Dinner in 15min: Oven Broiled Garlic Dill Salmon Over Salad

Listen friends, quit making life hard on yourself! Just because it's pretty doesn't mean it took longer than 15 min to prepare.  This Salmon is delicious and was the perfect fast meal for a late night.  Keep in mind when cooking this though, Salmon is VERY easily overcooked.  Salmon can be cooked to preference but technically Salmon should still be a little pink at the center and plenty juicy! No worries though, if you read that and thought "ewww" bare with me and I'll tell you how to keep it juicy and get it cooked all the way through.  If you are only making salad for one that's ok, save the rest of your Salmon for breakfast/lunch/dinner, whatever you're feeling... or freeze it!  Now feel free to continue on...

Ingredients:

Garlic Dill Salmon
1.7lb Alaskan Salmon Fillet
2 tsp Dill Paste
2 tsp minced garlic (about 2 cloves)
1 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp sage
1-2 tsp smoked paprika
Black pepper to taste

For my Salad I used a couple cups of Spinach, couple grape tomatoes (halved), couple tbsp fresh pico de gallo, 1/3 red pepper sliced, tbsp of sliced almonds, and for dressing I just threw on a little balsamic vinegar.  Had I had my favorite ingredients on hand, and been that motivated, this is awesome with diced hard boiled egg, bacon, raw mushroom, and diced tomato.  Yet regardless, easy and fast was what I was looking for....tab-dah!

For the Salmon:  Turn the oven to broil and set your rack for the highest position (I would say mine is roughly 8" from the light.  Cover your baking sheet with Aluminum foil, add your Salmon, and throw on all your other ingredients (don't remove the skin it will keep the fish from sticking and it peals right off after cooking).  Now, really rub the spices into the Salmon fillet.  Throw it in the oven on broil for about 6-8 minutes until the top is crispy and a little blackened.  Once it's crisped to your liking pull it out and cut into the salmon, at the thickest point, to see how you feel about the pinkness of the fish.  If it is a REALLY thick fillet it may even be bordering on raw.  It's ok, deep breath.  Set the baking rack to the spot just below middle and turn your oven to 375F.  You should only have to let your salmon cook another up to another 5 min before it firms up.  Mine was a hefty fillet so I let it cook an additional 3 min.  Delicious and the whole meal is done in 15 min, including chopping!