Description
This recipe has a perfect balance of spices. The sweet, smoked, and tart flavors balance out beautifully while the salmon smokes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 large filet of salmon
- Salt sprinkled all over filet
- Pepper sprinkled all over filet
- 3 Tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 Lemon, juiced
- 1/2 C Butter cut into 10th’s
- 1 C Brown Sugar
- 1 Lemon for lemon wedges (optional)
- 1 Tablespoon parsley minced (optional)
Instructions
- Step: Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Place filet skin side down.
- Step: Spread minced garlic all over salmon evenly.
- Step: Sprinkle the salmon with salt.
- Step: Sprinkle brown sugar over filet evenly.
- Step: Top with 1/2 C butter in pats/small slices evenly spaced on salmon.
- Step: Sprinkle filet with pepper.
- Step: Squeeze the juice from one lemon evenly over the entire filet.
- Step: Start smoker on smoke, allowing pellets to ignite. Switch to Medium and heat for at least 15 minutes.
- Step: If you are using a thermometer you’ll want it smoke at about 225°F.
- Step: Smoke the salmon on the cookie sheet covered in tinfoil for 35-45 minutes.
- Step: After 35 minutes, check to see if the albumin (the white stuff) has started oozing out. If it has, remove it. If not, check every 5 minutes until you see it. When you do, it is done.
- Step: Let the smoked salmon rest for 5 minutes before serving.
- Step: If presenting it for guests, to make it a little prettier add lemon wedges and sprinkle with minced parsley.
Notes
Cedar pellets are recommended for a good flavor. Check for the appearance of albumin to ensure the salmon is perfectly cooked.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Smoking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 400 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 32 g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg
Keywords: brown sugar, smoked salmon, lemon garlic salmon, dinner, smoker recipe