Dry cure for side of salmon for hot smoking

[frankie007]

I have always wet brined sides of salmon, left them over night to get tacky and hot smoked them day after with success. Wet brining has now become difficult because of lack of space and I need advice about dry brining, times etc. I have in the past made gravadlax where the salmon is brined 48 hours so the process needs to be shorter I am sure. All info greatly appreciated, especially first hand experiences/recipes

 

[tallbm]

I have always wet brined sides of salmon, left them over night to get tacky and hot smoked them day after with success. Wet brining has now become difficult because of lack of space and I need advice about dry brining, times etc. I have in the past made gravadlax where the salmon is brined 48 hours so the process needs to be shorter I am sure. All info greatly appreciated, especially first hand experiences/recipes

Hi there and welcome!

I usually just season and smoke my hot smoked salmon. Not saying you have to follow this BUT saying this as context for what I'm about to suggest.

If wanting to dry brine, I would simply season up like you were going to grill or cook immediately and then just let it sit in the fridge however long you intend before you cook it.

This should work without issue because it's the perfect amount of seasoning to cook immediately, you are just giving the salt and such more time to travel deeper in to the meat.

I hope this info helps :D

 

[SmokinEdge]

Here is a link to a very good step by step by member here thirdeye from his blog. Very informative write up on curing salmon.

http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/1995/02/seafood-dry-cure-for-salmon-trout-or.html

 

[jcam222]

Here is a link to a very good step by step by member here thirdeye from his blog. Very informative write up on curing salmon.

http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/1995/02/seafood-dry-cure-for-salmon-trout-or.html

Thanks for linking that. Great writeup thirdeye

 

[frankie007]

Thank you for your replies, the step by step instruction is very comprehensive...