Spicy Garlic Salmon

Ingredients

• 2 cloves garlic , smashed
• 1 dried red chile pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon whole-grain mustard
• sea salt to taste
• freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 2 filletss salmon , 6 ounce

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a medium baking dish with aluminum foil; lightly grease foil.

2. 2

   Grind garlic, chile pepper, and olive oil together with a mortar and pestle. Add lime juice, mustard, salt, and black pepper; mix until a thick paste forms.

3. 3

   Place salmon fillets in the prepared baking dish; coat with mustard paste.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until salmon easily flakes with a fork, 12 to 15 minutes.