Salmon in a "Bag"

Chris begged me to make something different. Of course, after asking a million times what he wanted, I always got the same response... "I don't know." Ugh. I went to Safeway and behold! Salmon is on sale! And the meat counter guy is kind-of cute. Back around 2008-ish, I used to eat at Red Lobster with an ex of mine all the time, especially around Lent. I always got this tilapia with wine sauce and veggies thing. It was amazing! Unfortunately, they don't have it anymore at Red Lobster. :-( However, I decided to make my own...somewhat ghetto version of their nice, neat fish in a bag. I googled a recipe and adapted it slightly because of my limitations with the kitchen. (here is the original recipe: http://twocoasttable.com/post/480063325/brown-bag-salmon)

Salmon in a "Bag"


1 lemon
2 Tablespoon Olive Oil
2 8oz salmon filets (skin on is the best)
1 cup of frozen stew veggies (thawed, or heated up in the microwave)
1/2 cup of white wine
Salt & Pepper
Lots of tin foil...

Heat your oven to 375 degrees. Take your tin foil and have some fun. Make little square "boats" with your tin foil, but you will probably need more tin foil than you think. Make sure that your "boat" has high enough sides so  that you can fold it over completely and make a pouch, or cube, or whatever shape you want to call it. I had issues with my first one and had to cover it with a second piece of tin foil at the end.

Put your thawed stew veggies on the bottom of each of your little boats. Try your best to divide them evenly. The stew veggies I use have pearl onions, carrots, and halved potato chunks, so it made it a bit hard to divide up. Place your salmon on top of the veggies. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil per salmon fillet. If you need to add more, go ahead. It tastes great either way! Top with the salt and pepper. Pour 1/4 of the white wine into each of the boats around the veggies. Add slices of lemon over the top of your salmon. I only used 2 per salmon fillet. Cover the salmon with the remainder of the tin foil of your boat. Pop them on a sheet pan in the oven for about 20-25 minutes. Personally, my oven leaned more towards 25 minutes, but if yours is newer than mine (think cheesy early 1970s ovens...) it may take about 20 minutes. Unwrap and enjoy straight out of the boat!

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By the way, those potatoes are just cheesy potatoes from a box. Nothing fancy. :P