Chili Lime Baked Salmon is a complete dinner – all made on one tray! Crunchy golden roast potatoes with a chili, lime and honey glazed salmon that’s beautifully caramelised and juicy on the inside. Oh – and beans. Because it wouldn’t be a complete meal without some greens!
Like the Brown Sugar Broiled Salmon with Vegetables, this is a terrific one tray salmon recipe that’s quick to prepare!
Chilli Lime Baked Salmon
In my humble opinion, salmon is best cooked in a smoking skillet to get the skin shatteringly crisp. Serve it on mashed potatoes with a lemon herb cream sauce and a side of perfectly roasted baby carrots = restaurant quality dinner. I swear, you’d pay $30 for that at a fancy restaurant.
And I’ll go to that effort for a real fancy dinner party when I’m cooking to impress. BUT for midweek, I don’t have the time or energy. Too much washing up!
So for midweek, this is more the type of meal I make. Tastes fantastic, it’s healthy and it’s a complete meal all made on one baking tray. 🙂
The trick with one tray baked dinners is timing it so everything is perfectly cooked at the same time. Potatoes take longer than salmon and beans, so I just pop the potatoes in first for 20 minutes to get them started, then add the salmon and beans 20 minutes into the baking time. That way you get golden roast potatoes without overcooking the salmon and beans.
The salmon is lightly marinated just for 20 minutes in lime. If you marinate it for much longer, then the lime sort of “cures” the surface of the salmon. Definitely do not marinate it overnight. The acid in the lime juice changes the texture of the flesh, almost breaking it down. Other proteins can handle it, but fish is too delicate.
I love the combination of chili, garlic, honey and lime. It’s a classic combination – fresh, zesty and perfect for seafood. To add the kick of chili, I use this neat little trick I learned watching a Jamie Oliver show. Just pop chilis in the freezer, then you can grate them straight into or onto whatever you need. I call it “chili dust” and I love it! I hardly ever finely chop chilis anymore. 🙂
Yummy! Crunchy roast potatoes, a beautifully caramelised salmon with a zesty, garlicky glaze and a fresh kick of chili…I’ll happily have this for dinner any night of the week!
Oh – and the beans. Yes, I crammed beans on the tray too, to make it a complete meal! Just pile them into a corner of the tray, that way they kind of “steam”. Perfect!
Hope your week isn’t looking too hectic! Have a great one – Nagi x
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One Tray Oven Baked Honey Chili Lime Salmon with Potatoes and Beans
Ingredients
- 3 pieces of salmon (5 - 7 oz / 150 - 200g each, skin on or off)
Marinade
- 1 large lime (or 2 small ones) - 1 1/2 tsp zest + 3 tbsp lime juice
- 1 1/2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp soy sauce (or fish sauce)
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
Roast Potatoes
- 14 oz / 450 g baby potatoes , halved (Note 1)
- 1 1/2 tbsp melted butter (or olive oil)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 garlic clove , minced (optional)
Beans
- 8 oz / 250 g green beans , trimmed
- 1 tsp olive oil
Garnish and seasoning
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Black pepper
- 1 birds eye chili , frozen whole (or finely chopped unfrozen chili)
- 1 lime
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F and place a large rimmed baking tray in the oven.
- Combine the Marinade ingredients in a bowl or ziplock bag. Add the salmon and set aside to marinate for 20 minutes (while the potatoes are roasting). (Note 2)
- Toss the Roast Potato ingredients in a bowl. Remove the tray from the oven and pour the potatoes onto the tray. Place in the oven and roast for 20 minutes. (Note 3)
- Combine the Beans ingredients into bowl you used for the potatoes (so residual butter sticks to beans) and toss.
- Remove salmon from the Marinade, reserving the Marinade.
- Remove tray from the oven. Move the potatoes to one side and place the salmon in the middle, skin side down. Pile the beans into one corn of the tray (don't spread them out, they will overcook).
- Sprinkle over the salt and pepper all over everything on the tray.
- Drizzle some Marinade on each salmon, then place the tray into the oven and bake for 4 minutes per 1/2 inch / 5 minutes per 1.5 cm of thickness (thickest part of the salmon). My salmon was 1.25 inches / 3 cm thick so I baked it for 10 minutes. (Note 4)
- Turn the grill/broiler onto maximum. (Note 5) Drizzle the remaining Marinade onto the salmon and grill for 2 minutes or until light golden on top.
- Rest for 3 minutes. Use a grater to grate frozen chili and lime zest over the salmon. Serve with lime wedges on the side.
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My family love this. It’s become a weekly must have. Thank you.
This was so delicious, loved it.
This is the third recipe I’ve made of yours in a week and all of them have been absolutely spot on – only fair I finally leave a comment! The salmon bake so easy and flavoursome. Subbed lemon for lime and added broccoli for extra greens. Yummo. Will be making this one part of our regular dinner rotation for sure!
This is definitely one of my go-to fish dishes as a special Sunday meal. Made it again today, having *completely* forgotten to buy either limes or chillies… However – substituted bottled lime juice and chilli powder (appx 1/8 tsp sprinkled over two salmon steaks), and there was very little taste difference from the fresh.
I now also add in carrots and kumera (sweet potato) into the roasting pan to increase the veg – so easy!
Hi Nagi. Thank you so much, this was delicious!
I love all your recipes!
Hi Nagi, some of your recipes often use lime. But they are so expensive in Australia right now! Am I able to substitute with lemons? Are they that much different?
I loved this recipe and so grateful for another low cal option for my meal rotation. I didn’t use the griller but I will make sure to crisp up right at the end next time. Thank you for this recipe and good luck finding your assistant 😊.
Salmon, potatoes, Asian flavours, and all in one tray.
Absolutely perfect.
Thanks Nagi.
Not a salmon lover but this has converted me!!!
Woah what a great compliment Dominique!! N x
Great easy quick dish. You never fail me Nagi, all your recipes are winners – thank you
You’re so welcome Francesca! N x
Had this for dinner tonight. Sooo yummy. I had always tried to bake good salmon and hubby always says “can you don’t make salmon next time cos it always don’t turn well visually or orally”. But tonight, he says wow this is nice and taste perfect and especially so if goes with rice! Thank you Nagi. I am so happy. 🤣
Nailed it Kathryn!!!
Very rarely ever find a recipe from you that isn’t amazing. This was – delish!
Oh thanks Chris! ❤️
Sorry – first comment on your blog – couldn’t figure out how to add give stars. My wife and I are at the point now in which we don’t even bother trying other recipe website because everything you do is just that good. The carinitas recipe was the first that blew us away at just how good these are. Thank you!
Chilli dust! Perfect! My daughter will happily eat food with chilli in it as long as the chilli is invisible…..this is perfect!
Wahoo, love to know how it goes down if you try it!
It looks like someone just plagiarised this recipe and posted it to his Facebook and Instagram. You should report this! https://www.facebook.com/fortitudenutritioncoaching/posts/2107274086172643:0
So annoying 🙁 Thank you for letting me know Kate! N x
Hey Nagi,
Absolutely brilliant site! I just made this for mothers day, and happy to report turned out great, even though I forgot the honey, and rubbed my eyes after dealing with the chilli! So spent most of the dinner weeping. 🙂
Michael
I DO THAT ALL THE TIME!!! It’s torture!!! 😂
Salmon & chicken are my fav’s in the world, I’m so glad you have shown so many ways to cook both. Honey garlic chicken is on tonight’s menu.
This little beauty lime, honey, garlic & chilli salmon is fantastic. Why I haven’t stumbled across it earlier is just dumb.
I did swap the beans for asparagus similar to your one tray bake salmon. It’s really, really so easy to make, the flavours are a match made in Heaven.
I’ve always enjoyed cooking Nagi but since finding your site, cooking is so much more enjoyable, even to the extent that this year, I think there have only been 4 days I haven’t cooked. Is that a good thing? Yea, it’s really fun as I know the outcome will be tasty and nutritious.
Also, don’t know if anyone has mentioned to you how handy the ‘nutrition facts’ are? MOTH is on a 12 week body transformation thingo and he documents what he eats and some of your recipes have already been added to some nutrition app which makes his life easy. Moving forward, any of your recipes I cook, he is going to add the nutrition facts for other meals.
That’s a great thing!!! 4 days you haven’t cooked? YOU’RE ROCKING IT BARB!! Is MOTH on the Michelle Bridges 12WBT????
These are exactly the ingredients I had on hand for supper. So happy to find such a simple way to combine & cook them.
You are my go-to recipe site! Sending love (and exclamation marks) from Canada!!!
I’m so pleased to hear that Tara! Thanks for letting me know! N xx ❤️
I just cooked following this recipe! It’s amazingly yummy!! My man satisfied with the food!! I’m a very amateur cook, and this recipe has helped me to boost my confidence in cooking 🙂
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Triya! And YAY to starting out with cooking – I was there once too! 🙂 N x
Such an easy and fast dinner. The fish was so most, pink in the inside and so tasty. I also cooked corn in the cob for the extra veggie content (let’s ignore the butter and salt … he he), potatoes were little golden nuggets. I skipped the chilli, the family is not keen on heat. This is going on my regular menu. Thank you for such a great dinner idea.
YAY!!! So glad you enjoyed this Sveta – and thank you SO MUCH for coming back to let me know!! N x
I made this last night with asparagus and yukon gold potatoes. Great recipe! Everyone loved it. I grated most of the chili over my salmon, just a little on husband’s and daughter’s, none on son’s. Genius idea! I will use that technique on other dishes so I I won’t feel deprived of heat for the sake of others. Thanks!
That’s so great to hear Kellen, thank you for letting me know! I love that grating trick, so handy 🙂 Learnt it from jamie Oliver! N x
Nagi,
This looks wonderful but I’m concerned about the high sodium content. Can you recommend an alternative without sacrificing flavor? Many thanks.
Hi Gail! Just use low salt soy sauce 🙂