Incredible Healthy Smoked Salmon

Incredible Healthy Smoked Salmon

Incredible Healthy Smoked Salmon - I am always looking for new and innovative ways to prepare salmon. It's such a healthy fish and the family adores it! A great meal prep idea!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 4 30

Cooling and Chilling time 1

Servings servings

Calories 419.42kcal

Author Tina

Ingredients

2 pieces salmon fresh or farmed
Pepper, ground mustard, cayenne pepper, Everglades seasoning to taste
1 cup brown sugar enough to cover

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Instructions

Trim the salmon filets, leaving the skin on. Season the salmon to taste with pepper, ground mustard, cayenne pepper, Everglades seasoning, and fresh dill. Cover each piece with some of the brown sugar.
Once seasoned, set aside in an airtight container or on a tray covered in plastic wrap in the refrigerator for 12 to 24 hours.
Once brined, remove the salmon from the refrigerator. Rinse the salmon, pat dry, and put on a tray. Prepare your smoker for low and slow grilling so the smoker's ambient temperature is 140 to 150 degrees when you add in the fish. You can use oak, cherry, or pecan wood to flavor this.
Smoke until the salmon's internal temperature reaches the USDA recommended temperature of 145 degrees. For the final hour or two of smoking, increase the heat to 175 degrees. Add water to your drip pan to keep the smoker's temperature cooler. You can also use ice in the drip pan.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.Smoked salmon can be frozen for up to six months. Before eating, thaw completely in the refrigerator the day before.

Notes

If the salmon is cooked too hot or too fast, then you will see a white substance start to come out of the salmon called albumin. A little bit is normal, but a lot means you've cooked the fish too fast, and it will be dried out.

Be sure to remove as many of the pin bones as possible before brining.

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