Easy Salmon Foil Packets

salmon, green beans, garlic slices and a brown sauce in a bowl - sitting on aluminum foil

According to Time magazine, one of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to eat healthier. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the quickest resolutions to be broken.

The authors think it’s because people go overboard. So many of us think that eating healthy means giving up their favorite treats for good, and who could stick to that? But I think there’s another reason too. A lot of people think cooking healthy meals is hard work. You know, skinning the chicken, mixing up low-fat dressings, weighing out your portions-it all sounds so complicated.

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Wanna know the good news? It doesn’t have to be!

These Easy Salmon Foil Packets are incredibly simple.  Just rub the fish with sauce, top it with garlic and green beans, and bake. In fact, it’s so easy, even my daughters can cook it (well, with a little help from Mom). See?

2 children making Easy Salmon Foil Packets

So this meal is actually a three-fer: it’s easy, it’s healthy, and it’s a good way to get the kids involved in the kitchen. And what kids help cook, they’re a lot more likely to eat.

I was actually worried that my youngest wouldn’t like the dish, since she has turned her nose up at salmon a couple times. But after getting to help “paint the fish” with the sauce and assemble her own yummy packet, she ended up loving it.)

child sitting in front of a piece of salmon that is sitting on foil

Easy Salmon Foil Packets

  • 1.5 lbs salmon ( divided into 4 )
  • 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1 Tablespoon of lime juice (about 1 lime’s worth)
  • 10 oz frozen green beans (fresh would also work)
  • 1 clove of garlic, thinly sliced
  • salt/pepper to taste
  • 1 Tablespoon of butter, divided into 4 tabs
  1. Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
  2. In a small bowl, mix together soy sauce and honey.  Divided salmon among 4 sheets of foil. Place a salmon filet in the center of each sheet of foil.  Brush each filet evenly with soy mixture.Salmon sitting in the middle of foil, topped with green beans, garlic slices and a brown sauce
  3. Squeeze lime juice over each filet, and season with a pinch of salt/pepper.  Divided and place green beans and garlic slices on top of each filet.  Season beans with salt/pepper to taste and top with a tab of butter.
  4. Seal foil packets and place on a baking sheet. Bake to 16-20 minutes, until salmon is flaky.Salmon and green beans in a foil packet

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5 from 2 votes

Easy Salmon Foil Packets

Author Corey Valley
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 26 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 1.5 lbs salmon divided into 4
  • 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1 Tablespoon of lime juice about 1 lime's worth
  • 10 oz frozen green beans fresh would also work
  • 1 clove of garlic thinly sliced
  • salt/pepper to taste
  • 1 Tablespoon of butter divided into 4 tabs

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
  • In a small bowl, mix together soy sauce and honey. Divided salmon among 4 sheets of foil. Place a salmon filet in the center of each sheet of foil. Brush each filet evenly with soy mixture.
  • Squeeze lime juice over each filet, and season with a pinch of salt/pepper. Divided and place green beans and garlic slices on top of each filet. Season beans with salt/pepper to taste and top with a tab of butter.
  • Seal foil packets and place on a baking sheet. Bake to 16-20 minutes, until salmon is flaky.

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Post updated October 2020

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13 Comments

  1. Wow! I have been wanting to find a recipe for salmon that isn’t too over-the-top but delicious anyway… My hubby loves salmon…This looks like just the one for me to try. Thank you Corey!

    1. Can the salmon be frozen?

    2. I have not tried frozen yet Karina, but I think that would work. You will want to cook it a little longer perhaps.

  2. What a lovely and easy recipe. I love your site, full of simple healthy recipes. Definitely going to share with my readers who are trying to help their children eat healthily! Right, better get pinning!

    1. Thanks Orlena!

  3. Katharine in Brussels says:

    Thank you Corey for this family cooking inspiration! Our #3 will be coming any time now and there are going to be dinners when I have absolutely no energy for making dinner, even on maternity leave. I can’t serve spaghetti every night the slow cooker isn’t in use either. How to keep my preschoolers and husband (all meat eaters) fed, include my kiddos in dinner prep for some family time, and serve a healthy meal? Solved! THANKS!

  4. Can Frozen green beans be used?

    1. Yes Hope! We sure frozen all the time. 🙂