Best salmon ever!

Buzilo

Wild salmon - indirect heat.

1. Wash salmon fillet with cold water, use paper towel to dry
2. Mix 2.5 cups of brown sugar + .5 cup of kosher salt and place all over salmon fillet in tupperware. - leave over night
Next day:
3. Wash all filet with cold water and dry with paper towel. Leave out for 30 min and put some rub of your choice ( I used honey rub deez nuts)
4. Soak cedar plank for 30 min - 1 hr and cherry smoking wood chips.
5. Pre heat egg 375 for 20-30 min - indirect - plate setter legs up with grill on top. Throw in wood chips & place ceder plank with salmon in the egg. 40 min later this is what you get.

stemc33

Very nice. Thanks for adding all the details. Looks better than some of the salmon chunks I've bought from fish markets.

theyolksonyou

Nice post. Nice cook. ^:)^

Ladeback69

I like. I will have to try this.

TigerTony

That sounds awesome! Gonna have to try your "best salmon ever" recipe. 

I'm a newbee with salmon.  As unbelievable as it seems, I cooked and ate salmon for the very first time last week. Now I'm in love with salmon.

I can't wait to try your method. Salmon is my new favorite food. And it's healthy too, right?

Could possibly be the most rewarding cook of my nine years cooking on teh egg.

Here's a couple pics from that cook.

Buzilo

That looks really good, the over night cure using brown sugar and kosher salt is something that I would recommend even if you don't smoke and bake the salmon. Looks like you used Jamm and butter in a cast iron pan. Looks yummy!

Salmon is great, I cook a lot of it and we eat it through out the week with different meals. Just don't ever heat it up in the oven or it will dry out.

stemc33

Very nice @TigerTony‌. If you try the recipe @Buzilo‌ posted, don't forget the rinse part. Been there, done that with a brine before. Not good.

Buzilo

Yes Stemc33 is absolutely right, it happened to me. Rinse thoroughly.

TigerTony

@Buzilo‌ @stemc33‌ -- Now I'm gonna double rinse
Thanks for posting, I bookmarked and will cook it soon.

Buzilo

Another option is melted Jamm in the last 5 minutes, you brush over and let it carimilize. I personally tried both and like the rub at the beginning for 30 minutes as it soaks into the salmon and you can really taste it inside the salmon with every bite. I think the Jamm is great too but you can taste it on the skin and not inside the salmon. Just saying.

TigerTony

I'm dedicated in changing to a healthier diet. We plan on eating more nutritional foods.
More fish and vegetables. Salmon will fit in our menu just perfectly.

motowfo

I applaud a healthier diet... Honey (local of course) and maybe a little Bourbon (alcohol burns off) as a final glaze??  OK I said applaud !! :-)

Legume

TigerTony said:

I'm dedicated in changing to a healthier diet. We plan on eating more nutritional foods.
More fish and vegetables. Salmon will fit in our menu just perfectly.

Try Mahi mahi too if you can find it. Cooks very similarly.

Legume

Oh, forgot to say excellent looking salmon @Buzilo‌ and @TigerTony‌

RRP

Looks and sounds delicious! May I add a trick about salmon I learned from Chris at Dizzy Pig? It makes even salmon haters love it. Instead of leaving that silver skin on even though after cooking the salmon the skin comes off easily - BUT the trick is cut off the skin while still raw! Why? Once you remove the skin you will see there is a dark brown vein that runs down the middle. That mud vein or blood vein when cooked leaves a distinct strong taste in the salmon. Once skinned just take a sharp fillet knife and cut a thin wedge out removing the brown strip. There is little waste, but there is such a BIG difference in the finished taste. Like I said even salmon haters will love it! I have a picture, but PhotoBucket isn't working for me tonight. 

Botch

After 54 years of "healthy diet" resolutions, successfully swept aside after a short time, I much insist you guys go with what tastes good; fatty, greasy, salty, wonderful food, as much as you want, and you'll all be just f

theyolksonyou

Botch said:

After 54 years of "healthy diet" resolutions, successfully swept aside after a short time, I much insist you guys go with what tastes good; fatty, greasy, salty, wonderful food, as much as you want, and you'll all be just f

I see what you did there >:)

nolaegghead

Add rum or whiskey to the brown sugar, and some salt.  I cure salmon with that mixture.   But then I cold smoke it and eat it raw like Russian bear, with growling noises.

RRP

RRP said:

Looks and sounds delicious! May I add a trick about salmon I learned from Chris at Dizzy Pig? It makes even salmon haters love it. Instead of leaving that silver skin on even though after cooking the salmon the skin comes off easily - BUT the trick is cut off the skin while still raw! Why? Once you remove the skin you will see there is a dark brown vein that runs down the middle. That mud vein or blood vein when cooked leaves a distinct strong taste in the salmon. Once skinned just take a sharp fillet knife and cut a thin wedge out removing the brown strip. There is little waste, but there is such a BIG difference in the finished taste. Like I said even salmon haters will love it! I have a picture, but PhotoBucket isn't working for me tonight. 

Here's the picture!

stemc33

Nice tip @RRP‌. That's my least favorite (don't like) part. I always eat around it.

UrbanForestTurnings

Nice post and cook. I love salmon. I buy western white cedar shake shingles at my lumber yard for about $ 26 a bundle. That's enough for about 3 years.

bodski

Lots of good info in this thread. Bookmarked!

UrbanForestTurnings

Have my directions wrong. Eastern

golfandgrill

nolaegghead said:

Add rum or whiskey to the brown sugar, and some salt.  I cure salmon with that mixture.   But then I cold smoke it and eat it raw like Russian bear, with growling noises.

Damn that sounds good. How long do you let it sit for?

Buzilo

RRP - that is a really good tip I am going to do that next time. Nolaegghead, I am going to try the rum thing as well... great idea but I assume you are talking about dark rum as it is sweeter?

Golfandgrill, I usually let the salmon cure overnight in the fridge. Once I wash it with cold water I let it sit for 30-45 minutes in open air to dry, this creates a type of film on the skin which allows the smoke from the wood chips and the charcoal to adhere.