Easy Thai Salmon

This Easy Thai Salmon dish will become a new favorite way to serve up seafood! With tender baked salmon served in a creamy and flavorful coconut curry sauce, this dish is simple but doesn’t skimp on flavor.

Lime juice brightens up all of the flavors for a zingy and fresh fish dinner. Best of all, it’s ready in 30 minutes or less, so it makes the perfect healthy weeknight meal!

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• 👩🏻‍🍳 Why You'll Love This Recipe
• 🥘 Ingredients Needed
• 🔪 Instructions
• 👪 FAQs
• 💭 Expert Tips and Tricks
• 📖 Substitutions and Variations
• 🥫 Storage and Reheating
• ⏲️ Make Ahead Instructions
• 💡 What To Serve With This Dish
• 🍣 More Salmon Recipes You'll Love
• Thai Baked Salmon
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• 💬 Reviews and Comments

👩🏻‍🍳 Why You'll Love This Recipe

This easy and flavorful Thai baked salmon yields tender and perfectly flaky fish served in a creamy coconut curry sauce. While it's simple to make, it definitely packs in a lot of bold and interesting flavors.

Lime juice helps to bring a citrusy tang and pull all of the ingredients together. If you're looking to incorporate more seafood into your diet, this Thai salmon is a fantastic way to prepare an elegant and delicious meal that only takes 30 minutes from start to finish!

For another easy fish recipe, try this Skillet Teriyaki Glazed Salmon! And if you love Thai flavors, I recommend this easy One Pot Spicy Thai Noodles dish or Peanut Butter Broccoli with Noodles.

🥘 Ingredients Needed

• salmon - depending on your preferences, this dish can be made with skin-on or skin-off salmon filets.
• salt and pepper - to taste.
• coconut oil - helps bring a consistent coconut flavor while cooking.
• garlic - offers a sharp depth of savory flavor.
• red curry paste - gives this dish its distinct curry flavor.
• coconut milk - ensures the sauce will be creamy and sweet.
• ground ginger - provides some spicy warmth to the curry sauce.
• soy sauce - for a nice splash of umami.
• light brown sugar - the sweetness of brown sugar helps offset the saltier ingredients in the sauce.
• red pepper flakes - add just a touch of heat.
• cooked rice, green onions, jalapeno, & fresh cilantro - these optional ingredients are great for to serve and garnish your baked salmon.

🔪 Instructions

1. On a nonstick baking sheet, sprinkle the salmon with salt and pepper. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 450 degrees F, or until the internal temperature comes up to 145 degrees F.
2. Cook minced garlic and red curry paste in coconut oil until fragrant, just a minute or two.
3. Stir in coconut milk, ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, red pepper flakes, and lime juice, then let the mixture simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Transfer cooked salmon filets to a plate (over rice if using), then top with the coconut curry sauce and garnish with green onions, jalapenos, and fresh cilantro.

👪 FAQs

💭 Expert Tips and Tricks

• Always do a quick check for any bones before cooking your Thai salmon, just in case.
• When it comes to coconut milk and red curry paste, the Thai Kitchen brand has never let me down!
• If you like a crustier and crispier salmon, you can turn on the broiler about 5 minutes before the cooking time is up.
• The time it takes to properly cook varies based on filet thickness, so be sure to keep an eye on it.
• Salmon will continue to cook once removed from the oven, so to avoid overdoing it you may actually want to pull it out around 140 degrees F and let it come up to 145 on its own.

📌 You'll love flavorful baked Thai salmon as a quick and nutritious weeknight meal, but it's also sophisticated and fancy enough to serve at special occasions! Pair with some plain rice for a filling and healthy meal.

📖 Substitutions and Variations

• If you don't have fresh lime juice, you can use about 2 tablespoons of bottled lime juice.
• You can also make this Thai coconut sauce on its own to serve over chicken, shrimp, steak, and more!
• For an even spicier dish, you can use some sweet chili sauce instead of or in addition to the red curry pasta.
• Fish sauce will add an extra fishy and salty flavor to your Thai salmon.

🥫 Storage and Reheating

Any leftovers can be transferred to an airtight container and stored in the fridge for up to 3 days or in the freezer for a month or so.

To reheat, you can either zap in the microwave or pop your Thai salmon back in the oven until it's heated through. From frozen, you may want to let it that in the fridge a few hours (or overnight).

⏲️ Make Ahead Instructions

Feel free to make the curry sauce ahead of time and keep it in the fridge until it's time to serve this dish. To reheat, transfer your Thai salmon to a pot and simmer over medium heat until it's nice and warm. If you're in a time crunch, it can also be microwaved.

💡 What To Serve With This Dish

For a filling and healthy meal, pair your Thai salmon with Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice for an incredible melding of flavors. You can also serve with Air Fryer Green Beans, this Easy Roasted Veggie Pasta, or Air Fried Sweet Potato Fries!

If you enjoy fish you'll want to try this sauteed sea bass recipe! It's easy enough to make for a quick weeknight dinner, yet elegant enough to serve to dinner guests!

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