrition.
- For a spicy kick, add a pinch of red pepper flakes to the sauce before baking.
- This recipe is also great for grilling; cook foil packets on a preheated grill for about 15 minutes.
- Using gluten-free soy sauce makes this recipe suitable for gluten-free diets.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 salmon fillet with vegetables
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 650 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 10 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 32 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg
