Easy Smoked Salmon

[disco]

She Who Must Be Obeyed told me she had picked up a nice piece of wild sockeye salmon and that I was smoking it. I was busy (SWMBO suggested it was more like lazy) and didn't want to futz a lot so I tried making a simple rub and just smoking it a relatively low temperature.

The salmon fillet weighed about 500 grams (1 pound). 

I mixed:

5 ml (1 teaspoon) brown sugar

1 ml (1/4 teaspoon) salt

1 ml (1/4 teaspoon) ground pepper

1 ml (1/4 teaspoon) ground ginger

1 ml (1/4 teaspoon) dry mustard

I rubbed it over the surface of the salmon.

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I cooked it in a 190 F smoker for 1 hour 20 minutes to an internal temperature of 145 F.

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The final result:

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I also did a video of it but it was so easy I'm not sure why I bothered. I wouldn't watch it unless you are suffering from insomnia.



The Verdict

Easy is good! It had a touch of spice, a touch of sweet and a nice hit of smoke. She Who Must Be Obeyed still thinks I'm lazy but she liked the result.

Disco

 

[pc farmer]

Looks great as usual Disco.

I watched your video, I always to.

When you going on a cooking show?

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Looks tasty Disco! I always like using the KISS method. Keep It Simple Smoker!

 

[gary s]

Good and --------   Easy   

     Points

Gary

 

[disco]

 
Looks great as usual Disco.

I watched your video, I always to.

When you going on a cooking show?

Thanks, Adam! I will get on a cooking show as soon as a host goes crazy!

Looks tasty Disco! I always like using the KISS method. Keep It Simple Smoker!

Thanks, Case. I am getting simpler as I get older.

 
Good and --------   Easy   

     Points

Gary

I appreciate the point, Gary!

Disco

 

[tardissmoker]

Thanks, Adam! I will get on a cooking show as soon as a host goes crazy!

Go for it Disco. First you win "Top Chef Canada", then a judge on "Chopped Canada" with Lynn Crawford and Michael Smith. Think of what an honour (notice the "u") it would be to SMF!

Disco for next Celebrity Chef! Who's in???

Bruce

 

[disco]

Har! I appreciate the thought but I doubt they have a smoking episode!

Disco

 

[SmokinAl]

We just love salmon, grilled, smoked, lox, just about any way you want to make it.

Yours looks delicious!

Great job Disco!

Al

 

[disco]

 
We just love salmon, grilled, smoked, lox, just about any way you want to make it.

Yours looks delicious!

Great job Disco!

Al

Thanks, Al. It was tasty if simple.

Disco

 

[crankybuzzard]

Yep, another good smoke.  I too like the simple rub and smoke you did.

I'm with Adam, when's the cooking show debut? 

 

[disco]

 
Yep, another good smoke.  I too like the simple rub and smoke you did.

I'm with Adam, when's the cooking show debut? 

Har! No cooking show but I would love to spread the messages of SMF:

Good food is easy.

Good food is fun.

Good food can be simple food.

People who make good food are good people.

Beer is a food group.

Disco

 

[unwantedsn]

I think I am going to try this recipe out this weekend.

How long did you let the rub sit for? ( sorry never done fish, only pork)

 

[ab canuck]

Nice recipe, Simple easy straight forward.....

 

[disco]

 
I think I am going to try this recipe out this weekend.

How long did you let the rub sit for? ( sorry never done fish, only pork)

I patted the salmon dry with a paper towel and put the rub on. I just let it sit for about 10 minutes. I hope you enjoy it!

Disco

 

[disco]

 
Nice recipe, Simple easy straight forward.....

Simple, just like the cook!

Disco

 

[SmokyMose]

Looks good, Disco! I don't care much for fish of any kind, but the Mrs. Likes Salmon and I've had a couple of fillets in the freezer looking for an easy recipe. It's supposed to be in the 40s here Sunday and I have the weekend off. I was planning some ribs, but maybe I'll make a duet of it; ribs for me and salmon for her. (OK, she'll get ribs, too, of course).
I like simple.
I'll let you know if it happens.

Dan

 

[disco]

Looks good, Disco! I don't care much for fish of any kind, but the Mrs. Likes Salmon and I've had a couple of fillets in the freezer looking for an easy recipe. It's supposed to be in the 40s here Sunday and I have the weekend off. I was planning some ribs, but maybe I'll make a duet of it; ribs for me and salmon for her. (OK, she'll get ribs, too, of course).
I like simple.
I'll let you know if it happens.

Dan

Thanks, Dan! I hope she likes them. Tell her if she gets salmon she doesn't get ribs then duck and cover.

Disco

 

[redheelerdog]

Looks great Mr. D. I love a good smoked salmon, born and raised N. of Seattle. I miss the wealth of seafood from there.

Very nice job.  

  

 

[sirvesa]

Just finished a late Friday night dinner using your method/recipe. It came out perfect and the wife never has to know that I copied you...[emoji]128520[/emoji]

 

[disco]

 
Looks great Mr. D. I love a good smoked salmon, born and raised N. of Seattle. I miss the wealth of seafood from there.

Very nice job.  

  

I was raised in Vancouver and had access to great seafood. Just after we got married we would go to Seattle for the great seafood restaurants. I love our place in the mountains but I do miss the great seafood. Sigh. No place is perfect! Thanks for the kind words.

Just finished a late Friday night dinner using your method/recipe. It came out perfect and the wife never has to know that I copied you...[emoji]128520[/emoji]

Glad you liked it! Definitely take kudos from the missus. We all need to be in our wives good books!