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How to Cook Frozen Salmon

Learn how to cook/bake frozen salmon fillets in the oven easy way. This frozen salmon recipe is the best and quickest way to cook a delicious frozen salmon fillet for dinner without thawing it. Smart!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dinner, Seafood recipes
Cuisine American
Servings 7
Calories 505 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 7 pieces of skin-on frozen salmon fillets. About 6 ounces each.
  • 1 tsp. onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
  • 2 tbsp. Oil. I used high smoke point avocado oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Lemon for serving

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400 °F.
  • Remove the frozen salmon fillets from their plastic cover and run them under cold running water for a few seconds to remove the ice crystals. Then tap them all dry with a piece of paper towel. This helps to defrost the surface of the frozen salmon fillets and makes seasonings stick to them. Skip this step if you are short on time.
  • Season frozen salmon fillets with onion and garlic powders, salt and pepper, and oil.
  • Using your hands, rub the seasonings on salmon fillets for even coating. Then, place them on a greased sheet pan (I used a cast iron sheet pan and preheated it while the oven was heating up).
  • Drizzle some oil over the salmon fillets and place the sheet pan in the middle rack of the hot oven and let it bake for 20 minutes. At the end of 20 minutes, when the frozen salmon fillets are thawed, you may scrape the white spots off the salmon fillets using a spoon. Then, continue cooking the salmon fillets by broiling them for about 10 minutes for a crispy and crusty texture while they still remain tender and flaky. Do not overbake them!
  • Take them out of the oven and let them sit for 5 minutes. Serve them with lemon and your favorite side dishes. I served them with brown rice and roasted broccoli. ENJOY!

Notes

  • Depending on the size of the frozen salmon fillets and if they have skin, adjust for cooking time. Make sure not to overcook them.
  • Make a simple lemon juice+butter+ salt, and pepper sauce.
  • Add spices and herbs of your choice to frozen salmon seasonings.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 505kcalProtein: 50gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 23gCholesterol: 143mgSodium: 181mg
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