Spicy Garlicky Salmon

Ingredients

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or more if you like things zippy!)

1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil

1 teaspoon whole grain mustard (please don't use that bright yellow shit)

1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt (or use table salt, but I don't...Alton Brown shamed me out of it)

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

3 salmon fillets

Preparation

Preheat Oven to 400 degrees.

Line a baking dish with aluminum foil, then brush the foil with a light sheen of olive oil (we hate when the fish sticks, yes we do).

Mix the garlic, pepper, and olive oil together thoroughly - use a mortar and pestle if you have it, but if not, just be thorough - then add the mustard, lime, salt, and pepper and mix well.

Place the salmon fillets in the baking dish and coat top of the salmon (that you've placed skin down, please) with the olive oil mixture.

Bake salmon 25 minutes or until fish is easily flaked with a fork.

Garlic Lemon Mayo Sauce

Ingredients - exactly what it sounds like the ingredients would be.

I used about 1/4 of mayo (use light or fat free if you must, but I used full fat mayo, alright??), 2 cloves of garlic, minced, and about 1 T of lemon juice. Mix well and let sit a bit so the flavors mix together.

Once fish is done, spoon a small amount onto the fillet of salmon. It's a nice little garnish.

I served this with steamed asparagus that I lightly buttered and sprinkled with kosher salt.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

FANTASTIC, I TELL YOU.