Baked Salmon with Dill Sauce

A piece of baked salmon, topped with lemon slices and creamy dill sauce, with asparagus and tomatoes on the side.

Try this quick and easy recipe for Oven Baked Salmon with homemade Dill Sauce! You can make the whole meal in just 30 minutes. While the salmon is baking with vegetables, you can prep creamy and refreshing sauce to serve together for a busy weeknight dinner.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: people

Calories: 211kcal

Author: Veronika's Kitchen

Ingredients

Ingredients for Baked Salmon with Vegetables:

4 salmon fillets
3 cups cherry tomatoes
1 bunch asparagus
1 lemon sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt pepper to taste

Ingredients for Dill Sauce:

½ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ cup fresh dill chopped
lemon zest from 1 lemon
1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon granulated sugar skip for Keto, Low-Carb Diets
½ tablespoons milk

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and set aside.
Rinse and pat dry the salmon and place on a baking pan. Season with salt and pepper and top with sliced lemon.
Rinse and pat dry vegetables of your choice and also place them on a baking pan, next to the salmon. I like to use cherry tomatoes and asparagus. Drizzle over olive oil.
Bake at 350°F for about 20-22 minutes. The internal temperature of cooked salmon should be at least 145°F.
While the salmon is baking with vegetables, we can start to work on the sauce.
In a mixing bowl, mix all the sauce ingredients together, except the milk (½ cup sour cream, 1 tsp Dijon mustard, ½ tsp garlic powder, ¼ cup fresh dill, lemon zest and juice, ¼ tsp salt and ½ tsp sugar).
Gradually add milk to get the desired consistency.
When the salmon and the vegetables are cooked, take them out of the oven and let sit for 5 minutes. Then serve with the dill sauce and enjoy!

Notes

To make sure that the fish is cooked and safe to eat, you can use a food thermometer. The internal temperature of cooked salmon should be at least 145°F.
To make sure that everything is cooked at the same time, choose the vegetables that have similar cooking time.
If you don’t have sour cream, you can substitute it with plain Greek yogurt. The flavor will be a slightly different but still very delicious.
Feel free to adjust the sauce ingredients proportions to your liking. If you prefer it to be a bit more sharp, just add more lemon juice or Dijon mustard. For more aroma, sprinkle more garlic powder. Also, I always like to add some extra dill.

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