This Daring Cooks challenge was hosted by Sarah from All Our Fingers in the Pie, who challenged us to cook en papillote, or in parchment.
Even my picky eater loves both salmon and asparagus, so I chose these as the main ingredients for this challenge.
Salmon and asparagus, cooked in parchment
Salmon in Parchment — recipe
Ingredients
- 4 salmon filets, about 6 ounces each
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced Goodfellas style (very thin)*
- 1 red onion, sliced thin
- 16 asparagus spears, dressed with olive oil, salt and pepper
- 4 pats butter
- 1 lemon, cut into at least 4 slices
Prepare your ingredients, and then stack them up on four pieces of parchment paper, with the salmon on the bottom and the lemon on the top, as seen in the photo below. Fold up the parchment packets so that they are sealed. Bake at 400 degrees F for about 20 minutes, or until the salmon is cooked through.
The salmon came out moist and flavorful. I served it with roasted potatoes and sauteed Swiss chard.
* Goodfellas garlic: Get out your razor blades and slice your garlic as thinly as possible. (I actually just used a knife, but I was thinking about this scene today. Be careful out there, people.)
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I am going to make this THIS week! Yum! Your potatoes look perfect too!
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Thanks, Ammie! Let me know how it comes out.
The salmon looks really really tasty. So do the roasted potatoes…
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My picky eaters won’t eat salmon OR asparagus, but this does look simple and yummy!
This looks delicious, I would love to try a Daring Cook challenge, thank you for the link! Visiting via SITS
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This looks great and I love its tasteful simplicity. Great flavor combinations and easy to make, I want to pin this so I remember to try it out!
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I never thought of using parchment paper, I tend to improvise similar things with fish in the oven but always with foil. I’ll definitely try parchment next time. Here from SITS
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I’m not a huge salmon fan, but this looks yummy! Great idea.
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Beautiful photos. Got a chuckle about the garlic. Looks like your salmon turned out perfect!
This looks delicious – I did salmon too, with Asian flavoured noodles. What a great challenge!
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I love the salamon asparagus combo and the addition of lemon, garlic and red onions I think was the perfect compliment
great job on this challenge
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I may have to try this. I have some non-fish eaters around here and I keep trying to find ways to prepare it that they may like. Thanks for the recipe!
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