I love to cook roasted salmon recipes because this fish is so versatile. You can make so many different roasted salmon or grilled salmon recipes, and this baked salmon with herbed yogurt sauce is one of my favorites.
Being from New Orleans, I love sauces on fish and meat. It just feels decadent.
Yogurt was never a biggie with me, but Greek yogurt makes such a creamy sauce for this dish. The Greek yogurt mixed with dijon mustard and herbs just brings it home.
I tend to like easy meals to make that will also impress people. I know that is cheating a little bit, but oh well!
Healthy baked salmon recipes are a hit in my home. And I’ll show you how to make perfectly baked salmon with a delicious dill yogurt sauce for salmon. We got you! And it will look picture perfect with some lemon wedges.
Is Salmon Healthy?
It sure is! We touched on the health benefits of salmon in our air fryer salmon recipe a little bit.
The best part about salmon dishes is that when you’re finished cooking, the meal looks like you had to have drudged away in the kitchen to get the meal to appear so exquisite.
However, baked salmon with yogurt sauce is not only easy to make, but it doesn’t take much time. In just 16 minutes, you’ll have an amazing meal.
And of course, Greek yogurt is healthy and full of protein, too, and you only add about 3/4 of a cup of yogurt to this recipe.
Health Benefits of Salmon
Here are the nutrition facts for salmon:
- Low-carb
- Packed with vitamin B12 (for regulating central nervous system healthy and producing red blood cells)
- Low in saturated fat
- High in selenium (involved in thyroid hormone metabolism, reproductive health, and DNA synthesis)
- Excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids (supports brain health, contributes to heart health, and decreases inflammation)
Salmon Nutrition Facts
Here’s a breakdown of all of the vitamins and minerals salmon provides.
What Can I Serve With Salmon?
There is nothing like baked salmon with potatoes and vegetables. For some reason, I have to have potatoes when I cook fish. It’s one of those weird, unexplainable things.
There are a lot of baked salmon fillet recipes, but I think this one calls for potatoes.
- I’m sure that rice is good, too, with the salmon.
- Oh, and risotto would be delicious served with salmon, accenting the sauce.
- Mashed potatoes with garlic and butter would be good to pair with the salmon.
- Scalloped potatoes are fun as well.
- Asparagus or broccoli would be perfect with salmon, too.
- Oh, and you can garnish it with lemon.
Can I Use Frozen Salmon For This Recipe?
You sure can!
I don’t always have time to go to the seafood market like I did today. The good news is that frozen salmon is just as delicious as fresh salmon.
However, I’m just one of those weirdos that like to look around fish markets, and I have no idea why. It probably makes sense to another weirdo, but certainly not to a normal person.
At any rate, frozen salmon is certainly OK to use for this recipe. And it’s suitable for grilled salmon recipes, too.
How to Make Dill Yogurt Sauce for Salmon
I know it sounded like I am at war with Greek yogurt (because of the first few sentences), but I can defend myself.
You see, I really hated yogurt. I liked blueberry yogurt, but that’s it. So, all of y’all yogurt aficionados, don’t be mad with me. You can still eat your yogurt. Just eat all the yogurt you want.
You’re going to love this dill yogurt sauce for salmon.
Ingredients for Herbed Yogurt Dill Sauce
- Plain Greek yogurt
- Dijon mustard
- Fresh dill and parsley (chopped)
- Sea salt and black pepper to taste
- Fresh lemon juice
Instructions for Herbed Yogurt Dill Sauce
Follow these steps to make the herbed yogurt dill sauce.
- Mix all the ingredients together and stir until the sauce is creamy.
- Spread the mixture on top of the salmon just before baking.
- Garnish with lemon slices or lemon wedges.
Ingredients for Salmon with Yogurt Sauce
Below is your shopping list for making salmon with yogurt sauce.
- 4 filets of salmon (about 6 ounces each)
- 3/4 cup of Greek yogurt
- 2-3 tablespoons of fresh dill weed, finely chopped (you can also use dry dill weed if you can’t find fresh)
- 2-3 tablespoons of fresh parsley, finely chopped (you can use dry parsley flakes)
- 3 tablespoons of dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice (or bottled lemon juice)
- Sea salt
- Black pepper
- Lemon wedges for garnish
Weight Watchers Salmon with Yogurt Dill Sauce
Greek yogurt salmon sauce is a great sauce to make if you’re following Weight Watchers.
With the Weight Watchers Personal Points plan, many people have Greek yogurt as a zero points Weight Watchers food. However, even if you don’t have Greek yogurt as a zero points food, one cup has just 3 Personal Points.
If you have salmon as a zero points food, you’ve got a meal that is very low in points with this recipe.
How to Make Baked Salmon with Herbed Yogurt Sauce
Serves 4.
Prep: 7 minutes.
Cooking time: 16 minutes
Total time: 23 minutes
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees
- Finely chop the dill and parsley.
- Now you need to gather the dijon mustard, yogurt, parsley, dill weed, parsley, sea salt, and black pepper.
- Mix those all together.
- Place the salmon with the skin side down on a baking sheet.
- Before putting it in your oven, spread the yogurt sauce on the filets.
- It should be ready in about 16 minutes if you’re cooking a side of salmon, but small filets should take about 8 minutes.
- The salmon is ready when they are opaque and at 145 degrees.
- Garnish with lemon wedges. Enjoy!
Baked Salmon With Herbed Yogurt Sauce Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup yogurt Greek
- 3 tablespoons dill weed finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons parsley finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- ,5 teaspoon sea salt
- ,5 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 6 ounce salmon filets
- Garnish with lemon wedges
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees
- Finely chop the dill and parsley.
- Gather the dijon mustard, yogurt, parsley, dill weed, lemon juice, and salt and pepper.
- Mix those together.
- Place the salmon with the skin side down on a baking sheet.
- Before putting the salmon in your oven, spread the herbed Greek yogurt sauce on the salmon filets.
- Cook for 16 minutes if you're cooking a side of salmon, but filets should take about 8 minutes.
- They're ready when they are opaque and at an internal temperature of 145 degrees.
- Garnish with lemon wedges
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
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