Do you love seafood? If you are a seafood lover for sure you are a salmon lover as well. Something that a lot of people like about salmon is that it is really soft, healthy and it cooks very fast. Also you can eat it raw, like in a Carpaccio recipe. If you like salmon and you do not like long recipes; you will love to smoke salmon. We will let you know how to smoke Salmon in this post!
How to smoke salmon
You will eat smoked salmon every day! What are some of the things we need to do in order to have better results when smoking salmon? One of the things that you need to do first is to clean the salmon cut it into fillet. You need to remove the skin and bones from it. Since salmon is a big fish, normally one salmon is enough for 10 or 12 persons. If you are going to share it, cut the salmon into 10 or 12 portions before it’s smoked. That way you will have a clean and nice cut. Another advantage of cutting the salmon prior to it being smoked is that it cooks faster and once done it is ready to serve.
Before cutting the salmon you need to wash it with cold water. After that, you need to dry it with paper towels and double check to see if there are still any bones. If it still has bones, remove them and then cut it. Now you just need to grease a baking pan with olive oil and place the salmon on it. Before placing the pan with the salmon into the smoker you need to preheat it. To what temperature? If you want to know how to smoke Salmon fast, preheat it to 250°F, it will be done in less than an hour. If you want a much better result preheat it to 150°F. It will take 2 hours but it truly worth it!
Now, here is a way in which you can have a tastier salmon. After you wash the salmon with cold water, dry it and set it aside. Meanwhile, take one tablespoons of salt, one tablespoon of pepper, one cup of sugar and mix them well. Place the salmon fillets on a baking dish and pour sugar mixture over them. Cover the pan with plastic paper and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. For optimal results, leave the pan in the refrigerator for the whole night.
On the next day, remove the plastic paper from the baking pan and you will notice that the color of the salmon changed, the sugar and salt absorbed the bacteria from the salmon. Wash the salmon with cold water again and remove all the salt and sugar that it has. Preheat the smoker to 150°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and grease it with coconut oil or olive oil. Place the salmon over the baking sheet and place it in the smoker for two hours. Meanwhile you can eat a snack and a cup of coffee. After two hours, remove the baking sheet from the smoker and serve the salmon with salad or you can cut it into squares and serve it with crackers.
That’s all and easy steps on how to smoke Salmon! Please share if you like these how to smoke Salmon fish recipe tips.
