Sheet-Pan Garlic Butter Salmon & Asparagus

Garlic and butter might be one of the greatest flavor pairings of all time. We’ve added the dynamic duo to bread, potatoes, pasta, meatballs, mushrooms, biscuits—and more. Now, garlic butter is here to save your weeknight dinner with this one-pan salmon & asparagus meal that's ready in as little as 30 minutes!

In this simple sheet-pan supper, salmon teams up with asparagus and onions. Giving the veggies a head start before adding the salmon makes sure that everything is cooked to perfection. The asparagus will be crisp-tender, the red onion wedges will melt down and get a little sweet, and the salmon will be a little browned on the edges, but still tender in the middle.

The garlic butter goes on during the second half of cooking to make sure it doesn’t burn, but this isn’t just straight garlic butter. This amped-up version has a little lemon zest and juice to help cut through the richness and chopped parsley for color and freshness. Spooning the delicious butter over the fish and veggies pulls everything together—and it all comes together in 30 minutes! Talk about a weeknight winner.

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