Smoked Steelhead Lox

[mdboatbum]

Following BBALLY's method again. Added a little ginger to the dry cure. That with the dill and citrus zest have it a light, fresh briney flavor and aroma. I almost hate to smoke it. Almost.

Here it is fresh out of the cure

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• mdboatbum
• Jul 31, 2014

And here it is after soaking and rinsing, drying and forming the pellicle.

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• mdboatbum
• Jul 31, 2014

Stay tuned, smoke happens tomorrow or Saturday.

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Looking good MD!

 

[pc farmer]

That second pic is beautiful.

 

[mdboatbum]

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• mdboatbum
• Jul 31, 2014

Getting a nice shiny pellicle.

 

[mdboatbum]

The color is actually closer to the 1st and 3rd pic. The lights weird in my kitchen.

 

[leah elisheva]

Delicious!!!!!!!! Cheers!!!!! - Leah

 

[driedstick]

Lookin good - Only two pieces??? 

A full smoker is a happy smoker

DS
 

 

[tropics]

Thank You MDBoatbum  That info is what I needed, to try some cold smoke on fish..

If I wasn't fishing tomorrow, I would be driving around DC looking for smoke

 

[mdboatbum]

Thank You MDBoatbum  That info is what I needed, to try some cold smoke on fish..
If I wasn't fishing tomorrow, I would be driving around DC looking for smoke:drool:

Look up bballys post entitled "lox, a picture guide" and follow it verbatim. It's the best guide to smoking lox I've seen. Only thing I do differently is add a tsp of ginger to the rub and give it 2 days wrapped in the fridge after pellicle formation. I also dry it for a couple hours in front of a fan instead of his 36 hours in the reefer.

 

[disco]

Great looking treatment of a wonderful fish! I want some.

Disco

 

[mdboatbum]

Great looking treatment of a wonderful fish! I want some.

Disco

Gimme an address and I'll post some [emoji]128516[/emoji]

 

[mdboatbum]

Well the pot didn't arrive yesterday. If it doesn't show today I think I might freeze the fish until it gets here. Anyone know if that will cause any issues?

 

[cmayna]

Nice looking fish.  Did you catch it?   And what is the pot for? 

 

[disco]

Gimme an address and I'll post some [emoji]128516[/emoji]

Har, it would never get past Canada Customs! They love Lox.

 

[mdboatbum]

Yeah, I caught it in the seafood section at Costco[emoji]128516[/emoji][emoji]128516[/emoji]
The pot is the tamale pot to complete my mini WSM. I suppose I could just cold smoke it in a verbs board box, but I think I'll just wait til the smokers done.