How Long Do You Bake Salmon

How long do you bake salmon? The answer depends largely upon the size of the piece of salmon you are cooking. Larger pieces will take longer, while smaller pieces won’t take nearly as long.

When considering how long do you bake salmon, it is important to make sure you don’t over bake the fish. Overcooked fish can be extremely dry and unpalatable – even a higher fat fish like salmon. One of the ways to give yourself a little wiggle room so that over baking is less likely to dry the fish is to add a little moisture into the pan – such as white wine, lemon juice and/or olive oil. Be sure to add a little sea salt for flavoring.

Another way to introduce a bit of moisture that can help in avoiding drying if the fish is over cooked is to marinate the salmon. Fish absorbs marinade very quickly, and will only need to be marinated for about 15 minutes.

Determining how long to bake salmon also depends on the method you use to bake the salmon. For instance, using a covered dish, foil packet or a parchment wrap take slightly less time than baking on a baking rack or in a glass dish.

Another thing that determines how long the salmon is baked is oven temperature. Typically, recipes for baking salmon call for an oven temperature of 350 to 450 degrees. The salmon should always be put into a pre-heated oven. Cooking in an oven that hasn’t been pre-heated can cause drying of the fish.

Here are some general guidelines for baking salmon.

• A good rule of thumb is that the salmon will bake about ten minutes per one inch thickness of your fillet. A two-inch thick fillet will bake for 20 minutes. A 1-1/2 filet will take 15 minutes and so on.
• Check the salmon frequently. Start checking at about 10 minutes, and keep checking until the flesh of the fish is just barely an opaque pink.
• As previously mentioned, salmon baked in a closed packet – whether parchment, foil or a covered dish – is likely too cook a bit more quickly. Check it starting at about ten minutes and re-cover the fish before continuing.
• Remove the salmon from the oven as soon as the flesh becomes opaque. Serve immediately.

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