Baked Salmon & Onions Casserole

Baked dish with salmon and onions. Salmon is garnished with lemon.

This baked casserole with salmon and onions is a Mediterranean dish flavored with bay of leaves and oregano. It's the perfect Sunday meal for the whole family! Serve with salad and bread.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Albanian, Mediterranean

Keyword baked salmon with onions, salmon casserole, tave me qepe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1 15

Baking Time 45

Total Time 2 15

Servings servings

Calories 531kcal

Author Sonila

Equipment

1 large pot
1 baking tray
Wooden spoon

Ingredients

4 salmon fillets about 6 ounces each
3 lbs onions (usually yellow large onions) ~ 1.4 kg
3 tomatoes
4 bay leaves
1 lemon
1 tbsp salt I prefer Mediterranean Sea Salt
1 tbsp oregano
1 tsp black pepper
4 tbsps olive oil (divided)
1 cup water

Instructions

Peel the onions and place them in a big bowl with water. Puree the tomatoes using a food processor.
Cut lemon in half. Drizzle salmon with lemon juice (from half a lemon), 1 tbsp of olive oil and some salt. Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator.
Chop the onions roughly, no mincing, they have to be big slices.
Add 3 tbsps of olive oil to a large pot in medium heat (I prefer a dutch oven 6 qt but if you don't have a dutch oven, a large pot is perfect too).
Add onions to the pot. Stir slowly to turn them from bottom to top occasionally. Slowly the onions will become translucent and release their own liquid. Continue stirring.
Onions' volume will be reduced in half at about half hour mark in the cooking process. Add salt, oregano, black pepper and bay leaves. Mix well and let cook some more. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon to ensure that the bottom doesn't get burned.
Once you see that the mix is getting dry and can start sticking to the bottom add the tomato puree and 1 cup of water. Mix well and cover the pot. Let cook for another half an hour or so.
Slice the left over half lemon.
Once the onion mix is cooked thoroughly and become a homogenous mass, then pour it into the baking tray. Add salmon pieces on top and push them down a little bit into the mix so they don't burn while baking. Garnish with lemon pieces on top of salmon.
Bake at 400 degrees F (~ 200 degrees C) for about 45 minutes. Salmon will be soft and tasty on the inside and have a crust on the outside. Serve with salad and bread! Enjoy:)

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Notes

Some onions take longer to cook. Cook them longer if needed to achieve the right taste. The onions have to be soft.

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