Oven-Roasted Mediterranean Salmon

Salmon steaks bake with a tomato sauce featuring kalamata olives, capers, garlic, thyme, bay leaf, and crushed red pepper flakes.

The sauce simmers briefly before going into the baking dish around the salmon. After baking, spoon the sauce over the fish to serve.

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Before you start

Halve the cherry tomatoes, chop the olives, drain the capers well, and mince the garlic. If using canned stewed tomatoes, omit the red wine.

FoodSafety.gov recommends cooking salmon to 145°F (63°C), or until the flesh is no longer translucent and separates easily with a fork. Before serving, check that the salmon meets this checkpoint; if it does not, continue baking until it does.

Ingredient notes

• Tomatoes: Use halved cherry tomatoes or canned stewed tomatoes.
• Red wine: Omit when using canned tomatoes.
• Capers: Drain well before adding to the sauce.

Oven-Roasted Mediterranean Salmon recipe

Oven-Roasted Mediterranean Salmon

Salmon steaks baked with a simmered tomato sauce featuring kalamata olives, capers, garlic, thyme, and crushed red pepper flakes.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Servings: 4

Course: Main Course

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 1 (1 pint) container cherry tomatoes, halved or 1 (14 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
• 2/3 cup kalamata olives, chopped
• 3 tablespoons capers, well-drained
• 3 tablespoons red wine ( omit if using canned tomatoes)
• 3 -4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• 1 bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 4 salmon steaks, rinsed and patted dry
• sea salt
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste

Method

 

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. In a medium saucepan, combine all the sauce ingredients and simmer over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
3. Season salmon with salt and pepper.
4. Arrange the salmon in a single layer in a baking dish.
5. Spoon sauce around salmon and bake 15 minutes, or until just cooked through.
6. Remove from oven; spoon sauce over salmon and serve.

Tips for success

Keep the salmon in a single layer in the baking dish.

Spoon the sauce around the salmon before baking, then over the salmon when serving.

What to serve with it

Spoon the sauce over the salmon after removing it from the oven and serve. Makes 4 servings.

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