Description
A wonderful and easy way to cook salmon fillets. Serve with lemon slices if desired.
Ingredients
- 3 (6 ounce) salmon fillets
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- cooking spray
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 4 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 ¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place salmon in a resealable bag and add lemon juice; marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking dish with aluminum foil and spray foil with cooking spray.
- Blend brown sugar
- chili powder
- lemon zest
- oil
- cumin
- cinnamon
- and salt together in a blender until brown sugar mixture is smooth.
- Remove salmon from bag and discard bag and lemon juice. Spread brown sugar mixture over salmon and place in the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork
- 12 to 15 minutes.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 3