I am generally inept when it comes to cooking fish. Don’t ask me why, because I couldn’t tell you.
It’s stupid, I know. But I’ve found a cooking method for fish that even I can’t screw up. This is it: baking in foil.
You’ll need:
- salmon fillets
- lemon, sliced into thin rounds
- 2 tbs olive oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Pat the salmon dry and set each fillet atop it’s own sheet of foil. You don’t need a ton of foil, but make sure that the sheet is large enough to fully enclose the fish in a pouch once you fold the sides up and crimp the top together.
Drizzle or brush a bit of olive oil on each piece of fish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Set a lemon slice or two on top. Now roll the foil up to enclose the fish.
Put each foil packet on a baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the fish is just done. It should flake easily in the middle (using a fork) when it’s done.
One of the great things about this is that you can change things up to suit your tastes. Feel free to change the spices, or to maybe add some vegetables in the foil package, too. Enjoy!






