I was hoping I could find a picture of it. I may have to take a quick one of the leftovers. It doesn't last very long around our house! We have a Traeger Pellet Grill (smoker) that is amazing. Perhaps our most favorite thing we do is the Smoked Salmon. I get Salmon from Costco, attempting to find it the day it is packaged for freshest flavor. We brine it and then it smokes for about 4 hours. Here's the recipe! It is good all by itself or we were just talking tonight about making fish tacos with it. Leftovers are great on a salad!
Smoked Cajun Salmon
1/3 cup minus 2 Tablespoons Salt
1/3 cup plus 2 Tablespoons Sugar
4 cups water.
One Large Salmon fillet bones and skin removed
Cajun Spice (we prefer penzeys)
Mix water, sugar and salt in a ziplock bag until mostly dissolved. Add Salmon. Zip tight letting all the air out so the brine mixture is completely covering the salmon. Add more water if necessary. Refrigerate overnight. 4 hours before desired meal time, start the smoker on smoke. Allow to heat up. Remove salmon from brine (discard liquid) and place on the grill dusting with copious amounts of cajun spice over the top. We like it to be really covered. Allow to smoke for 3 hours. At the last hour turn up heat to Medium or high and allow to cook until the fish flakes easily. We usually push on it and if it comes apart it is done. Take off grill and enjoy!
It's Been a long journey to get to where I am. Sometimes it feels like I start and stop and start again. Revisiting things I have done, said I would do, know and haven't done. So to get out of this rut of starting and stopping again, I am revitalizing this blog and creating a Knowledgebase. A place to learn from my life experiments and remember what I set out to do. Building upon the knowledge I had before. Always learning and always improving
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