BBQ Baked Salmon

This BBQ baked salmon can be made in less than 30 minutes with only three ingredients for a perfectly tender and flavorful salmon fillet.

Oven BBQ salmon is the best way to easily cook the best salmon without ending up with dry salmon.

Why you’ll love this recipe:

With only a few minutes of prep, you can have a delicious salmon dish for a healthy and delicious dinner. 

This barbecue salmon recipe is great for those on a more medically restrictive diet, or are just looking for a simple yet great recipe for cooking salmon.

Then pair this piece of salmon with a few healthy side dishes, and you are ready to eat.

Ingredients Notes:

• Protein: For this recipe, you will want to use fresh salmon fillet
• Seasoning: All you will need is a little kosher salt and ground black pepper
• Sauce: Pick your favorite BBQ sauce (one that says smoky BBQ flavor if you enjoy a smoky taste)

How to Make Our BBQ Baked Salmon:

Prepare salmon:

1. Place the salmon skin side down in the middle of a foil or parchment paper-lined baking sheet pan.
2. Pat the salmon filet dry.

Season salmon:

1. Sprinkle your salmon with salt and pepper.
2. Pour ½ cup BBQ sauce on top of the salmon, covering the whole salmon, and spread around with a spoon.

Cook salmon:

1. Bake at 400℉ for 20-30 minutes (or until salmon is cooked through).
2. Use the remaining BBQ sauce on the side when serving.

Internal temperature for baked salmon fillets:

To get the best read on if a filet is safe to consume, you will want to use a meat thermometer at the thickest part of the whole fillet.

The thickness of the fillet will have an impact on the cooking times for the fillet. You want to make sure that the internal temperature of the fish is at least 145 degrees F.

Storage Instructions

Fridge: Store the leftover baked salmon in an airtight container in the fridge. When you’re ready to eat it, you can heat it up or eat it cold. You could even make a barbecue salmon salad!

BBQ Baked Salmon Recipe

5 from 3 votes

This BBQ baked salmon can be made in less than 30 minutes with only three ingredients for a perfectly tender and flavorful salmon fillet.

ServingServing: 6 servings

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 25 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 pounds salmon fillet
• ▢ salt and pepper, to taste
• ▢ 1 cup bbq sauce

Equipment

• Sheet Pan (Quarter)
• Sheet Pan (Half Sheet)
• Basting Brush
• Mixing Bowl (Small), (optional)
• Parchment Paper
• Thermometer, (optional)

Instructions

1. Place the salmon skin side down in the middle of a foil or parchment paper lined pan.
2. Pat salmon filets dry.
3. Sprinkle your salmon with salt and pepper.
4. Pour ½ cup bbq sauce covering the whole salmon and spread around with a spoon.
5. Bake at 400℉ for 20-30 minutes (or until salmon is cooked through).
6. Use remaining bbq sauce on the side when serving.

Notes

Salmon is one of the easiest things you can make! And the best way to make it is to just put it on the pan and bake it. If you are new to baking salmon, I have a few tips for you.

It only takes about 20 minutes to bake salmon. If it is thicker, it will need to cook it a little longer, or you can just leave it on the pan after you take it out of the oven and it will continue to cook on the pan.

If you aren’t sure if it is done, just cut the thickest part open a little bit. You want it to be a light colored pink. If it is dark pink in the middle, you will want to cook it for a few more minutes!

If the salmon has skin, you can leave the skin on! But I would HIGHLY suggest putting down some foil on your pan, then putting your salmon right on top of it! It makes clean-up so much easier!

Nutrition

Calories: 297 kcal · Carbohydrates: 19 g · Protein: 30 g · Fat: 10 g · Saturated Fat: 2 g · Cholesterol: 83 mg · Sodium: 556 mg · Potassium: 851 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 16 g · Vitamin A: 167 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 34 mg · Iron: 2 mg

Cuisine: American

Cost: $12

Author: Steph Loaiza

Course: Main Course

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Health Benefits of Salmon:

Salmon is such a great healthy meal to make, with plenty of health benefits. It has lots of omega-3 fatty acids that are great for reducing inflammation. 

The salmon itself is a great source of lean protein for those sticking to a high-protein and low calorie diet, not to mention all the added minerals, vitamin D, and B vitamins found in salmon.

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• Baked Salmon
• Blackened Salmon Tacos
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