Oven-baked salmon is a dish that can decorate any table. It has an unusually delicate taste. In addition, it is sure to please even supporters of a healthy diet.
Salmon is an unusually tasty and healthy fish. It is high in essential fatty acids. These substances are not synthesized in the human body, but must enter it with the food consumed.
Salmon can be cooked in many different ways, but one of the most popular ways is to cook it in the oven. Baked fish dishes have a rich and delicate taste. In addition, they are even suitable for dietetic food, since vegetable and animal fats are not used in the process of their preparation.
In order to bake salmon in the oven, it must first be cut up. It is most convenient to cut it into steaks. This makes the dish much more juicy. You can also cut the fish into fillets and then cut into portions.
There is no need to remove the skin from the fillets, as it prevents the meat from decaying during the cooking process.
Cut salmon should be marinated for 15-20 minutes in a mixture of salt, pepper and lemon juice. Lemon goes very well with fish, eliminating off-odor and aftertaste.
After the end of marinating, the steaks or salmon fillets must be laid out on pieces of foil. On top of each piece of fish, you can put a thin circle of lemon, tomato, onion. You can sprinkle everything with grated cheese on top.
When baking salmon "Sicilian style" on top of each piece of fish, put a small mug of tomato and zucchini.
After that, close the foil and put all the pieces of salmon on a baking sheet. The fish should be baked at 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes. 5 minutes before cooking, you must carefully open the foil, and then continue baking. This is necessary so that a ruddy crust appears on the surface of the fish.
For fans of diet food, you can cook baked salmon without prior marinating. To do this, cut the fish, rinse the pieces under running water, dry their surface with a paper towel. Next, you need to sprinkle the fish with salt and keep it at room temperature for 10-15 minutes.
Place the portions on a baking sheet lined with foil and cover. It is recommended to bake the salmon for 15-20 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
The thicker the pieces of fish, the longer it will take to bake them. It may take 25-35 minutes to cook a whole fillet of this fish.
In order to make the fish as juicy as possible, you can cook it in sour cream sauce. To do this, put the pieces of salmon on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil and bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes. At this time, you can make sour cream sauce by mixing sour cream with salt, pepper, water and lemon juice. Next, you need to remove the baking sheet from the oven and pour the fish mixture with the resulting mixture, then continue cooking for 10-15 minutes.
Serving baked salmon is best served on portioned plates. It can be garnished with fresh lemon wedges, olives, chopped herbs. If no sauce was used in the preparation of the fish, it must be served separately.
