Baked salmon fillet, with melted butter

Baked salmon fillet, with melted butter

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A salmon fillet coated in melted butter, seasoned with salt and pepper, cooked for about 20 minutes at 175 °C: a quick and simple Swedish recipe.

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A very simple baked salmon recipe: just melted butter, salt, and white pepper are all you need. The fish cooks gently in about 20 minutes.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time5 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total25 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$7.94 $1.99 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $7.82
  • $0.10
  • $0.02

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 3 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 175 °C.
  2. Place the salmon in an oven-safe dish and brush it with melted butter. ≈ 3 min
  3. Salt and pepper. ≈ 2 min
  4. Place the dish in the center of the oven and let it bake for about 20 minutes.

The bill

Baked salmon fillet, with melted butter

  • 600 g of salmon fillet$7.82
  • 30 g of margarine or melted butter$0.10
  • ½ cup of salt$0.02

Total$7.94

that's $1.99 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 600 g of salmon fillet
  • 30 g of margarine or melted butter
  • ½ cup of salt
  • A pinch of white pepper

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