Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pesto salmon and asparagus in foil. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
I was intent on making pesto salmon with asparagus in foil pack. Still having some store bought basil pesto, I had to try it. Add salmon over green beans, top with pesto: Season both sides of salmon with salt and pepper.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook pesto salmon and asparagus in foil using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil:
- Make ready 2 skinless salmon fillets
- Prepare 1/2 bunch asparagus, tough ends trimmed
- Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 clove garlic, minced
- Get salt
- Prepare pepper
- Get 1/2 lemon thinly sliced
- Get 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- Make ready 2 tbsp pesto
Cut your veggies, add a little olive oil, salt and pepper and lemon juice. Mix together minced garlic and oil and drizzle over the asparagus. Season each salmon fillet and lay over the asparagus. Salmon Foil Packets: Salmon has never been easier to cook, nor has it ever tasted better, lightly seasoned, doused in herb butter, and wrapped up in a packet to bake in the oven.
Instructions to make Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil:
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Cut two sheets of aluminum foil about 14-inch long. Divide asparagus into 2 equal portions (about 8 spears per foil packet) and layer in centre of each length of foil.
- In a small bowl stir together oil with garlic. Cover the asparagus with half of the oil mixture, then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Season each salmon fillet with salt and pepper. Layer fillets over asparagus
- Drizzle top of each salmon fillet with the remaining olive oil mixture. The cover with pesto.
- Top each with about 2 sprigs dill and 2 lemon slices.
- Wrap sides of foil inward over salmon then fold in top and bottom of foil to enclose.
- Place foil pouches in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until salmon is cooked through, about 25 minutes.
- Unwrap and serve warm with boiled potatoes if you like potatoes.
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