Salt & Sugar Crusted Lemon Baked Salmon
 
Ingredients
  • 2 large salmon fillets with skin. or 4 small fillets- recipe is for a total of approx 2 lbs of salmon
  • 2 large lemons, sliced
  • half bunch of green onions, sliced in half vertically
  • 1½ TBSP fine sea salt
  • 4 TBSP sugar
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon dry mustard
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons pure olive oil
Instructions
  1. Stir together the sugar, salt, pepper, paprika and mustard. Pat the fillets with olive oil and then generously rub down the salmon fillets with the sugar and salt mixture.
  2. Preheat the oven to 450°. Place salmon in a large baking dish skin side down and arrange the lemon slices and green onions on the salmon and around it. Bake the salmon for 20 minutes or so depending on the size and thickness of the salmon you are using.Serve with a nice salad or roasted potatoes
Recipe by Kitchen Belleicious at https://kitchenbelleicious.com/2014/03/18/salt-sugar-crusted-lemon-baked-salmon/