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Mediterranean Foil Packet Salmon
Foil-baked salmon with cherry tomatoes, zucchini, kalamata olives, feta cheese, and lemon for a bright weeknight dinner with minimal cleanup.
Ingredients and instructions
- Servings
- 4
- Total time
- 31 min
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 16 min
Ingredients
- 4 Each Salmon fillets - 4 (6-ounce)
- 1.5 Cup Cherry tomatoes, halved - 1 1/2 cups, halved
- 2 Cup Zucchini, thinly sliced into half-moons - 2 cups, Sliced into half-moons.
- 0.33 Cup Kalamata olives, pitted and sliced - 1/3 cup, pitted and sliced
- 0.5 Cup Feta cheese, crumbled - 1/2 cup, crumbled
- 1 Each Lemon, thinly sliced - 1 (medium), thinly sliced
- 2 Tablespoon Extra-virgin olive oil - 2 tablespoons
- 2 Count Garlic, minced - 2 cloves, minced
- 1 Teaspoon Dried oregano - 1 teaspoon
- 0.75 Teaspoon Kosher salt - 3/4 teaspoon
- 0.5 Teaspoon Black pepper - 1/2 teaspoon
Instructions
Preheat and prep vegetables
1. Preheat the oven to *425°F*; finish *halving the tomatoes*, *slicing the zucchini*, *slicing the olives*, and *mincing the garlic*.
Build vegetable bases
2. Tear 4 large sheets of aluminum foil and place them on a baking sheet; divide the zucchini and tomatoes among the sheets, then drizzle with *1 tablespoon olive oil* and season with *1/4 teaspoon salt* and *1/4 teaspoon black pepper*.
Add and season salmon
3. Pat the salmon dry, place 1 fillet on each vegetable pile, and season with the garlic, oregano, remaining *1/2 teaspoon salt*, remaining *1/4 teaspoon black pepper*, and remaining *1 tablespoon olive oil*.
Seal packets
4. Top each fillet with *lemon slices*, kalamata olives, and feta, then bring the foil edges together and *crimp tightly* to make sealed packets with a little space above the salmon.
Bake salmon packets
5. Bake for *14 to 16 minutes*, until the salmon is *just cooked through* and flakes easily with a fork.
Rest, open, and serve
6. Let packets rest for *2 minutes*, then carefully open away from your face and serve the salmon with the vegetables and juices.