Planked Salmon Question

duckegg · April 2007

Can any of you experts put me onto a good planked Salmon method.
I'm gonna try my first one tonight.[p]Thanks

stike · April 2007

duckegg,
just treat it as a cooking vessel/barrier.
skin down, no flipping. 350 or so.[p]the reason for soaking is to delay smoking, as cedar is actually not such a desirable smoke in great amounts. you'd never smoke a porkbutt with it for example.[p]but it's nice as a complement to strong fish, and so a hint of it works well with salmon. [p]i put the salmon on the plank when it's still wet, and onto the fire. takes maybe 20 minutes, and the plank will smoke for the last ten or so. you don't want too much.[p]it's a regional thing originally. how do you cook the fish you have on hand over an open fire? well, if you have plenty of salmon, and plenty of alder (or cedar), you plank it.

mad max beyond eggdome · April 2007

duckegg,
soak the plank for at least 3 -4 hours submerged (hold it down in the water with a heavy pot on top)[p]get your egg up to 425 direct. ..[p]place the plank on the grid. ..wait till you hear it start to 'crackle'[p]rub a little evoo on it and salt and pepper, or your favorite fish rub (dizzy raging river). . .[p]lay the salmon skin side down on the plank. ..let it cook around 18 -20 minutes (until it just starts to flake). ..spritz some fresh lemon on it about halfway through. . .[p][p]

jake42 · April 2007

<p />duckegg,
I use the skinless salmon. Soak the plank in a mixture of water and wine. Get the Egg up to 350 while I season the fish. Take the plank out of the solution season it with a little sea salt, olive oil and dill. Put the plank on the grill. When the plank starts to crackle and smoke i put the fish on it and let it cook. About twent tto twenty five minutes.
That's what works for me.

thirdeye · April 2007

<p />duckegg,[p]Love that salmon. Max and stike laid out all the basics. My adders would be: Put a thin layer of oil on both the skin and the cooking side of the plank. I like alder better than cedar, and I pull it before it flakes. Keep a spray bottle handy in case the plank flashes.[p][p]~thirdeye~

Unknown · April 2007

<p />duckegg,
if you cook something next to the plank, be careful not to burn it as the heat will go around the plank on one side or the other blasting whatever is in it's path.

City Slicker · April 2007

duckegg, Did my first one last week, just the way Stike said. I used the ultra thin cost-co planks, soaked for 3 hours. They were just about burnt right thru when I pulled them off. I had cold salmon sandwiches for lunch right until Yesterday. I almost like them cold better than hot! Just put some salt amd pepper and some Up the Creek on them. These are one of the "keeper" meals for sure. Will be buying Home Depot fence boards for thichness next time.

duckegg · April 2007

City Slicker,
I'm gonna do it just like that, I just sawed up a board from Lowes. We both love Salmon on the egg but never tried it planked. Will report back on results.[p]Thanks for the help.

stike · April 2007

duckegg,
i use cedar shims which i'd gotten when i was doing some work on the house. got a paper grocery bag fiull for two bucks. i used a few for a project and now have all these extras. they are just cedar shingles that aren't up to snuff. i score the thin and, snap them off, and good to go. there is absolutely no logic to buying cedar planks at a williams sonoma.
hahaha[p]good idea getting the board at lowes[p]now, you'll have about thirty people posting telling us we are eating of dangerous chemicals from some unknown treatment on the wood.[p]...nope

duckegg · April 2007

stike,
I've got a Bag-O-Shims down in the cellar too, I decided not to use them as they smell a lot more like the cellar than they do about Cedar.

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