Best Bbq Plank Salmon Recipes

SALMON BBQ'D ON A CEDAR PLANK WITH MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Purchase 2 pieces of cedar boards, 3/4 inch thick, 7 1/2 inches wide and 18 inches long, untreated.
• Soak cedar boards in water for at least 12 hours before using.
• Preheat barbecue to HIGH heat.
• Remove cedar boards from the water and sprinkle with coarse salt on one side that will be used for placing the salmon filets.
• Place boards on the NOW HOT barbecue for about 3 minutes, DO NOT BURN CEDAR BOARDS.
• Rub salmon filets with olive oil.
• Sprinkle coarse salt and granulated garlic powder on salmon filets.
• Sprinkle salmon filets heavily with dill weed and green onions.
• Drizzle lemon juice over salmon filets and then sprinkle with black pepper.
• Place the salmon filets on the cedar boards, skin side down and layer the top of filets with thinly sliced lemons.
• Drizzle MAPLE SYRUP over the filets.
• Turn barbecue down to medium heat.
• Place prepared salmon on the barbecue grates.
• Close BBQ cover and cook on medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until salmon just starts to flake.
• Remove from the barbecue.
• If you have a heavy duty screen with about 1/4" squares, spray with olive oil and place on the barbecue grates. This will prevent any salmon to drop through the grates.
• Slide the salmon filets off the cedar plank onto the screen, with skin side down.
• Turn barbecue heat to HIGH.
• Sprinkle more MAPLE SYRUP on filets, close BBQ lid and cook for another 2 to 4 minutes or until salmon flakes easy. DO NOT OVERCOOK SALMON.
• Remove salmon to large plates.
• Serve immediately with lemon wedges.
• You may also use dark brown sugar on filets instead of Maple Syrup. After you rub the salmon filets with olive oil, spread about 1 tablespoon of brown sugar on each filet (4 tablespoons).
• You may also use white onions sliced instead of green onions or scallions.
• DO NOT RE-USE THE Cedar Boards a second time.
• Purchase your cedar boards at a lumber yard, but make certain that the boards are not treated. They are also much cheaper at the lumber yard and are just as good as the prepared cedar boards.

BBQ PLANK SALMON

Steps:

• Seriously, read this thoroughly first. Cooking planks is a fire hazard if handled carelessly. Your home is not worth the best salmon you'll ever have. Almost, though. Also important, farm raised salmon has been consistently found to be the MOST TOXIC meat produced for consumption. Don't trust me, Google it! This makes preserving wild salmon runs that much more important.
• An hour and a half prior to cooking soak your plank in water for at least 45 minutes. hot water's best. This is important to keep it from catching fire in the BBQ.
• After soaked, place rinsed salmon on plank skin down. No flesh should be hanging off the edges, this makes picking a fillet's size really important because it is easier to pick the size of fillet than find or cut a plank to fit the fish. I use planks packaged and marked for this. Don't waste your time with cedar BBQ envelopes/pockets. These products are crap.
• Again, with the skin down, spread your mustard over the pink flesh to cover but not to smother.
• Sprinkle paprika or cayenne pepper on fillet to your taste preference.
• Let rest until cooking time. Meanwhile, prepare BBQ to a high heat and get together the tools/instruments you are going to use to remove the burnt plank from the grill. Keep these close by and ready. Also, consider where are you going to let the plank with an underside covered in red hot embers rest? Think this through thoroughly!
• You're going to lay the plank directly on the grill to cook the fish. As the damp wood starts to burn it will smoke the fish. It creates a lot of smoke, so BBQ placement might have to be evaluated.
• When your grill is ready place planked fish on grill and cover. Vent the BBQ medium, you want to retain as much smoke around the fish, but not suffocate your heat source. Cooking takes about 10 to 20 minutes depending on the thickness of your fillet. If you know how to test steak for rareness, the fillet should feel medium. Remember to let the meat rest and allow for it to finish cooking off the grill, so pulling it a little early is a good thing.
• Now, removing the plank is serious business! ITS UNDERSIDE WILL BE BURNING RED HOT AND WILL CATCH OTHER WOOD ON FIRE IF YOU LET THEM STAY IN CONTACT! I use a heavy duty spatula to support one end and a strong pair of cooking tongs that allow me to really grip the plank tightly for the other end. Your goal is to find something that will hold the plank so tightly WITHOUT DAMAGING FISH that you can hold it with one hand if necessary, and it will likely be necessary. Let the meat rest 5 minutes before serving. I put mine on the hot-plate burner cover of my gas grill. Its metal, making it safe.
• Alternatively, you do not need to use mustard for a good plank salmon. It's better with it, even on premium king fillets. It just is. And, cedar planks are likely easier to find. I have used a 1X9X2' of cedar I bought at a local hardware store to cook this recipe and it worked beautifully. the guys at the store assured me that the processing of the wood did not include toxic chemicals.

BBQ CEDAR PLANK SALMON WITH MAPLE

Steps:

• Soak the cedar plank (s) overnight.
• You can buy cedar planks for cooking salmon at many grocery stores.
• If you can't find one at a grocery store, make sure the cedar you use has no wood preservatives or other chemicals in it, unless you're into eating that sort of stuff.
• Might I recommend a glass of turpentine as a lovely accompanyment if you use preserved wood.
• GAG.
• Start the BBQ and preheat to HIGH.
• Rub the filets all over with olive oil.
• Sprinkle them with fresh dill and onion.
• Drizzle with juice from the fresh lemon.
• Sprinkle the cedar plank with the salt and place it on the now hot BBQ grill.
• Leave it there for about 3 minutes, until it appears mostly dry on top (remember, it was soaking in water and should be quite wet....) Place your salmon filets (skin side down if the skin's still on them) on the plank.
• Turn down the BBQ to low.
• Drizzle some real maple syrup over the filets.
• This is the secret ingredient.
• REAL!
• Not Aunt Jemima.
• Cook on low for about 10-15 min depending on the size of the filets.
• When it appears the salmon is done ie.
• flakes easily, slide the filets off the cedar plank onto the BBQ grill, skin down.
• Crank up the BBQ to high, put some more maple syrup on top and cover for about 2 minutes.
• This should finish off the salmon nicely, leaving delicious filets ready to eat, and skin that peels off easily if you don't like to eat it.
• Enjoy!

BBQ SALMON ON WET PLANK (OLD NATIVE INDIAN RECIPE)

Steps:

• Presoak, totally submerged plank for at least 1 hour. (We are lucky enough to be beside a lake, otherwise you may have to use bathtub or container large enough to submerge the plank. Plank can be Cedar, Alder, Apple, Cherry, Hickory, Maple, Oak. Can also be soaked in beer or wine, it is the cook's choice. Plank must be short enough to accommodate the barbecue, yet big enough to accommodate the fish.
• Preheat barbecue to 350°F.
• Place plank in barbecue and allow it to preheat until it starts smoking.
• Baste salmon with butter and salt and pepper.
• Add chives or freen onions.
• Place on plank with skin side down.
• Barbecue with lid closed for 15 to 25 minutes until fish is opaque,.
• Garnish with fresh lemons sliced thinly.
• Serve and enjoy!