surf citysmoker
Newbie
Bigfish, I feel ya man!, my wife has been out of town for a week as of tomorrow and won't be home until the 13th of next month. I am Mr. mom to 4 kids 16m, 14f, 8f, 5m. I give my wife props her job is hard, but when I do her job I still find time to smoke meals!. I used my tried and proven method tonight.
3 lbs salmon
cut in strips 1" wide 4" long 1" thick max
Brine is
2 qts water
1 cup kosher salt
1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
brined for 2 hours
washed and patted dry.
dry rub (lightly dusted is a better term here)
3 TBSP garlic powder
1 TBSP white pepper
1 TBSP black pepper
smoked with alder wood mixed with cherry wood 5/1 ratio approx smoker temp 175 until internal temp 150 for 30 minutes
There is not one bite left in this house already!!! The kids ate it up before it even cooled down. So the smoked chicken that was for dinner tonight is tomorrows lunch because they made a meal out of the snack salmon I made.
Cheers