This recipe is the best way to get juicy, tender, flavorful Italian Baked Salmon in under an hour! With just a handful of low-cost ingredients, you can have restaurant-quality salmon without any hassle.
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Salmon can be tricky to work with. If you cook it too long, it will be dry and tough. If you add too many spices, the natural, buttery flavor of the fish will be overpowered. With this baked salmon recipe, you don’t have to worry about those problems at all.
This recipe features a light spice blend and uses lemon juice to provide a complimentary zest to the fish. Being able to use frozen salmon filets will cut down on the cost of the recipe a little bit, but you are more than welcome to use fresh fish if you would like!
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Easy dinner: This is a quick and simple recipe you can make throughout your busy work week. You won't have to worry about any prepping with this meal.
- Cost-effective: Frozen salmon is pretty cost-effective and is the main ingredient you have to worry about. For the rest, you can just work with what you have on hand!
- Easy fish recipe: If you're new to cooking in general or just to cooking fish, this is a great recipe to introduce you to the simple process of baking fish.
Recipe Ingredients
- Salmon Filets — Frozen or Fresh
- Olive Oil
- Lemon Juice — Fresh or bottled
- Seasonings — Italian seasoning, oregano, garlic salt, & pepper
For the exact amounts needed, please see the recipe card below.
How to Make Italian Baked Salmon
Step 1: Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, black pepper, Italian seasoning, garlic salt, and oregano in a small bowl.
Step 2: Pour the mixture over the salmon filets and then transfer the filets to a baking sheet.
Step 3: Cook your salmon for 20 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Recipe FAQs
If you are cooking salmon that still has the skin attached, then you will want to cook it with the skin facing down so that the meat of the salmon does most of the cooking. However, since we suggest using skinless salmon in this recipe, you can cook it either way. Since there won’t be any skin obstructing the cooking, you can place it on your baking sheet face up or face down.
While you can technically reheat your salmon in both the microwave and the oven, we recommend using the oven. Heating your leftovers in the oven allows you to cover the salmon in tin foil, which will prevent the fish from drying out. This method takes longer than zapping your fish in the microwave, but it is worth it if you have time to spare.
It is really up to you! We have used both fresh and frozen salmon without noticing a major difference in flavor. That said, it is important to note that fresh salmon will come with a shorter cooking time than frozen salmon. We like to lower the cooking time by about 5 minutes when using fresh salmon to make sure it does not overcook and dry out.
Expert Tips
- Fulled cooked: If you aren’t sure your salmon is finished cooking, you can use a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature. Ideally, you want your salmon to reach 145°F.
- Lemon juice: You can use bottled lemon juice if you don’t have any lemons available. Make sure you use about ½ cup of lemon juice either way.
- Flavor Changes: To switch up the flavor of your salmon, try replacing the spice mix with lemon pepper seasoning.
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Italian Baked Salmon
Ingredients
- 4 frozen salmon filets (about 1 pound)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ large lemon (freshly squeezed)
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400.
- Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, black pepper, Italian seasoning, garlic salt, and oregano in a small bowl.
- Pour the mixture over the salmon filets and then transfer the filets to a baking sheet.
- Cook your salmon for 20 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- If you aren’t sure your salmon is done then you can use a meat thermometer to take the internal temp.
- You can use bottled lemon juice if you don’t have any lemons. You want about ½ cup of lemon juice.
- Store your salmon in the fridge for up to 3 days wrapped in tin foil and stored in an airtight container.
- Reheat your salmon in the oven for about 20 minutes at 300.
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