Salmon Help

[Fitze55]

Good day gents!

Over the impending holiday weekend I am having my inlaws for dinner.

My inlaws are from Iowa and are huge ranchers, butcher and eat beef almost for every meal. Interesting thing is they recently have gotten into salmon.

I am looking for a nice salmon recipe to cook on the grill. I plan on soaking a few cider planks in water and placing the salmon on the planks to cook on the grill.

Do you know of either any nice marinades or rubs for the salmon? Can't be spicey and the other problem is they don't like additional sauces applied to the salmon once cooked?

Any advice or help will be greatly appreciated. For fun I will take photos of the finished product next weekend and post on BOTL.

Doug B., since your a chef I'm looking forward to what you have to say!!!

Thanks All
James

 

[jmatkins]

Of late we do a lot of fish in our house. Since it can't be spicey them my 1st idea is out. 2nd is GOYA Adobo rub, is has a lot of diffrent spices in it and is one of our go to spices as of late. 3rd would be just salt & peper since you are planning to cook it on cedar planks, most of the flavor is going to come from there.

Enjoy!

 

[Butchhe]

When I lived in Alaska, we cooked salmon more ways than you can imagine. On the right side of the page on the link below, there are a just a few different recipes to get you started. Mix a few different recipes together to make your own. You might be surprise on what you come up with.

http://www.welcometoalaska.com/recipes/salmonrecipes.htm

Enjoy!

 

[Ranger_B]

If your using the cedar and trying to stay away from spicy a sweet Irish whiskey salmon may work.
Seems you said inlaws I went ahead and used 4 salmon fillets.

½ cup Pineapple juice
1 Tablespoon (or a little more) Jameson whiskey
4 Tablespoons soy sauce
4 Table spoons light brown sugar
½ teaspoon of garlic powder
Couple of cracks of black pepper.
Mix in large bowl and then place in zipock bag for a couple of hours.
After your grill is hot cedar cook skin side down while mopping with the marinade every couple of min. Should cook in about 10 min.

 

[orangedog]

Here are the pointers I'd offer, but I'm no chef:

1. Soak the cedar planks way longer than what the directions state. Usually they'll say something like 1 hour... if you like your salmon well done, 1 hour won't cut it; you'll want the cedar to absorb as much as it can.

2. If they don't like the sauces added, they probably like the fish a little more "natural" - at least that's my interpretation as that is how I am. I would try a nice sea salt with copious amounts of lemon juice and some orange juice - apply before cooking - you can spray lightly with lemon while cooking.

Whatever you do - hope it goes well!

 

[AlohaStyle]

Yep, we have lots of salmon here in the Seattle area. It's nice to change things up every now and then, but my entire family just prefer it basic as you can appreciate the good salmon flavor. We just do salt/pepper, cover the salmon with lemon slices and squirt a little fresh lemon over the fish before grilling too. That's all I do and we prefer ours on the rare side... love it!

Of course you need to make sure you have good fresh fish. If not, then I would look up a recipe.

 

[orangedog]

Yep, we have lots of salmon here in the Seattle area. It's nice to change things up every now and then, but my entire family just prefer it basic as you can appreciate the good salmon flavor. We just do salt/pepper, cover the salmon with lemon slices and squirt a little fresh lemon over the fish before grilling too. That's all I do and we prefer ours on the rare side... love it!

Of course you need to make sure you have good fresh fish. If not, then I would look up a recipe.

when you have fresh PacNW salmon, it seems like the only way to go! WA/OR coast and fresh from AK... hard to beat the natural flavors!

 

[Butchhe]

when you have fresh PacNW salmon, it seems like the only way to go! WA/OR coast and fresh from AK... hard to beat the natural flavors!

The funny thing is watching people eat Atlantic salmon and thinking its the greatest thing. lol I got spoiled with the good stuff. I guess that makes me a salmon snob!

 

[terrantheman]

Get yourself a good piece or pieces of wild caught either king or sockeye(it's copper river season right now). Just throw it on the grill with a little salt, pepper, garlic, dill weed and some slices of lemon and some pads of butter and you're good to go!

 

[Fitze55]

Get yourself a good piece or pieces of wild caught either king or sockeye(it's copper river season right now). Just throw it on the grill with a little salt, pepper, garlic, dill weed and some slices of lemon and some pads of butter and you're good to go!

Exactly!!! I am getting sockeye fresh (never frozen wild caught) from my local (if you can call it that) Fresh Market.

Thanks all for the great advice, lots of good stuff. I'm gonna sift through it and figure which way I wanna go.

Awsome, thanks a bunch!!

James

 

[Jfire]

Get yourself a good piece or pieces of wild caught either king or sockeye(it's copper river season right now). Just throw it on the grill with a little salt, pepper, garlic, dill weed and some slices of lemon and some pads of butter and you're good to go!

Copper River! I know where I'm going tomorrow! That is the best IMO. I use a sun dried tomato recipe. Lmk if your interested.

 

[KickinD]

The best I ever had was fresh from the river Newfoundland wild caught. The neighbor brought back a few coolers full and shared one with us...fabulous.

Normally, we just do a mayo and lemon pepper mixture that gets brushed on the second side just before finished. It will brown up nice and goes great with the salmon.

 

[Doug B]

Copper River- mmmm...the best. Simple is always best, for me. If you use the cedar planks make sure you brush the fish with a good olive oil on both sides first. Apply a liberal amount of kosher salt and zest a few lemons directly over the fish. The fresh dill will work really well too. Try zesting an orange over the fish as well. you will love it...just be careful not to overcook it.

 

[Fitze55]

Copper River- mmmm...the best. Simple is always best, for me. If you use the cedar planks make sure you brush the fish with a good olive oil on both sides first. Apply a liberal amount of kosher salt and zest a few lemons directly over the fish. The fresh dill will work really well too. Try zesting an orange over the fish as well. you will love it...just be careful not to overcook it.

Funny you say what you do. I learned very early in life that less is more. Additionally, I am a firm believer that function always trumps form (my wife does not agree with that, LOL).

Thanks Doug!

 

[Baddevildog82]

I salt and pepper the salmon fillet and then add a nice home made honey mustard.

1/4 cup Honey
1/4 cup Mustard
Add Dill or Basil to taste.

Brush it on and it will be great!

 

[e-man67]

Just made some on the grill last night....I just used a terriaki glaze on mine and they turned out great.