Baked Salmon Recipe with Garlic Cilantro Sauce

• Gluten free
• Paleo

• Seafood

  • 2 lb Salmon, skinless fillet

• Produce

  • 1 whole bunch Cilantro, fresh
  • 4 Garlic cloves
  • 1/2 Lime
  • 1 Tomato, large
  • 1 Lime, Juice of

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 Salt
  • 1 Salt and pepper

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1/2 cup Olive oil, good extra virgin

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Description

Ingredients

• 4 to 6 garlic cloves, chopped
• Salt
• 1 whole bunch fresh cilantro, stems trimmed (only remove about 1 inch of the stems)
• ½ cup good extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lime, juice of
• 2 lb skinless salmon fillet
• Salt and pepper
• 1 large tomato, sliced into rounds
• ½ lime, sliced into rounds

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• In the bowl of a small food processor, add all the ingredients for the garlic cilantro sauce. Blend until everything is well combined into a sauce.
• Place the salmon fillet in a lightly oiled baking pan like this one. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Now spoon the garlic-cilantro sauce on top of the salmon fillet and spread evenly to coat the salmon. (You will have extra garlic-cilantro sauce, pour it into a small bowl to serve next to the salmon.)
• Arrange the tomato and lime slices on top of the salmon fillet.
• Bake in the 425 degrees F heated-oven for 10-12 minutes. Remove from the oven and cover lightly with foil and let sit for another 8 minutes or so to finish cooking. Enjoy!