Roasted Salmon with Butter

serves 8 • active time: 5 min • total time: 20 min

“This basic recipe is easy and reliable, and the results taste great. You can use any thick fillet or fish steak in place of salmon—swordfish and halibut are also good.”

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
coarse salt and ground pepper
1 salmon fillet (2 to 3 pounds), skin on
chopped fresh parsley leaves, for serving

1 Preheat oven to 475°. Place butter on a rimmed baking sheet and season with salt and pepper. Place sheet in oven until butter melts, about 1 minute.

2 Carefully remove sheet from oven and place salmon on top of butter, skin side down; season with salt and pepper. Return sheet to oven.

3 Roast until salmon is just cooked through, 8 to 12 minutes, checking frequently. It will flake easily when done. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

per serv (based on 3-pound fillet): 292 cal; 17 g fat (5 g sat fat); 34 g protein; 0 g carb; 0 g fiber

Recipe adapted from How to Cook Everything The Basics, by Mark Bittman (John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; 2012).


This recipe came from the Martha Stewart EVERYDAY FOOD magazine iPad app.