Grilled Garlic and Lime Salmon Fillets Recipe

Salmon fillets are one of our favorite seafood dishes – they’re an easily located and prepped dish that’s extremely versatile and delicious. For this recipe, you’ll be preparing a salmon fillet that’s a bit more traditional tasting with a sweet-spicy combination of lemon and garlic.

However, what makes this dish stands out is the preparation – instead of drizzling a lemon-infused sauce over your fillets, you’ll be steaming them above a bed of sliced lemons laid directly on your grill.

This is such an easy technique for getting a perfect lemon flavor into your salmon, but anyone that watches will be fascinated to see this process in action – you’ll give your guests a delicious dinner and a show!

In addition to the taste and amazing preparation of this dish, your plate will be brimming with the nutritional benefits of salmon. Omega-3’s, Vitamin D, Vitamin B, magnesium… all of these and more are plentiful in this dish. The downside of salmon is finding fish that are actually wild-caught, though.

Many supermarkets will typically carry farmed varieties, and wild-caught salmon tends to be a bit more expensive. A visit to your seafood counter (or local seafood market, if you’re lucky) can help answer questions about where your salmon is sourced.

This grilled salmon dish works well with nearly any side option, so keep things on the grill with this grilled zucchini and leeks recipe – it takes just a bit less cooking, leaving you time to prep these with dressing just as your salmon is finished up.

Grilled Garlic and Lime Salmon Fillets Recipe

Serves: 4 Prep: 10 min Cook: 20 min

Ingredients

• 2 salmon filets, enough for 4 people
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 lemons, sliced
• Juice from 1 lime
• ¼ cup fresh parsley, minced
• 2 fresh rosemary sprigs
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

1. Preheat the grill to medium heat.
2. In a bowl, combine olive oil, lime juice, garlic, and fresh parsley; season with salt and pepper to taste.
3. Brush the salmon fillets generously with the garlic-lime sauce.
4. Place the lemon slices tightly together on the grill, forming a flat layer.
5. Place the salmon fillets on top of the lemon slices, top with fresh rosemary sprigs, and grill for 15 to 20 minutes or until the fish is cooked through and no longer pink.

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Grilled Garlic and Lime Salmon Fillets Recipe

Think garlic and citrus salmon is traditional? Not the way you'll be prepping this one - grilled on a bed of lemon slices.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4 people

Calories 277 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 salmon filets enough for 4 people
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 4 lemons sliced
• Juice from 1 lime
• ¼ cup fresh parsley minced
• 2 fresh rosemary sprigs
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

 

• Preheat grill to medium heat.
• In a bowl, combine olive oil, lime juice, garlic, and fresh parsley; season with salt and pepper to taste.
  ¼ cup olive oil, 4 garlic cloves, Juice from 1 lime, ¼ cup fresh parsley, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Brush the salmon fillets generously with the garlic-lime sauce.
  2 salmon filets
• Place the lemon slices tightly together on the grill, forming a flat layer.
  4 lemons
• Place the salmon fillets on top of the lemon slices, top with fresh rosemary sprigs, and grill 15 to 20 minutes, or until fish is cooked through and no longer pink.
  2 fresh rosemary sprigs

Nutrition

Calories: 277kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 18gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 42mgPotassium: 599mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 375IUVitamin C: 63mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 2mg

Keyword garlic, grilled, lime, salmon

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