Spicy Garlic Salmon
Description
This spicy garlic salmon recipe bakes salmon fillets with a garlic and mustard paste. You can swap fresh basil for chile or balsamic for lime juice.
Ingredients
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2 cloves garlic, crushed
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1 dried red chile pepper
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1 tablespoon olive oil
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2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
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1 teaspoon whole grain mustard
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sea salt to taste
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freshly ground black pepper
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2 (6 ounce) fillets salmon
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a medium baking dish with aluminum foil; lightly grease foil.
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.
3
Place salmon fillets in the prepared baking dish; coat with mustard paste.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until salmon easily flakes with a fork, 12 to 15 minutes.