Baked Salmon With Tarragon and Bacon

photo by Anke R




- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 salmon fillets
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 slices bacon, diced
- 3 ounces butter
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried tarragon
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
directions
- Pre-heat oven to 400°F.
- Butter (or spray with non-stick spray) one side of a large sheet of aluminum foil (double the size needed to hold the salmon fillets in one layer); place in a baking dish (butter side up) large enough to hold the salmon (again, in one layer).
- Fry the finely chopped onion in butter in a frypan until soft and golden but not brown.
- Add the bacon and tarragon and cook for another two minutes.
- Stir in the lemon juice and remove from heat.
- Place the salmon fillets on the foil in the baking dish.
- Cover each fillet with some of the onion/bacon mixture and drizzle any pan juices over as well.
- Fold the foil over the fish and seal to make a parcel.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- May be served with a dollops of thick cream or creme fraiche (but I personally don't think it needs it!).
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Reviews
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This was good...REALLY good. I changed up the technique but not the ingredients.....sprinkled my salmon with some McCormick's salmon seasoning, then sprayed a glass pan and put the fish in there skin side down...put two pats of butter on either side....chopped up some onion, and some cooked bacon left over from breakfast and sprinkled a bit of tarragon on it and covered it with foil and baked it. It was perfect with some wild rice and carrots.....this is one I'll be making again real soon!
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Sooooo good! I used a large shallot sliced thinly insead of the onions and sauteed them in the bacon fat with the crispy bacon bits and it was just incredible! I didn't use the butter as the fat was enough. I also peppered the salmon filets before topping them with the bacon/shallot mixture. This is a keeper.
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This was fantastic! I did have to modify it a bit as we don't eat pork (so we used turkey bacon) and I chose to actually wrap the fillets in the bacon rather than chop it up. I didn't have any tarragon on hand so I used sage instead (it was very good). Delicious, my family loved it. Even my 17mo old ate it with gusto! I served it with steamed broccoli and white rice. I will definitely be making this again.
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Tweaks
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This was my first time making fish and boy was this easy. Tastes great and was super easy to make. I completely omitted the butter and just put the fish straight on the foil. Since I saved on the fat from the butter I used a good 10 rashers of bacon instead. What can I say I love my bacon ;) Ive already made this dish 8 times. Thanks, Zoe
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
FlemishMinx
Belgium
I am an American married to a Belgian, and have lived in Belgium since December 1999. Cooking is my major hobby. I'm also an avid reader, but I have difficulty finding the time. I love to travel. Since moving to Europe I've been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to go a couple of times per year to Paris, as well as having visited London, Rome, Florence, Naples, Amsterdam, and of course Brussels and Antwerp. I've seen at least parts of most regions of France, as well as parts of Germany, Austria, a great deal of Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Luxembourg, and Monaco. I'm absolutely in love with the Bay of Naples and Sorrento coast areas of Italy, which my husband and I recently re-visited on a trip that included Rome, Puglia, Umbria and Marche. I'm still looking forward to Ireland, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic . . . the list is too long ! One of the bonuses of travel is getting to taste the local cuisine, and afterward trying to figure out how to duplicate it at home.
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