Mike was away most of this week; traveling for work. It so happened that Krista and Adam were both at work one of the nights he was gone. I came home to an empty house with no one to have dinner with. This is the type of night I like to experiment with a new recipe. It is a great time to do this since I am the only one home so if the dinner is a flop there is no one to complain about it. And as the saying goes when the cat is away the mice will play.
I was hungry for some fish and I had a small amount of salmon in the freezer, about a half a pound. The recipe that I wanted to experiment with called for a pound of salmon, but I decided to try it and cut the recipe in half and make it anyway. I decided upon this recipe because it had a variety of ingredients and it was something that was outside of my comfort zone. If you follow my blog at all you will know that I like to do that every once and awhile.
I loved this recipe, nice flavor. The herbs along with the onion and garlic gave the salmon great flavor and the bread crumb gave it that little crunch that is a good thing. I did make a couple of changes since I was lacking some of the ingredients. It took a little time to put it together, but the end result was well worth the time it took. Serve with a salad for a nice and healthy meal.
Baked Salmon (Adapted from food.com)
As stated this was a half of recipe:
Ingredients:
1/4 cup beer (One of substitutes the original recipe called for dry white wine.)
1/2 pound salmon
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 clove garlic minced
Salt and pepper to taste
2 teaspoons of real lemon juice-divided (Another one of my substitutes the original recipe call for 1 lemon)
1 Tablespoon olive oil – divided
Tomato thinly sliced enough slices to cover the fish (about 1/4 of a medium tomato)
Onion thinly sliced enough slices to cover the fish (about 1/4 of a medium onion)
1 tablespoon fresh parsley leaves or 1 teaspoon dried parsley leaves
1/8 cup of dried bread crumbs
Directions
1. Spray a shallow baking pan with nonstick cooking spray
2. Add beer. If you have the dry white wine feel free to use that. (I know that beer is not the best substitute for wine, but it was all that I had in the house to use. And actually I think the beer was fine in the recipe).
3. Place fish in pan, and sprinkle with oregano, garlic, salt, and pepper.
4. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of lemon and 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil.
5. Top evenly with tomato and onion slices and chopped parsley.
6. Drizzle with remain lemon juice.
7. Mix bread crumbs with the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil and sprinkle over the veggies that top the salmon.
8. Bake in a 450 degree oven for about 8 to 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily.
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This salmon.look delicious!!
You have me crave for some baked fish too! The salmon looks so fresh and delectable.
Oooo . . . . I love salmon! Your recipe looks wonderful. Do you think the spice blend could also work on white fish like cod or tilapia? Thanks for sharing! Happy weekend!!
Gorgeous! I really don’t eat enough fish … must change my habits! Have a lovely weekend:)
~Anne
This sounds like a great salmon dish, Dawn. I love stepping outside the norm some days!
Salmon is one of our favourites we love it. Diane
That looks yummm!! Yesterday I made some salmon too. It’s such a great fish!
that crumb on top looks so yummy.
Nice herbal crunch on top of your salmon! Perfect dish for one.
Wow, that looks delicious! I haven’t had breakfast yet and you have my mouth watering for salmon.
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How nice to make something special just for yourself. It does sound really tasty too.
I love just cooking for myself! The perfect time to try out new recipes. Your salmon looks flavorful and delicious!
Looks yummy, I will have to try it!
It looks and sounds delicious… I love the bread crumb topping.
looks fabulous! I made salmon with maple syrup last week…tasted more like maple syrup than salmon!
Yummy!
I just had fish recently too.
i love salmon so much.. this meal looks amazing. love your version.
This sounds lovely! Glad you treated yourself to such a special and yummy dish~
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This looks absolutely delicious! I love salmon and am always looking for new things to do with it. Definitely going to try this!
Beer-roasted salmon sounds great! The liquid must have kept the salmon so tender, and the crispy breadcrumbs are a great contrast in texture.
This baked salmon sounds and looks delicious…interesting with beer…although I might try with wine since we do dot have beer at home 🙂
Thanks for sharing this recipe and hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
I love baked salmon! I have it at least once a week!
Really scrumptious! A wonderful recipe. I love cooking with beer.
Cheers,
Rosa
yum, that looks like a delicious dinner!
baked salmon sounds super yum right now, especially cz i only eat fish and veggies. I like salmon the best and milkfish as well. Would love to learn more from ya! Please check out our new post too! HIMandHERproject
Woah great-looking fish! Gotta try this one soon!