How To Bake Salmon With Pesto Butter
Serve salmon and asparagus over couscous.
How to bake salmon with pesto butter. Bake at 400 degrees fahrenheit and bake for 10 minutes. Cook fish on both sides until golden brown and cooked through 6 to 10 minutes total depending on thickness. Remove the sheet pan from the oven turn the oven to broil.
If couscous was made ahead reheat in the microwave. Spoon pesto butter over salmon while fish is still warm. Top with pesto butter then add the pesto butter on top.
Spoon the pest on top of the salmon then smear across the top to coat evenly. Season the salmon place the salmon fillets on a baking sheet lined with foil. Lay the salmon skin side down on the center of the foil sheet and season with salt and pepper.
Season the salmon with salt pepper and lemon juice. Bake for 25 minutes or until cooked. Bake until the salmon flakes with a fork about 12 15 minutes.