Delicious moist salmon is baked under a layer of sun-dried tomatoes for a quick and flavourful main dish. Just 3 ingredients and ready to eat in 15 minutes!
The mother of invention…
Have you ever made a ‘ready-steady-cook’ style dinner that turned out so well you’ve made it over and over again?
Sometimes, needing to use a particular ingredient and not having a lot of time to do it sparks culinary creativity in a really good way! That was definitely the case with this gorgeous sun-dried tomato salmon dish.
Sun-dried deliciousness
I had been gifted a jar of sun-dried tomatoes, and I wanted to try them out. I also had to get dinner on the table – and fast!
In a frenzy of activity, I quickly blitzed up the sun-dried tomatoes, and then spread the resulting chunky paste over our dinnertime salmon. Then I popped it into the oven and exhaled.
Whatever happened next, it was at at least more interesting than the salt, pepper and lemon treatment the fish had been expecting to get.
Salmon with sun-dried tomatoes – sweet, moist and tender
Salmon and sun-dried tomatoes turned out to be a wonderful combination.
The sun-dried tomatoes added a touch of sweetness, and also kept the salmon deliciously moist. The topping also looks just gorgeous and adds a terrific splash of colour to your plate. Just beautiful!
A menu regular
This easy salmon recipe is so tasty – and so quick! – that it’s become something of a regular feature in our kitchen. We all love it, and I’ve made it for guests plenty of times too. The flavour and appearance are way in excess of what you might expect for 5 minutes effort!
You can serve it hot or cold, so it’s also great as a prepare ahead dish for a cold Shabbat lunch, for instance.
Salmon with sun-dried tomatoes – ingredients
There really are only three main ingredients in this delicious salmon recipe. Possibly only two, depending on how you count. They are:
- Salmon fillets (obviously)
- Sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained
- The oil that you drained off the tomatoes – does that count as a third ingredient?
You might want a little bit of olive oil to grease the baking tray, but you can just as easily use a bit more of the oil from the jar. Super easy, super tasty! Just my kind of recipe.
Quick and efficient!
What are your short-on-time, big-on-flavour recipes? I think I’ll have to give myself ready-steady-cook challenges more often!
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📖 Recipe
Salmon with sun-dried tomatoes
Ingredients
- 3 salmon fillets
- 3-4 large sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained
- 2-3 tablespoon oil from the jar of sun-dried tomatoes (or use extra virgin olive oil)
- A little extra olive oil for greasing the baking sheet
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Line a baking sheet with foil, and brush it with a little olive oil. Place the salmon fillets skin-side down on the oiled foil.
- Put the sundried tomatoes and their oil into a food processor or mini-chopper and pulse till finely chopped. Divide this mixture between the salmon fillets and spread over the fish.
- Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 10-12 minutes until cooked through. Serve at once!
Nutrition
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nazima
I often cook fish with a topping like this (sometimes tapenade too) – I find it is a great way to preserve the moisture in the fish as well as adding great flavours! this looks super
Helen
Thanks Nazima. It does keep the fish lovely and moist. I’ll have to give it a whirl with tapenade – Kipper would love it!
Camilla
Love this simple salmon dish, I might even chuck some mozzarella on there:-)
Helen
Ooh, sounds delish! Thanks Camilla!
Gingey Bites
I’m sad I didn’t enter the comp,these products look good! As does that salmon 🙂
Helen
Don’t be sad… you can always get them in Waitrose!
The salmon was delicious, thanks!