Simple Way to Prepare Homemade Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pesto salmon and asparagus in foil. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

The other way I want to try this next time is with asparagus in place of the green beans which I think I'll like even more, it's just that I already did a salmon and foil recipe with asparagus so I wanted to switch things up and use something different. Assemble the foil pack with a vegetable on the bottom. In this case, I used asparagus. I've seen green beans used, but they should be partially cooked before being baked in order to The pesto was really good on the salmon and the salmon was moist and flaky.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pesto salmon and asparagus in foil using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil:

1. Take skinless salmon fillets
2. Prepare asparagus, tough ends trimmed
3. Take olive oil
4. Prepare garlic, minced
5. Prepare salt
6. Take pepper
7. Take lemon thinly sliced
8. Take fresh dill, chopped
9. Prepare pesto

Lay one of the salmon fillets on top of the. Place one salmon fillet in the center of each sheet, top with a serving of the asparagus and drizzle with lemon juice. Sprinkle with fresh ground pepper Bring up the sides of foil and fold top over twice. Seal ends, leaving room for air to circulate inside the packet.

Instructions to make Pesto Salmon and Asparagus in Foil:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Cut two sheets of aluminum foil about 14-inch long. Divide asparagus into 2 equal portions (about 8 spears per foil packet) and layer in centre of each length of foil.
3. In a small bowl stir together oil with garlic. Cover the asparagus with half of the oil mixture, then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
4. Season each salmon fillet with salt and pepper. Layer fillets over asparagus
5. Drizzle top of each salmon fillet with the remaining olive oil mixture. The cover with pesto.
6. Top each with about 2 sprigs dill and 2 lemon slices.
7. Wrap sides of foil inward over salmon then fold in top and bottom of foil to enclose.
8. Place foil pouches in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until salmon is cooked through, about 25 minutes.
9. Unwrap and serve warm with boiled potatoes if you like potatoes.

Sprinkle with fresh ground pepper Bring up the sides of foil and fold top over twice. Seal ends, leaving room for air to circulate inside the packet. Place packets on a cookie sheet and cook in. These salmon asparagus foil packets are quick, easy, and delicious. If you have a jar of pesto, add it on top of the salmon after it's done cooking.

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