Suggestions for seasoning salmon before baking

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I have never made salmon before.

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Is pan searing an option?

I’ve been meaning to try it with pesto, lightly seasoned, pesto spread over top, oven baked in lightly greased baking pan. I hesitate because should pesto be baked?

Sometimes I season with Tony’s, pan grill it and finish with a bit of maple syrup (low carb ms for me).

I’ve started using a lemon cream sauce recipe with some fish, but I’ve never tried it with salmon.

1/2 stick of butter (or 50g or 1/4 cup)
1/4 cup of cream
Garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 Tbs lemon juice
1 Tbs Dijon mustard (not the grainy version)
S&P

Place above ingredients in microwave safe dish and heat until butter is melted.

Finely sliced shallots or green onion (white part)
Lemon slices

Season both sides of the fish and place in greased baking dish.
Top with shallots or other onion and lemon slices
Pour sauce over fish and bake until fish is flaky, 20 minutes ish, depending on the thickness of the fish.

Could be good on salmon.

I edited in a lemon cream sauce recipe that I know is delicious, I just don’t know about it with salmon.

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GIve me your best suggestions for seasoning and baking in the oven

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Salmon is a versatile fatty fish that is very forgiving and approprite for many cooking methods. It can handle siginificant abuse before drying out. We prefer our salmon seared and cooked medium or smoked in my house. I don't cook salmon in the oven but you could try to adjust my quick smoke recipe to suit your cooking preference. I season with it with BBQ rub that is a little on the sweet side 30 minutes before cooking and smoke at 205°F until cooked thorugh, spritzing with 50/50 ACV and apple juice throughout the cook. You could raise the temperture on oven to 325-350°F for quicker results.

I like to sear salmon for a crispy crust. My all-purpose fish seasoning is 3:1/4:1/4:1/8 blend of salt, granulated garlic, white pepper, ground coriander seed. Seasong fish 10-30 minutes before cooking, sear on high heat flipping once to ensure even cooking.

Put it in the air fryer next time. Game changer.

In the air fryer. I like to cut in small cubes.

SPG, and then liberally coat in Thai Chili sauce for the last few minutes. Moist, sticky, tangy, with a little bit of heat.

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Paul Prudhomme's Salmon Magic Seasoning is really good.

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Try it on a baked sweet potato. It's delicious.

Do you have an air fryer?

Salmon cooks surprisingly well in an air fryer and it couldn’t be easier.

We did salmon the other night with a Dijon mustard/smoked maple syrup glaze and it was really good.

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I'm not a huge fan of salmon, but my wife loves it.

When I cook for her, I season with lime juice, chili powder, white pepper and sea salt. Let sit for about 30 minutes.

Then sear in butter in a black cast iron pan.

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The only way I'll even think of eating salmon cooked is similar to the above and just a quick sear in the pan to lightly sear the outside and have the inside pretty much rare.

I really prefer it raw to be honest and absolutely dislike it if cooked through and through as it dries it out too much.