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Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Season salmon with salt and pepper. Place salmon, skin side down, on a non-stick baking sheet or in a non-stick pan with an oven-proof handle. Bake until salmon is cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes.
Pouch-Cooking the Salmon. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit, and slide the sheet pan onto a rack in the top third of your oven. The salmon will bake in 10 to 12 minutes, depending on its thickness. As a rule, allow 10 minutes per inch. At the end of that time, remove the sheet pan from your oven and open one pouch. In the thickest section, the fillet should just be changing from its vivid raw color to the light pink of cooked salmon.