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If you’re looking for an easy, delicious and healthy dinner, this parchment baked salmon is the perfect recipe. Everything is cooked together in a parchment paper pouch creating an almost mess free dinner that’s not only easy, but yummy, and good for you too! Best part? It’s ready in just about thirty minutes.

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Happy Wednesday! Is anyone else’s week just flying by? We’ve been working hard on new recipe videos since Saturday and we just wrapped up last night. We filmed twenty new videos in four days, so I’m just a little bit tired, but of course, still ready to take on the remainder of the week. Filming videos is so much work, but it can also be fun, since it’s not just me in the kitchen cooking all day long.

Today I’m back to working on the computer, but a day of screen time is needed after four full days in the kitchen.

Also needed? A very easy recipe for dinner.

Enter this parchment baked salmon that I’m seriously just so in love with. It has some of my favorite spring ingredients of the moment: potatoes, salmon, lemon, and so many fresh herbs. Loving herbs right now.

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All week long we’ve been talking about recipes my mom would love. Well, today’s recipe is one my mom would not love. She’s not too into fish. Like at all. But it’s OK because I know the rest of us will enjoy this recipe as it’s delicious, healthy, quick, easy, and pretty too!

If you and your family enjoy salmon, I highly recommend giving this recipe a try. Again, did I mention the no mess thing? It’s probably my favorite part. I mean, aside from the delicious taste.

Of course.

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So here’s the story. I was talking with my cookbook editor a few weeks back and she mentioned that I had never done any parchment paper, packet style, recipes before. When she said this, I couldn’t believe that I had never thought to share a recipe of this style before.

Sure, I use parchment paper all the time, but I had never actually baked an entire meal inside a parchment paper packet.

Once I realized all of this, I quickly moved along to creating my first “parchment paper packet” recipe.

And this is where this salmon comes in.

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For those of you who are wondering what the heck I am talking about, a parchment paper packet is an Italian way of cooking fish. To put it simply, you’re creating a packet out of parchment paper for your food to cook inside of. Not only does this save on mess and dishes, but cooking your food in parchment steams the food and cooks everything in their own juices.

Cooking food this way preserves nutrients and creates and insane amount of flavor because all of the aromas are trapped inside the parchment paper. Meaning you can get away with using less ingredients, but still come away with a delicious dinner.

And…it’s cooks everything really fast too.

YES PLEASE.

overhead photo of Parchment Baked Lemon Salmon and Potatoes with Dill Yogurt

I decided to do my salmon with some classic ingredients, potatoes, fresh dill, and lots of lemon. You’ll layer the potatoes, salmon, and lemon slices on a large piece of parchment paper, then pour over a little seasoned olive oil, and then add plenty of fresh dill. From here you’ll enclose everything in the parchment paper and transfer to the oven to bake.

You see? Easy.

A few tips for success.

  • be sure to slice the potatoes extremely thin so that they cook up in the same amount of time as the salmon. I find it best to slice the potatoes thinly on a mandolin.
  • I found that using skin off salmon worked best, as this cooked up nicely inside the parchment.
  • if you wanted to add a layer of green veggies, I recommend thinly sliced zucchini or a handful of fresh spinach in-between the potatoes and salmon.

To serve alongside, I made a simple dill yogurt sauce that is the perfect complement to this lemony dish. I also topped the salmon with fresh arugula and basil for a nice pop of green color, plus added flavor.

This recipe is very mediterranean in flavor, very fresh, and will be great for both spring and summer nights!

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If you make this parchment baked salmon and love it, please be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! I love, love, love hearing from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every one of you. Oh, and of course, if you do make this salmon, don’t forget to also tag me on Instagram so I can see! I love looking at the photos of recipes you all have made. It makes my day!

Parchment Baked Lemon Salmon and Potatoes with Dill Yogurt

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories Per Serving: 711 kcal

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

Ingredients

Dill Yogurt

Instructions

  • 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.  Fold 4 large pieces of parchment paper (about 15x16 inches) in half. Open, and lay on half flat. 
    2. In a small bowl, stir together the olive oil, garlic, juice of 1 lemon, dill, smoked paprika and a pinch of salt and pepper. 
    3. Working on one side of the creased parchment, layer the potatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Place the salmon over the potatoes and drizzle with the olive oil sauce, and top with 2 lemons slices. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 4 packets. 
    4. To close, fold the parchment over salmon, pinching to seal the open sides and create a half-moon-shaped packet. Place on a rimmed baking sheet. Transfer to the oven and bake until the potatoes are tender, about 18-20 minutes. 
    5. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir together the yogurt, lemon juice, dill, and a pinch of crushed red pepper. 
    6. Serve the salmon topped with dill yogurt, arugula, and basil. Enjoy! 
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The crispy potatoes on the bottom? The best.

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  1. 5 stars
    Made this last night—easy, healthy and delicious! Already shared the recipe with a few friends and so glad I have leftovers for lunch today. Love your recipes. Keep up the amazing work.

  2. 4 stars
    I made this last night, my husband & I really enjoyed it! The potatoes didn’t really get crispy, but i wonder if that had to do with my sauce application- it kind of got everywhere. I took a leftover packet for my lunch today and it was better than last night! the flavors (especially the lemon & paprika) really had time to come together, so thanks for the recipe!

  3. 5 stars
    I don’t usually comment but I just had to tell you that I made this recipe Monday night and my husband said this is a “Top 5 of all time”. Thank you for the recipe. Even my daughter (who is not a fish fan) ate it – she loved the potatoes! I added some spinach between the fish and the potato and it was spectacular – I may make it again next week with zucchini! Heading off now to purchase the cookbook 🙂

    1. I am SO happy to hear that!! Thank you so much Laura! Also, I hope you love the cookbook. Let me know what you make ?

  4. 5 stars
    This is an easy, delicious and healthy dinner what I am looking for.looks tasty! I will try making this for my husband tonight. hope he will like it. Have a great day!!! 🙂

  5. 5 stars
    Made it tonight and we loved it! So flavorful and easy. I halved the paprika to make sure it wasn’t too spicy for my 3yo and he kept asking for more. Just discovered your blog and I’m inspired to get back to making homemade food :). Epic quinoa burgers are also on our dinner plans this week! Thank you for the amazing recipes!!

  6. 5 stars
    I’m sorry, but I do not have any social media accounts.
    Thank you for your interest in them though. And also for all the delicious recipes you work so hard on!
    I’ve made several from your book and HBH site and they are all wonderful!
    Pam

  7. 5 stars
    I wanted to follow up on this because I made it this weekend and it was so so so delicious. All FOUR of my kids and husband raved about it and begged me to make it again! Thanks again for this one!

  8. I made this salmon and it was excellent, so easy and almost full proof…. on the grill I always over or under cook:)

  9. 5 stars
    Thanks for the wonderful recipe! We loved it! However, the potatoes did not brown at all. Followed your recipe exactly. Any suggestions?

    1. HI! Try slicing the potatoes a little thinner. If the potatoes are not cut thin enough, they will not cook through in the allotted time. Also, becasue the potatoes are wrapper in paper they will not really brown much. Please let me know if you have other questions. So glad you love this recipe! Thanks! 🙂

  10. 5 stars
    Hi Tieghan,
    I’d be happy to send pictures, but not sure how to do it. They certainly don’t look as awesome as yours always do, but I’m pretty proud of them 🙂
    If you could let me know what I need to do that would be great (they don’t seem to paste in the comment section).
    Thank you,
    Pam

    1. Hi Pam! I am sure they look amazing! Do you have any form of social media you could post them to? I find that works the best. Just let me know ?

    1. The dill gets added to the salmon before baking. Please let me know if you have other questions. Hope you love this recipe! Thanks! 🙂

  11. 5 stars
    WOW! I made this last night, and it was absolutely delicious. I would have never thought to add potatoes to the packet. This dish was packed with flavors, perfectly cooked, and most importantly had me feeling healthy and not guilty. Thank you for sharing! I hope there are additional variations to this packet in the future! Have a great weekend.

  12. 5 stars
    Mouth Watering. i like the texture of the recipe. will definitely try to make this recipe. Thanks dear for sharing your recipe with us.

  13. 5 stars
    Received your email yesterday morning and made it that evening. It sounded so good and easy that I ran to the store and purchased the items I needed. It was delicious!!! I was so proud of how it looked that I took pictures. Such a beautiful presentation. Thank you for the yummy recipe.

    1. Hi Pam! I am so glad you loved this recipe! I would love to see the photos if you’re willing to share ? I hope you continue to enjoy recipes of mine!