Simple Meals: Salmon Foil Packet Dinner

Salmon is an incredibly versatile fish. It tastes good with just about anything on it. Since I was able to get salmon at the grocery store this week, I figured I would show you guys a second way to prepare it. Salmon bakes incredibly well. I find mine always comes out perfect when I bake it in the oven. As opposed to letting it roast like the last recipe, this time I baked it in a foil packet. I love this technique because you get a ton of flavor without having to marinate beforehand.


Here is this meal's cast of characters:
2 Tbsp of Soy Sauce
1 tsp of Chili Paste
1 tsp + a Pinch of Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp of Minced Garlic
1/2 tsp of Neutral Oil (Canola, Vegetable, Peanut, or Avocado all work in my experience)
1 Salmon Filet
1/4 Cup of sliced Shiitake Mushrooms

Preparing this meal is almost embarrassingly easy. I like to eat this over rice and pour the leftover marinade from the packet onto the rice.

1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. 
2. Combine the soy sauce, brown sugar, chili paste, garlic, and oil in a small bowl or measuring cup. Whisk this together. 
3. Line a baking sheet with foil, then make another small rectangle of foil. This will be your packet. 
4. Place the salmon and mushrooms on top of the foil and roll the top portions of the foil together. Fold in one side of the foil.
5. Pour the mixture into the open side of the foil packet and seal the rest of the way. 
6. Bake for 25 minutes, then remove the foil packet from the oven. 
7. Sprinkle the top of the fish with a pinch more of brown sugar and spoon the sauce over the fish. 
8. Turn the oven to Broil (High), and let the fish go for 2 or so more minutes. This will caramelize the sugar on top and thicken the sauce. 

This is the foil packet when opened for the first time. Make sure to spoon the sauce back over the fish and broil!