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Herb Roasted Salmon

Oven baked herby salmon on a bed of potatoes and green beans

Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword Healthy, Quick and Easy, Weeknight Dinner
Total Time 38 minutes
Servings 4
Author Zaatar and Zaytoun

Ingredients

  • 500 g salmon joint
  • 3-4 potatoes suitable for roasting
  • small handful extra fine green beans approx 200g
  • drizzle mild olive oil
  • tiny pinch turmeric sprinkle
  • tiny pinch black pepper
  • small pinch dried oregano

For the herb sauce

  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove finely chopped
  • good squeeze lemon approx 2 tbsp
  • sprinkle of salt
  • small handful fresh thyme finely chopped
  • small handful parsley finely chopped
  • small handful fresh coriander cilantro, finely chopped
  • small pinch dried oregano
  • small pinch red chilli flakes

Instructions

  1. In a bowl add a good drizzle of mild olive oil, a tiny pinch (sprinkle) of turmeric and black pepper

  2. Peel and chop the potatoes into inch wide cubes, and add to the bowl. Mix well then transfer the potatoes to a wide roasting pan. Cook for 20 minutes, turning the potatoes half way

  3. In the bowl with the turmeric and black pepper, add the salmon and green beans and mix gently.

  4. Once the potatoes have been in for 20 minutes, lay the salmon and green beans on top of them and cook for another 15 minutes

  5. Meanwhile, finely chop the herbs and add to a bowl with the extra virgin olive oil, garlic, sprinkle of salt, lemon, dried oregano and red chilli flakes. Taste and adjust the sauce as necessary

  6. When the salmon is nearly done, take out and drizzle on most of the herb sauce. Put back in the oven for a further five minutes.

  7. Serve warm with the extra herb sauce at the table