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Alaskan king crab stuffed hot smoked snook w/brussel sprouts
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SWMBO has been bugging and bugging me to do some fish on the egg (aside from hot smoked salmon) so l I finally buckled the other night. I thawed out a nice snook fillet and while I was doing that remembered I had a few good pieces of king crab leg in the fridge from the night before which gave me an idea. Once the snook was thawed I sliced into the side of it and made a nice pocket. Then i removed the crab meat from the shell and mixed it with just enough mayo to keep it together and stuffed it into the snook. Then I coated the snook with some old bay. I put a bunch of apple and cherry in the egg (she said she wanted it really smoky...) Indirect, placesetter, snook on aluminium foil on the grate. Did it around 300. It took a bit since the fillet was nice and thick and now stuffed. Pulled at 145.
For a side I halved brussel sprouts and drizzled with olive oil S&P and baked it in my convection. As they were baking and the snook was smoking I took a handful of bacon I'd cut up and threw it in a pan with spicy mustard, chipotle olive oil, two tbsp of bacon grease and maybe a cup or two of dry white wine, I simmered that down and then tossed the sprouts in there when they were done cooking. here are the results:
Overall I was happy with how everything came out. I will definitely use less wood next time, but it wasn't WAY too smokey, just a little bit. SWMBO was thrilled with the results. I've still got a few lbs of snook and king crab in the freezer so I'll surely be doing it again.
Medium BGE, Weber Q120 (The traveller)
"I claim artistic license, it has a good beat, I can dance to it"
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No snook here in FL but, that definitely gives me some ideas for local catches here. Not sure where you're located but, I sorta remember having some sort of stuffed Walleye when I lived in NE. Did you eat as seen or any dipping sauce (not that you needed any) ? Looks real good. Thanks for sharing.LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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That looks incrediable. Great job!Large and Small BGECentral, IL
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Nice looking plate. Both the fish and sprouts sound excellent.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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NPHuskerFL said:No snook here in FL
We ate it as plated (actually took slices to eat, it was actually much larger than it looks in the pics) Between the old bay and the smokiness, not to mention the chunks of sweet crab meat it really didn't need any. If I were to choose a sauce for it I'd probably go with a spicy yum yum sauce.
Thanks for your kind words guys. I'm already looking forward to making it again.Medium BGE, Weber Q120 (The traveller)"I claim artistic license, it has a good beat, I can dance to it" -
@Helmet...I should've phrased differently. "I've" never caught them. I mainly fish ocean on Atlantic side (We mostly pier and surf fish in St Augustine and some in Jax and we also like fishing out of the St Johns River). We do pretty good with Whitting, Flounder, Reds, Black Drum, Blacktip Shark, Croaker, Blues (we don't particularly care for Blues though), Pompano (which is one of my personal favorites), occasionally Cobia etc etc. But, haven't personally caught Snook. I have eaten Snook and had it blackened at a Mom and Pop restaurant in Palatka I wanna say (was delicious).LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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That looks amazing! I have never heard of Snook, what's it like?Ottawa Valley, Ontario
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Ahh gotcha @NPHuskerFL
I really like doing cobia chunked up on a skewer with a hunk of cobia, hunk of pineapple, hunk of cobia for the whole skewer. I do season the cobia a bit though, then throw it on the grill. It's a great combo. On the reds I've become a huge fan of stuffing them with Publix crabmeat and making pinwheels out of them, I outlined it in this post: http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/1487729#Comment_1487729
I'd imagine the flounder would be good like that also.
@DawnL - it's a very nice, mild, white meat. You just have to remove the skin before cooking it.
Medium BGE, Weber Q120 (The traveller)"I claim artistic license, it has a good beat, I can dance to it" -
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@Helmet...now to find some time to hit the surf :-)LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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Looks and sounds wonderful!
NW IA
2 LBGE, 1 SBGE, 22.5 WSM, 1 Smokey Joe
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Looks great. Nice cook.Large BGE, MiniMAX BGE, 2 Mini BGE's, R&V Fryer, 36" Blackstone Griddle, Camp Chef Dual Burner 40K BTU StoveBGE ChimineaProsper, TX
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Sweet! And smokey! :-)
In the Hinterlands between Cumming and Gainesville, GA
Med BGE, Weber Kettle, Weber Smokey Joe, Brinkman Dual Zone, Weber Genesis Gas Grill and portable gasser for boating
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