Easiest Way to Make Delicious Tomato Pesto Salmon

Tomato Pesto Salmon. On a baking sheet, lay down zucchini. Drizzle on olive oil and sprinkle on salt and pepper. Just remember to soak it for at least an hour before throwing it on the grill: your goal is to get smoke-flavored salmon, not salmon flambé. Leave the plank to soak right up until you're ready to start cooking; you'll get the maximum smoky flavor that way. NEW One-Sheet Pan Tomato Pesto Salmon This salmon recipe is super FAST to put together and even quicker for the clean-up-duty person, thanks to our one-sheet pan method. We love serving this salmon for dinner, but it's equally great for prepping ahead a few lunches to take with you as your meal prep throughout the week.

Thank you sooooo much for the kind words!! Yes, you can absolutely make these on the grill. Just place the closed-up foil packets on the grill over medium-low heat. You can have Tomato Pesto Salmon using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Tomato Pesto Salmon

1. It's of Parchment paper 12x18 inches.
2. Prepare 6 of stems asparagus.
3. Prepare to taste of Olive oil.
4. Prepare 1/4 Tbsp of salt.
5. You need 1/4 Tbsp of pepper.
6. Prepare 6 ounces of skinless salmon.
7. Prepare 2 tablespoons of pesto.
8. You need 10 of cherry tomatoes, halved.

Place each salmon fillet in the baking pan and drizzle with olive oil. Apply freshly ground pepper to taste over each fillet. Gently spread pesto sauce over each fillet. Sprinkle parmesean cheese over each fillet.

Tomato Pesto Salmon instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C..
2. Fold the parchment paper in half, then open up..
3. On one half, lay down the asparagus, Drizzle on oil and sprinkle on salt & pepper..
4. Lay the salmon on the asparagus, and spread on the pesto.  Top with tomatoes..
5. Fold the parchment paper over the salmon, and cinch the paper together by folding it over itself along the edges..
6. Bake for 20 minutes or until internal temperature of salmon reaches 145˚F/63˚C..

Optional: Place plum tomatoes slices on each fillet and sprinkle with a bit of additional parmesean cheese. Grill and baste salmon as directed. Herbed Salmon: Place salmon on double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Arrange sliced tomatoes over pesto so they cover the top of the salmon. Wrap salmon securely in foil, doubling over the seam and ends several times.