Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. 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 am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil is something which I have loved my entire life.
The other way I want to try this next time is with asparagus in place of the green beans which I think I'll like even more, it's just that I already did a salmon and foil recipe with asparagus so I wanted to switch things up and use something different. Assemble the foil pack with a vegetable on the bottom. In this case, I used asparagus.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- Prepare 2 skinless salmon fillets
- Prepare 1/2 bunch asparagus, tough ends trimmed
- Make ready 1 tbsp olive oil
- Make ready 1 clove garlic, minced
- Take salt
- Prepare pepper
- Get 1/2 lemon thinly sliced
- Prepare 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- Get 2 tbsp pesto
Place one salmon fillet in the center of each sheet, top with a serving of the asparagus and drizzle with lemon juice. Sprinkle with fresh ground pepper Bring up the sides of foil and fold top over twice. Seal ends, leaving room for air to circulate inside the packet. Place packets on a cookie sheet and cook in.
Steps 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.
The best thing about this salmon and asparagus recipe is that you can cook just as much (or as little) as you need. This is the perfect recipe if you are making something for yourself, but this can also be a family meal. This recipe bakes salmon, asparagus and lemon together for a complete meal in a single serve packet. If you haven't tried baking salmon in a foil packet, you've been missing out on one of the easiest ways to get flavorful baked salmon that's NEVER dry! Place vegetables on top of salmon.
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