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Recipes => Recipes => Seafood => Topic started by: TentHunteR on June 02, 2012, 11:45:30 PM

Title: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: TentHunteR on June 02, 2012, 11:45:30 PM
Tonight's supper was simple, but really delicious. The Mrs. has been wanting some salmon so she went and picked some up at the market.

Our favorite way of making it is with a Sweet & Spicy Brown Sugar Dill rub: Brown Sugar, lots of dill, some red pepper flakes & a little salt & black pepper. Onto the MAK in smoke mode.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4gHKY2rHGg0/T8rWUPLNtFI/AAAAAAAAC6o/4Hpts3oy3nY/s648/SSDS01.JPG)

Look at all that applewood smoke!
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-899NtmYb2IY/T8rWUGe0W8I/AAAAAAAAC6k/MtKlm4Ue1Ms/s648/SSDS02.JPG)

Add a pot of homemade Mac-N-Cheese & kick the temp up to 300°
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pPwElGpcK8M/T8rWUK_LDFI/AAAAAAAAC7Q/PDy2Z2EVtuY/s648/SSDS03.JPG)

Wow, can you smell the smokey goodness?
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-sOsZUdy8_WY/T8rWUlT1K-I/AAAAAAAAC68/vd1KvbFLIm8/s740/SSDS04.JPG)

What better to go with the salmon than a nice big helping of smokey Mac-N-Cheese?
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5xfgiSvSVjE/T8rWU_Z_htI/AAAAAAAAC7E/6S3Ljz69lwc/s740/SSDS05.JPG)


Thanks!



Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: sparky on June 03, 2012, 02:09:24 AM
ya ho.  i love salmon.  then smoked mac and cheese.  2 of my favorite foods.  great good TH.   8)
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: africanmeat on June 03, 2012, 05:34:29 AM
This salmon looks great . it is a very interesting rub ,we love salmon i will give it a try .thank
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: ACW3 on June 03, 2012, 09:00:26 AM
TH,
That is one good looking meal!!!  It seems there is not enough time (and sometimes money) to cook all the good looking meals I see. 

Art 
Title: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: mikecorn.1 on June 03, 2012, 09:57:30 AM
TH,
That is one good looking meal!!!  It seems there is not enough time (and sometimes money) to cook all the good looking meals I see. 

Art
Ditto! :(


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Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: smokeasaurus on June 03, 2012, 09:58:09 AM
That is some great looking salmon..great mixture of seasonings and ya cant go wrong with apple wood  8)
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: LostArrow on June 03, 2012, 10:13:52 AM
Love it!
I'll be cooking the salmon & Mac & cheese tonite!
Thanks for idea!
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: muebe on June 04, 2012, 12:04:14 AM
Oh man beautiful finished fish filets :)
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: TentHunteR on June 04, 2012, 10:29:13 AM
Thanks everyone!

This salmon looks great . it is a very interesting rub ,we love salmon i will give it a try .thank

Ahron, a few years ago we were looking for something different to do with Salmon. I'd recently had some salmon that had a sweet glaze and was surprised with how good it tasted, I'd never thought of sweet & fish going together. Smoky & sweet is even better!

One of the advantages with this rub is the brown sugar seals the salmon and keeps its from drying out, so you can hot smoke it longer to pickup a good amount of smoke.

Cliff
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: jbigdoggf on August 03, 2012, 11:10:19 PM
I will be reciving my MAK 2 star on monday and my Mrs is asking for Salmon....

Can you give me a little more specific detail on the cook times and temps that you used ?


Looks great and I want to give it a try!
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: Greg Stoudenmire on August 03, 2012, 11:49:54 PM
Now that looks killer, please give us a little more specific detail on the cook times and temps that you used.
I might just have to try this this weekend...
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: TentHunteR on August 04, 2012, 02:16:43 AM
I will be reciving my MAK 2 star on monday and my Mrs is asking for Salmon....

Can you give me a little more specific detail on the cook times and temps that you used ?

Looks great and I want to give it a try!

Now that looks killer, please give us a little more specific detail on the cook times and temps that you used.
I might just have to try this this weekend...

Thanks Greg & jbigdoggf!


Here's a couple ways:

On a charcoal grill I will simply put the salmon in about a 350° pit, INDIRECT (not over the coals),  for a good 45 - 50 minutes along with a chunk of Apple Wood or a pouch of apple wood pellets.

On the Pellet grill, in order to get a better smoke profile, we put the salmon on the MAK running in smoke mode (hot-smoke temp around 175°) with Apple Pellets for a good 30 minutes to let it pick up some good smoke flavor, then bump the pit temp up to 300° - 325° for an additional 30 minutes.


You might be thinking that's a long cook time for Salmon, but the brown sugar seals and keeps it from drying out, and the extra time lets it soak up more apple wood smoke. It turns out great and moist every time we make it this way. It almost melts in your mouth.
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: ACW3 on August 04, 2012, 07:04:06 AM
After reading this post again, my mouth is watering from those pictures.  Great looking piece of salmon!

Art
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: Greg Stoudenmire on August 04, 2012, 08:38:26 AM
Thanks TentHunteR!
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: KyNola on August 04, 2012, 11:43:47 AM
Man that looks delicious.  You've got me thinking about a variation on the theme. :-\
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: squirtthecat on August 04, 2012, 11:58:20 AM

WOW, I missed this the first time around..
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: smokeasaurus on August 04, 2012, 12:10:35 PM
It looks even better the second time around!!
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: Keymaster on August 04, 2012, 12:39:58 PM
Doesn't get much better than that, Nice Job!!!
Title: Re: Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon
Post by: tatonka3a2 on August 06, 2012, 12:00:04 PM
Very nice!!