How To Cook Tasty Salmon Fillets
Arrange the salmon fillets on a lined baking tray skin side down and top with finely chopped garlic fresh herbs and a drizzle of olive oil.
How to cook tasty salmon fillets. Bake for 15 minutes or until salmon is cooked through and crust is light golden. Once the color change has moved up about three quarters of the way from the bottom it s time to flip the fillets. Spread marmalade over salmon then season.
Place into oven and cook salmon for around 10 mins depending on the thickness of your salmon. Add the salmon fillets to the pan. This will take about 8 to 9 minutes for thick fillets and 6 to 7 minutes for thinner fillets.
Serve each piece of salmon with a lemon wedge. Fill a medium pan large pot with enough water to cover a fillet or fillets for extra flavour add some lemon slices salt and pepper and fresh herbs to the water bring the water to a simmer medium low heat slide the fish in and cover let the fish cook for 25 minutes. Cook the flipped salmon for another 5 minutes and check for doneness.
Use a fish or flat spatula to flip the salmon fillets turning the fish away from you to prevent any oil splatter. Fillets take no more than 5 10 minutes to cook depending on the thickness. Cook for 2 minutes more for thicker fillets and 1 to 2 minutes more for thinner fillets.
Give it a flip after 5 minutes. Start with hot coals and place a lightly oiled fish skin side down on the grate. If they still have skins place the fillets skin side down.
If the salmon flakes apart easily with a fork and is no longer translucent inside it has finished cooking. To turn slide a spatula beneath the fish. After flipping the fillets the salmon will cook in 2 minutes for thicker fillets and 1 to 2 minutes for thinner fillets.