Herb-marinated salmon

I love cooking and eating salmon. Roasting salmon is my favourite way to prepare it. Usually I sprinkle it with some sea salt and freshly ground pepper, plus a pinch of dried rosemary or thyme – and salmon goes into the oven. Then a super healthy&tasty dish is ready in short time. A couple of weeks back I bought fresh salmon steaks and decided to roast it again, but that time I prepared a marinade and left it for a half an hour or so to soak up all of the amazing flavours before roasting. I chopped fresh coriander, parsley and mixed it with mustard, and some ground green pepper. Now you can imagine all those wonderful flavours! 🙂 What to say, salmon turned out gorgeous and unbelievably tasty! On the weekend I repeated the recipe but grilled it on a barbecue. It was superb again! Next weekend you will try it, right? 😉

What about you, dear readers? how do you cook salmon? and what spices and herbs are you usually using?

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Herb-marinated salmon steaks

Servings: 2
Time: 1 hr
Difficulty: easy
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*You can substitute green peppercorns with white.

Ingredients

2 salmon steaks

Marinade

4 tbsp finely chopped parsley

4 tbsp finely chopped coriander

1 garlic clove, minced or chopped (optional)

2 tsp Dijon mustard (you can also use wholegrain mustard)

1/2 medium lime, juice

1/2 tbsp honey

2 tbsp olive oil

1-1.5 tsp coarse sea salt (or more to taste)

2 tsp whole green peppercorns*

Extra

1 large sliced red capsicum

2 small sliced parboiled potatoes

2 gralic cloves in their skin, optional

Preparation

For the marinade, crush sea salt and green peppercorns. In a bowl combine all ingredients for the marinade.
Put salmon steaks in a shallow plate, pour over marinade and leave to marinade for 30 minutes at room temperature, turning once. You can keep the fish in marinade for longer, but cover the plate with plastic wrap or foil and put in the fridge until ready to roast.
Preheat oven to 190-200C.
Arrange salmon steaks in a baking dish, add sliced capsicum, potatoes and garlic. Roast for 20-25 minutes.

Serve warm. Enjoy!

Herb-marinated roasted salmon with capsicum and potato slices

22 Comments

DanielaApostol says:

Delicious! I love salmon too. Your recipe looks great.
December 2, 2015 at 21:41
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Thanks a lot, Daniela!
  December 8, 2015 at 17:54
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Linda says:

Looks tasty! Salmon’s my favorite fish! 🙂
December 2, 2015 at 22:08
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Yay! Thank you so much for the nice comment, Linda!
  December 8, 2015 at 17:54
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Bonnie Eng says:

I’m going to make this for dinner tonight! Looks so delicious and healthy! 🙂
December 2, 2015 at 22:26
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Hi Bonnie! Hope the fish turned out great and you liked it 🙂
  December 8, 2015 at 17:55
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youthfoodblog says:

Great winter cuisine!
December 3, 2015 at 08:13
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- milkandbun says:
  
  I can eat salmon throughout the year! 🙂
  December 8, 2015 at 17:55
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Loretta says:

Love salmon in any way. But the best cuts for me are those steaks with the bone in. It gives the salmon so much more flavor. Yours looks delicious.
December 3, 2015 at 16:57
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Me either, it’s such a healthy and tasty fish!
  December 8, 2015 at 17:57
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lindaravello says:

Lovely marinade Mila – I bet this would work well with chicken also x
December 3, 2015 at 19:06
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- milkandbun says:
  
  And even with lamb! 😀
  December 8, 2015 at 17:58
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Laura @ Feast Wisely says:

Looks so good Mila especially with those potatoes around the side. I like turning simple tinned red salmon into fishcakes with dill….I have anew recipe coming soon too….
December 4, 2015 at 06:29
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Honestly, I have made salmon fishcakes only few times, I guess it’s more American dish; we have similar fish cakes in Russian cuisine as well, but usually using white fish fillet. 🙂
  December 8, 2015 at 18:01
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MyKabulKitchen says:

Salmon is so easy and so tasty…looks great 🙂
December 4, 2015 at 21:28
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Thank you! 🙂
  December 8, 2015 at 18:01
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il Teo says:

I simply grill it and then drizzle it with a few drops of extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice. Perfection!
December 5, 2015 at 11:45
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Absolutely agree with you, salmon itself is so good that it doesn’t require any extra spices or herbs; but sometimes I’m just in that mood to make a complicated marinade or sauce. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and reading!
  December 8, 2015 at 18:03
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The Kiwi Fruit says:

Yummy Salmon is awesome and this looks so delicious! What a fantastic recipe!
December 6, 2015 at 00:18
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Just simple herbs and voila – a new salmon look/recipe! 😀
  December 8, 2015 at 18:04
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  - The Kiwi Fruit says:
    
    My style of cooking, love it!
    December 8, 2015 at 22:55