Easy Salmon Tray Bake Recipe for Crispy Skinned Salmon with Spring Vegetables
This easy salmon tray bake recipe makes crispy skinned salmon fillets baked so that the skin crackles but the flesh remains moist, with roasted spring vegetables that are just-done so that they’re still fresh and crunchy. Sprinkled with spring onions and fresh fragrant dill and served with lemon slices, it makes the lightest of roasts, perfect for an Easter lunch.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: English/Australian
Servings: 4
Calories: 233kcal
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 170 g salmon fillets (4 pieces) skin-on, scales and bones removed
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1 zucchini cut into 12 slices
- 1 zucchini peeled into ribbons
- 12 asparagus spears
- 120 g broccoli florets
- 120 g peas
- 2 radishes finely sliced
- 2 purple shallots cut into quarters, separated
- 3 spring onions/scallions thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp fresh dill
- ½ lemon sliced/quartered
Preheat your oven to 200°C / 390°F.
Pour a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil to a small dish and use a pastry brush to coat the salmon skins in the olive oil, then sprinkle as much or as little sea salt and cracked black pepper onto the salmon skin as you like, but it must have some salt.
Pour the remaining tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil into a baking tray and distribute evenly, lay down three slices of zucchini then rest a salmon fillet on top, then do the same for other fillets, evenly spacing them on the baking tray.
Roast the salmon for 8-10 minutes or so until the skin is so crispy it is crackling and bubbling, then reduce the heat to 180°C / 355°F so you can add the vegetables.
Remove the tray from the oven and work quickly to prettily arrange the spring vegetables around the salmon, using tongs to turn the vegetables before you set them in their place so that they’re covered in olive oil, then bake them for another 5-10 minutes or so until they’re just cooked or done to your liking.
Remove the tray and sprinkle on the fresh dill and slices of spring onions/scallions and lemon slices – or serve lemon quarters in a separate dish so guests can squeeze their own lemon juice onto their fillets as they like.
Serve at the centre of the table with a simple green salad for lunch or mashed potatoes for dinner.
Calories: 233kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 625mg | Potassium: 832mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1104IU | Vitamin C: 69mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 3mg