Baked Feta Salmon
Updated Jan 22, 2026
Ready to serve in 20 minutes, this easy baked feta salmon recipe with tomatoes, olives, feta, and herbs, is a one-pan dinner.
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Baked Feta Salmon is soo Good!
This baked feta salmon is one of my go-to “throw it in the oven and don’t think about it” dinners, with over 40g of protein. Everything goes into one dish: salmon in the middle, tomatoes, peppers, red onion, olives, and feta around it, and that’s basically it. As it bakes, the feta softens, the tomatoes break down, and you end up with a spoonable, salty, tomato-y situation that does most of the work for you. I like this baked feta salmon on nights when I want something solid for dinner but don’t feel like cooking-cooking.
Happy Cooking!
– Yumna
Baked Feta Salmon Ingredients
- Salmon: I like to use MOWI Essential Fresh Atlantic Salmon. It has a wonderful flavor as well as being sustainable. Salmon is a great source of healthy omega-3s and is high in protein.
- Vegetables: Cherry tomatoes, green pepper, red onion, garlic, kalamata olives.
- Feta cheese: This Greek cheese adds a great creamy texture and rich flavor. Goat cheese will also work well.
- Seasonings: Salt, oregano, red pepper flakes and fresh basil.
- Oil: I like to use extra virgin olive oil for this dish for a richer flavor. You can use regular olive oil if that’s what you have.
How to Make Baked Feta Salmon
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Baked Feta Salmon Recipe
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Ingredients
- 6 ounces MOWI Essential Fresh Atlantic Salmon
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes quartered
- ¼ cup green pepper chopped
- ¼ cup red onion chopped
- 2 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese
- 2 tablespoons kalamata olives pitted
- 1 garlic clove pressed
- ¼ teaspoon salt divided
- ¼ teaspoon oregano divided
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- Fresh basil for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Pat the salmon dry.
- In an oven safe dish, place the cherry tomatoes, green peppers, red onions, feta cheese, kalamata olives, garlic, half the salt and half the oregano. Pour the olive oil on top, and toss until well combined.
- Place the salmon in the middle of the baking dish surrounded by all the vegetables. Add the remaining oregano and crushed red pepper on top of the salmon. Drizzle more olive oil if desired.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, until the tomatoes soften and the salmon is cooked through.
- Add fresh basil leaves and serve with a side of your choice, if desired
Notes
- My Top Tip: Allow your salmon to reach room temperature before baking it. It helps to take it out of the fridge 15 to 30 minutes before baking. This will help it to cook evenly through.
- Storage: Leftovers will keep well covered in the fridge for up to 4 days and can be reheated in the oven. Freezing is not recommended.
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.
Recipe Tips
- Quarter the cherry tomatoes, rather than leaving them whole. This dish requires a lot less cooking time than the original baked feta pasta, so this will allow them to cook through and be soft.
- Double the recipe. This is the perfect meal for one, but turn this into a family meal by adding additional salmon fillets and vegetables and using a bigger baking dish.
- Do the fork check on the salmon. When it’s done cooking, the salmon should be juicy and should flake easily with a fork when pressed on top. If it is over cooked, it will look dry or crumble when you cut into it.
Serving Ideas
- Side Salad: Fresh Garden Salad, Simple Green Salad, or Classic Greek Salad
- Roasted Veggies: Roasted Broccolini, Oven Roasted Asparagus, or Roasted Butternut Squash
Comments
Just made this tonight and it is SO good. We omitted the olives (personal preference) and doubled the garlic and it was a ‘home run’ as my husband put it lol. Will definitely make again. We served it with some rice on the side!
I’m so glad you liked it, Allison!
This recipe looks amazing – but I don’t like fish. Do you think you could make it with chicken breast or thighs?
Yes, I think chicken would work! You will need to adjust the cooking time though and make sure that the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165ºF. Hope that helps!
Would sea bass work instead of salmon?
Yes, I think so!
Perfect recipe, exactly what I was looking for. I had a similar dish in a Greek restaurant once and always wanted to make it just the same. This recipe is the closest I could find to the one I had tried.
So happy to hear, thanks so much!
Nice colorful dish, it is extra pretty! Had everything except the red onion, so I used a white one
That onion swap is perfect! So happy you liked how it turned out, Deborah.
I made this for a party of 5 adults. It was easy and incredibly tasty. One of my guests said it was the best salmon he had ever eaten. Served it with a fruit salad. So colourful and fun!
Wow, thank you for sharing those kind words!! So happy it was a hit with your guests!
Loved loved loved this recipe. Had to work with what I had. the recipe calls for green bell pepper, the picture shows red bed pepper but I had neither, still worked out great. I planned to add sun-dried tomatoes but forgot. Will definitely try to remember for next time. Highly recommend this recipe and I did not overcook it.
Yay, so glad you loved the recipe!! Sun-dried tomatoes sound great for next time. Thanks so much, Celine!
Need to be very careful to not overcook the salmon. Many people do that and don’t even know it. I added some thin cut broccoli, and asparagus. Cooked 12-13 minutes without the salmon, made a space in the middle and added the salmon, cooked another 12 minutes and the salmon was perfect. But after 25 minutes veggies still needed a few more minutes. Feta, Herbs and Olives are a big win for a flavor combination especially with a basil garnish.
Love your tweaks, Stuart! Sounds like your dish turned out amazing. Thanks for sharing!!
Loved this recipe!!! Delish! It’s a keeper!
Yay! So glad you liked it, Joanne!!
This recipe is really good!
This was amazingly delicious and so easy! I served it on top of pearled couscous, but it would also be great with pasta or just on its own. Definitely going in my meal plan rotation! Thank you, Yumna!!
You’re so welcome, Stacey! Thank you for making it!
Omg ! This salmon was so moist and delicious. Yum
Thank you so much, Romanita!
Delicious! I did make some substitutions and used what I had on hand. I also didn’t measure anything. Of course you can do that with a recipe like this.
I used a whole, small green pepper; fresh oregano instead of dried, half a sweet onion, diced tomato’s from my garden, and two large cloves of garlic. Next time I might add a few capers for a little pop of flavor. This recipe is a keeper!
Love the idea of adding capers!!
We loved it! Husband wants more olives. So easy.
So happy to hear that everyone enjoyed it!
Best recipe ever!!!! So delicious and fresh, we’ve already made it twice this week! I doubled up on the veggies and added more red pepper but it is overall so easy and yummy!!
We enjoyed this dish so much we tried it on Thursday, changed our planned menu to serve to company on Saturday, then served again to friends the following Friday. Sent to our kids who also loved it. It’s a new staple — easy, nutritious, delicious. Thank you!
Wow!! I feel so honored! Thank you for making it, Michelle!
So good as is. But, next time I’ll add marinated artichokes. Should be a great addition.
Oh, I love that idea! So glad you like it, Randi!
Hi 👋 I am trying some new foods and I was a little skeptical, but this is really good! Even for someone who are not big on salmon. I will make this again for sure!
Thanks from Denmark 😁
(It’s even worth having to translate to metrics 😅)
Aw, thank you so much, Mia!
I suppose it’s very gauche, but we lacked fresh salmon, although we did have some nice feta cheese, fresh basil from our pot garden, and olives, etc., and I had a yen for salmon and feta. So I used canned salmon. We also didn’t have enough fresh tomatoes for the 2 of us, so I used canned diced tomatoes. We also used yellow onions, and the green peppers were from our pot garden, so they were more or less fresh but had been waiting to get used (the pot fell off its shelf, effectively sheering off the branches with immature peppers). Even with the major substitution of canned salmon, the recipe was tasty. And it was easy. Because we are seniors with small appetites, doubling the recipe to use the whole can of salmon resulted in 2 meals for 2 people (4 servings). We ate it with half pieces of garlic bread, even though there was some garlic in the recipe.
I’m so glad you were able to make it work – I have never tried this recipe that way before! Yum!!
This dish was absolutely amazing. I haven’t cooked salmon in years, but when I accidentally received beautiful salmon fillets and feta with my delivery order, I searched for some way to use both and found this recipe. I doubled the vegetable-feta mix because we had 4 pieces of salmon, substituted orange bell pepper instead of green, and eliminated the garlic (allergic), but otherwise made it exactly as written.
The thick cuts of fish we received needed more than 15 minutes cooking time, which allowed the vegetables to fully simmer. The fish was moist from the vegetables and looked beautiful with the vegetables on top. I made the dish a second time tonight, for my son who just returned from college, and he was so impressed that he actually took a photo of it!
So easy to make, so delicious and flavorful, and a great way to ensure moist cooking of the fish–I highly recommend it. And the large scoop of leftover vegetable-feta mix are going in my husband’s omelet tomorrow…
Thank you so much! Glad you came across this recipe and are loving it.
Super clean, fresh, flavorful & easy! I used salmon & haddock b/c my hubby doesn’t like salmon. I think any other thicker, white fish could work well with this too — cod, sea bass. So glad to have stumbled onto your site! Looking forward to trying some of your other recipes.
Thank you so much! This recipe is definitely versatile in that way. Can’t wait for you to try the other recipes too!
This is my first time cooking salmon. I trust Yumna, so I decided to go for it since I had all these ingredients on hand.
I doubled the recipe because I had 12 ounces of salmon. Even without the garlic and crushed red pepper, this recipe is a keeper!!
It turned out perfectly and I had to stop myself before I ate the entire six servings🥰🥳👏
I’m so glad you decided to give it a go and that it turned out well! Yay!!
Delicious!! I omitted the olives since I’m not a fan and the flavor was still delicious! Husband needed a side so served his with brown rice, but I ate it as is and was fully satisfied. Love easy, healthy recipes!
Thank you! This recipe is super customizable in that way. I love that!
One of the best salmon recipes I’ve ever had! Will definitely make again!
That’s such an amazing compliment! Thank you!!
Delicious! Such an easy dinner to make that is healthy and quick! Thanks!
That’s amazing! Thank you!!
Super tasty! Fish was cooked perfectly and loved all the veggies with the melty, salty feta. So so good!
I’m so glad to hear that! Thank you!!
Such a great and easy recipe!!!!! Highly recommend!
Yay! Thank you so much!
This dish checked all my boxes – made in one dish, had lots of veggies, used up a lot of staples in my fridge! And so flavorful of course! I served it over couscous and it was perful. I will definitely be making this again 🙂
Exactly what I love about this meal too! That sounds delicious! Yay!!
It was really good! Thanks for the inspiration. Made it into a bowl with leftover rice, chopped cucumbers and hummus. I like an extra layer of freshness, so I added lemon juice and chopped parsley to finish the dish. So delicious!
You’re so welcome! That sounds like such a great way to enjoy it!!
Beautiful easy recipe, I made a few changes as I cannot eat onion or garlic, and replaced that with oils. My kids who normally don’t like salmon loved this dish.
This dish is so personalizable in that way! It’s great that the kids enjoyed it too!
Absolutely delicious 🤤 so simple yet so full of flavour. Huge hit with the hubby too.
So glad you both enjoyed it!
I love this recipe. So easy and tasty 😍♥️👌
Thank you!
Forgot the olives and didn’t miss them until I came back to say thank you for a delicious recipe; seriously so good! Can’t wait to try it again with the olives.
Delicious. The flavours were amazing! I added more garlic and gave the veggies a bit of a head start so they were more caramelized. I am adding this to my regular weekday night rotation! Thanks for a quick, healthy and delicious recipe!
That’s a great idea! You’re so welcome!
I tripled the veggies/olives/feta and threw in some chopped artichoke hearts I had in the fridge, and used 4 salmon filets. I served with some baked brown rice pilaf and a green salad. Delicious!
Love the sound of that! Yay!!
I had to compromise a bit because I did not have olives but the result was still very tasty.
Thanks Yumna 🙂
I’m still glad you enjoyed it! You’re so welcome!
turned out really well
Thank you so much!