Name: Salmon Foil Packets
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 pound salmon (sliced into 4 equal pieces); 4 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon black pepper; 1 tablespoon garlic powder; 1 red pepper (sliced into ½ inch pieces); 1 pound asparagus (ends removed and sliced into 1 inch pieces); 1 red onion (sliced into 1/2 inch pieces); 1 zucchini (quartered and sliced); 8 lemon slices; 4 tablespoons lemon juice

Salmon Foil Packs are super quick and easy, anyone can make this recipe. Perfect for any night of the week. This simple foil pack dinner is made with just a few basic ingredients, fresh vegetables and salmon are the stars of this dish.

salmon with vegetables on a sheet of foil

Foil dinner packs are so fun for the whole fam to make, they are easily customizable so everyone can add in what a lot of just a little of what they like. It’s like making their own dinner, ya, less work for you!

Salmon foil packs or even these chicken foil packs can be loaded with vegetables to make this a simple, complete meal.

salmon with a fork in it in a sheet of foil

Salmon Foil Dinner Ingredients

With just a few simple ingredients you can make these easy foil pack dinners.

Here is what you will need to pick up:

4, 3-4 ounce Salmon Fillets– salmon is the main ingredient of this foil dinner. I used skin on salmon in this recipe, but you can also use skinless. The salmon can be purchased as one whole piece and then sliced into smaller pieces.
4 tablespoons Olive Oil– adds moisture and helps prevent the vegetables and fish from sticking
Garlic Powder, Salt and Black Pepper– this is all the seasoning this recipe uses and it adds great flavor
Red Pepper– sliced and added to the salmon, this adds great flavor and color
Red Onion– the red onion does not add too strong of a flavor, but a yellow onion can be used as well
Zucchini– another vegetable that cooks up perfectly in the foil
Asparagus– sliced into smaller pieces, this cooks up super quick and easy
Lemon– sliced lemons are the perfect combination to salmon

⭐️ Full ingredient measurements and recipe instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

baked salmon in a sheet of foil with vegetables

How to Make Salmon Foil Packet in Oven

Salmon foil packets are so easy to make and really come together quickly. Let’s walk through the steps with some tips and tricks to make these perfect every time.

Step 1: Get the oven heating up to 425º F

Step 2: Prepare the foil sheets. I just use the rolled foil sheets, by measuring them out into 12 inch pieces. You can also use precut sheets if you prefer for convenience.

uncooked salmon with vegetables on a sheet of foil

Step 3: Prepare the vegetables by slicing into smaller pieces. Slice the red onion and red peppers into small, 1/2 inch pieces. Remove the woody ends of the asparagus and discard, slice the remaining spears into 1 inch pieces. For the zucchini, slice it into quarters and then into smaller pieces.

Step 4: Place a piece of salmon into the center of the foil sheet. Put some of the onions and vegetables around the sides of the salmon. Don’t overfill the packet so it can still fold up with a little space.

Step 5: Drizzle each foil packet with the salmon and vegetables with olive oil and season with salt, black pepper and garlic powder.

Step 6: Fold up the foil packets by folding in the ends and then bring up the other sides. Roll the last two side pieces together to seal the foil packet together. Don’t make the packet too tight to allow the steam to move around inside the packet and cook the salmon.

Step 7: Bake the salmon in foil packets on the oven for 20-25 minutes until the salmon reaches an internal temperature of 145º F when measured with an instant read thermometer, or the salmon flakes easily. The vegetables should be tender when poked with a fork.

I check the salmon, by either opening the foil and measuring the temperature or just poke the thermometer through the foil into the salmon for the temperature.

What to do With Leftover Foil Packet Salmon

If you have leftover salmon, you can wrap up the packets tight and store in the refrigerator. These can also be transferred to an air tight container and placed into the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

baked salmon with vegetables in foil packets

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