Slow Cooked Salmon with Butter, Garlic, Capers, and Lemon

Step 1

We used a two pound skinless salmon fillet from Costco for this recipe.

Step 2

Rub the salmon on both sides with Szeged Fish Rub (affiliate link) and let it come to room temperature while you preheat the oven to 325F/162C.

Step 3

While fish is coming to room temperature, use a garlic press (affiliate link) to mince 1-2 T of minced garlic, depending on how much you like garlic.

Step 4

You will also need to measure out 2 tablespoons of capers. (You can rinse the capers if you want the flavor to be less strong, but I love capers so I never bother with that.)

Step 5

Melt the butter in a small non-stick frying pan over low heat.

Step 6

Add the minced garlic to the melted butter and cook 1-2 minutes on low.

Step 7

Add capers and stir to combine. Turn off heat.

Step 8

Tear off a large piece of foil and put it on a sheet pan. Put the salmon in the center of the foil, pour over butter mixture and spread it evenly over the salmon, then squeeze on the lemon juice.

Step 9

Wrap the foil loosely up over the salmon and pinch the edges together.

Step 10

Put the sheet pan in the oven and bake 15 minutes.

Step 11

Remove sheet pan from oven and open the foil, moving it away from the salmon.

Step 12

Put sheet pan back into the oven and bake 15 minutes longer. (If your salmon piece is smaller I would start to check it a bit sooner.

Step 13

Chop fresh parsley and cut some pieces of lemon while the salmon continues to bake.

Step 14

After 30 minutes total cooking time, remove the salmon from the oven, sprinkle with parsley, season with salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste, and serve with cut pieces of lemon if desired.

Step 15

We g-e-n-t-l-y moved the cooked piece of salmon on to a plate to take photographs, but if you're just serving it to the family you could definitely serve it directly from the foil!