Mediterranean

Zaatar Salmon

Name: Zaatar Salmon
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 4 salmon fillets; 3 tbsp za'atar seasoning; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 lemon; 2 garlic cloves; 4 cups baby spinach; 3/4 tsp salt

Yasmin @beirut_bites

Zaatar Salmon is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

25 min Easy Low carb Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 salmon fillets
3 tbsp za'atar seasoning
3 tbsp olive oil
1 lemon
2 garlic cloves
4 cups baby spinach
3/4 tsp salt

How to cook it

Heat the oven to 400F and line a baking sheet.
Pat the salmon dry and set it skin side down on the sheet.
Stir the za'atar with 2 tbsp olive oil and the garlic, then spread it over the salmon and season with salt.
Bake until the salmon flakes easily, about 12 minutes.
Toss the spinach with the remaining olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.
Serve the salmon over the dressed spinach with lemon wedges.

Watch how to cook Zaatar Salmon

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Za'atar Garlic Salmon Recipe (Mediterranean Diet Recipe!) Play the video

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Zaatar Salmon carries fish and sesame. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Zaatar Salmon
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	Yes	Baked Falafel Plate
Sesame	Yes	Beef Kofta Kebabs
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 420 kcal
Protein: 34 g
Carbs: 2 g
Fat: 31 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 480 mg
Saturated fat: 6 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Zaatar Salmon takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.