Two Baked Salmon Recipes

Hamsa & Fish Wall Hanging, Artist Yair Emanuel

These baked salmon recipes go together in no time and keep well in a sealed container for days in your refrigerator. When baking, line your pan with foil to make clean up a snap. Smaller fillets will require less time in the oven. Bake just until fish is firm, opaque and flakes easily when you lift the flesh with a fork.

Teriyaki Baked Salmon Recipe

3/4 cup brown sugar

4 tablespoons tamari or soy sauce

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 pounds salmon fillet

1. Combine all ingredients and place in a storage container with a cover. Marinate 30 minutes to overnight.

2. Remove fish from container to a foil lined baking pan and discard marinade. Bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until center is opaque and flaky. Do not overbake.

Simple Salted Baked Salmon Recipe

2 teaspoons Kosher salt

2 teaspoons sugar

3 pounds salmon fillet

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place rinsed salmon on a foil lined baking pan. Sprinkle fish with salt and sugar.

2. Bake for 20 minutes, until center is opaque and flaky. Do not overbake.

Quick and easy salmon salad: ~flake either recipe over a bed of greens and top with thinly sliced cucumbers and colorful bell peppers.

Teriyaki Baked Salmon ~is pretty when served on a bed of pre-shredded cabbage, carrots and chopped green onions then drizzled with this Japanese Ginger Asian Salad Dressing.

The Simple Salted Salmon ~is wonderful in Seafood Pasta Salad or flaked over any green salad drizzled with this delicious Pareve Ranch Dressing Recipe .

Fish Taco Dinner~wrap baked salmon fillets in warm tortillas spread with chummus or bean dip, add pre-shredded lettuce and a dallop of salsa. Taco chips and Planned Over Shabbos salads or cole slaw from the store makes it a quick and easy family dinner. (You can do this with chicken or beef, too!)

Chipolte Salmon Cakes~Leftover salmon? Discover Planned Overs and try my taste tingling Chipolte Salmon Cakes, it's a new and improved salmon patties recipe!

Hamsa & Fish Wall Hanging, Artist Yair Emanuel

Fish play an important role in Jewish cooking, and many customs and halachos apply to fish. There is much to learn from these creatures. One is their role in warding off the "ayin hara," the evil eye.

In Cooking for The King" I always try to give you more than a well tested, simple recipe your family will enjoy. There's so much depth in our day-to-day lives when we look below the surface and just think. Here's something to think about while you are making these delicious and simple Baked Salmon Recipes.