Garlic Butter Sheet Pan Salmon Recipe With Asparagus (20 Minutes, 5 Ingredients) Sheet Pan Recipes High Protein Recipes High Fiber Recipes Seafood Dinner Vegetables Gluten-free

Sheet pan recipes are easy and quick to make. This healthy salmon sheet-pan recipe has crunchy asparagus and is in a flavorful garlic butter. The quick, delicious and nutritious salmon recipe is on the table in about 20 minutes! Not only that, but you get the health benefits of salmon and the health benefits of asparagus.

To make this baked seafood recipe you will need to grab the following simple ingredients from your fridge and pantry: fresh salmon, fresh asparagus, butter, lemons for juicing and fresh garlic. Fresh herbs are optional as a garnish.

Serve this high-fiber, high-protein garlic butter fish recipe with crisp-tender asparagus as a complete dinner. You could add a side dish if you'd like. We sometimes add a fresh garden salad or Caesar salad and garlicy breadsticks. 

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

• salmon fillet (1 1/2 to 2 pounds)
• 1 - 2 pounds asparagus, trimmed (about 2 bunches)

Garlic Butter

• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 4 cloves garlic, minced

Optional Garnish

• 1/4 cup fresh chopped herbs

Here's how to make it:

1. Combine the garlic butter ingredients. Set aside.
2. Put the salmon on a parchment paper-lined sheet pan. Arrange the asparagus around the salmon. Season with salt and pepper. (You could use other types of fish, but it may affect cooking time.)
3. Spread some of the garlic butter over the salmon and dot the asparagus with the remaining butter. 
4. Bake in a preheated 450-degree F oven for about 10 to 12 minutes. Turn the broiler on and cook about 2 to 4 minutes longer or until it begins to color on top. Sprinkle with the herbs. Serve. Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.

Recipe cooking times, nutritional information and servings are approximate and provided for your convenience. However, 30Seconds is not responsible for the outcome of any recipe, nor may you have the same results because of variations in ingredients, temperatures, altitude, errors, omissions or cooking/baking abilities. Any nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and it is up to the individual to ascertain accuracy. To ensure image quality, we may occasionally use stock photography.

Take 30 seconds and join the 30Seconds community, and follow us on Facebook to get recipes in your newsfeed daily. Food, fun, health, happiness.