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Super Easy Baked Fish Packets

Sheila
Easy Fish Pockets are a quick and healthy dinner made with tender salmon or your favorite fish, fresh vegetables, lemon, dill, and simple seasonings. Everything cooks together in foil for a flavorful meal in under 30 minutes with almost no cleanup!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course easy dinner, Main Dish
Cuisine American, seafood
Servings 4 servings
Calories 330 kcal

Equipment

  • aluminum foil
  • baking sheet

Ingredients
  

  • 24 ounces salmon filets 4 - 6 ounce filets
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder add more if it's to your liking
  • 1/2 tsp dill weed add more if it's to your liking
  • 2 whole lemons
  • 1 cup zucchini chunks
  • 1 cup summer squash chunks
  • 1/3 lb fresh green beans

Instructions
 

Preheat oven to 400℉. Tear off four 12-14 inch pieces of aluminum foil. Have a baking sheet ready to place fish packets on.

  • Thaw fish fillets, if frozen. Pat fillets dry with paper towel.
  • Drizzle olive oil on a piece of foil. (1 teaspoon) Lay fish fillet on oiled foil.
  • Place whatever vegetables you have chosen to go with your fish around the fish. You will want approximately 1 cup of vegetable per packet.
  • Drizzle vegetables and fish with more olive oil about a teaspoon. Now sprinkle with salt, pepper, and herbs. (see notes)Place 1-2 slices of lemon on top of fish fillet.
  • Bring sides of foil together and fold on top, then bring the ends together folding them up and toward the middle so all the juices stay in the packet. Place packets on baking sheet. Place in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes depending on how thick your fillets are.

Notes

Herbs & Spices: I have dill in the ingredient listing but you can use whatever your heart desires. See the Variations section of the post for more ideas. 
Vegetables: You also have creative license with the vegetables you can add whatever veggies you like or none at all. You can also make separate packets of vegetables if you want them separate from the fish. I would recommend doing this if your making shrimp packets because the shrimp will finish cooking much faster than the vegetables. 

Nutrition

Calories: 330kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 35gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 662mgPotassium: 1080mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 333IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 2mg
Keyword cod, easy, fish, fresh herbs, healthy, lemon, mahi mahi, salmon, seafood, shrimp, tilapia
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