One Pan Salmon Dinner

5 from 2 votes

This One Pan Salmon Dinner is a family-approved weeknight meal with flaky salmon, crispy potatoes, and glazed green beans all baked on a single sheet pan.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Total Cost: $9.82 recipe / $2.45 serving

Servings: servings

Author: Jess Rice

Ingredients

1 lb. salmon (2 large filets)* $5.24
2 Yukon gold potatoes $1.04
1 tsp salt, divided $0.01
⅛ tsp freshly cracked black pepper $0.02
1 Tbsp olive oil $0.19
½ tsp ginger powder $0.12
1 tsp garlic powder $0.05
2 Tbsp brown sugar, packed $0.10
1 Tbsp soy sauce $0.03
1 tsp toasted sesame oil $0.13
½ a lemon $0.35
2 cups green beans** $2.47
½ tsp sesame seeds $0.07

Instructions

Gather ingredients. Thaw the salmon following the package directions (I thawed mine in the fridge overnight, but you can also thaw it in cold water), and preheat oven to 375℉.
Slice potatoes into 1/4-inch thick slices and sprinkle with ¼ tsp salt, pepper and oil.
Lay potatoes out flat on about 1/3 of a parchment-lined baking sheet. It’s ok if there’s some overlap. Bake the potatoes in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
Mix ½ tsp salt, ginger powder, garlic powder, brown sugar, soy sauce, and toasted sesame oil in the same bowl used to toss the sliced potatoes.
Place salmon filets in the center of a large piece of clean parchment paper and brush the salmon with the sauce. Slice the lemon into rounds, and then top each salmon filet with a slice or two of fresh lemon.
Fold the parchment paper with the salmon shut. This will help steam the fish and keep it nice and moist on your sheet pan. Set aside.
Next, toss green beans in the same bowl as the salmon marinade, using up every drop of that yummy marinade! Sprinkle with remaining salt (1/4 tsp) and the sesame seeds.
When your timer for 15 minutes goes off, flip the potatoes, and add the salmon in the parchment paper and the green beans.
Bake everything together for 10-15 minutes more or until the fish is cooked to 145 degrees. (If your fish is cut thinner and seems to be cooking faster than the veggies, it’s handy to have it wrapped up so you can remove it from the pan when it reaches 145℉ while you give the veggies an extra 5 minutes in the oven, if needed. No need to remove paper to temp it— just insert the thermometer through the paper or the top of the fold.) Adjust seasonings as needed and enjoy!

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Notes

*To maximize my budget, I buy bags of frozen wild-caught salmon at the grocery store. The 2 lb. bag of salmon from Walmart usually has 4-5 big filets inside.

**Frozen green beans became mushy when I tested them with this recipe, but you can always substitute the fresh green beans for another tender fresh vegetable you may have on hand, like asparagus, small broccoli florets, or snow peas.

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