Sweet & Spicy Salmon

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disco

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She Who Must Be Obeyed loves salmon. I love She Who Must Be Obeyed so I keep trying to up my salmon game. I love smoking salmon and a touch of sweet really adds to it. I decided it might be good with a touch of spicy heat and this is the result.

I started with a couple of nice pieces of wild caught sockeye fillet.

Then I made up a glaze for the salmon:

  • 25 ml (2 tbsp) honey
  • 1 ml (1/4 tsp) paprika
  • 2 ml (1/2 tsp) dried ginger
  • 10 ml (2 tsp) soy sauce
  • 0.5 ml to 2 ml (1/8 to 1/2 tsp) Sriracha sauce (can substitute Hot Pepper Sauce)
Use the lesser amount of Sriracha for just a touch of heat and the larger amount for a real kick.

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I preheated my smoker to 200 F and put the salmon on. You can do this in a 200 F oven but it won’t have the smoke flavour. I cooked the salmon until the internal temperature was 110 F. The time will vary depending on the thickness of the fillets. It took about an hour on these.

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I brushed the salmon with the glaze and cooked to an internal temperature of 130 F which took about another 30 minutes. I brushed again with glaze and smoked for 20 minutes.
I served the salmon with oven fries and coleslaw.

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The Verdict

This turned out wonderfully. The salmon had a nice kiss of smoke the honey made a wonderful glaze and the touch of heat just set it all off. Best of all, She Who Must Be Obeyed liked it!

Disco
 
Looks like a meal fit for a king.

Point for sure
Chris
 
I am definitely making this one. SWMBO (a.k.a. The Meat Police) will approve I am sure. Thanks OFG.
 
Looks absolutely delicious. Another one , out of the ballpark...
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You are very kind! Thanks!

I am definitely making this one. SWMBO (a.k.a. The Meat Police) will approve I am sure. Thanks OFG.

I'm with you. My missus insists on seafood a couple of days a week and calls beef "cow".

Looks like a meal fit for a king.

Point for sure
Chris

Thanks for the point, Chris!
 
Man looks awesome!! My boss love salmon too :)

Thanks! It is always good to please management!

- this is the main point!!! Thank you, Disco. Not this, but next weekend I will try to impress my "Who Must Be Obeyed".... with your recipe.... :emoji_wink:

Thanks! I hope you both like it!

Another Awesome meal by the Canadian Master who knows how to keep peace in the house. :emoji_wink:

Warren

Thanks, Warren! We just had our anniversary and I have 44 years of practice keeping the peace!
 
It looks delicious Disco! I could never really get to like salmon but yours makes me want to try again.
 
It looks delicious Disco! I could never really get to like salmon but yours makes me want to try again.
Being raised on the west coast of Canada, I can't imagine not eating salmon. Thanks for the kind words!
 
Disco,
That looks fantastic. I need to find some other Salmon recipes for I'm getting bored (not my friends, mind you) of what I do with my default recipes. Gotta try your recipe one of these days.

Thanks for posting it.
 
Disco,
That looks fantastic. I need to find some other Salmon recipes for I'm getting bored (not my friends, mind you) of what I do with my default recipes. Gotta try your recipe one of these days.

Thanks for posting it.
Most kind sir! However, there is a reason those are default recipes. There is no problem experimenting but you have to go back to perfection.
 
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