UNCLE BILL'S SALMON BAKED OR BARBECUED IN FOIL

Steps:

• Cut the belly and remove entrails and discard.
• Wash inside well with cold water.
• Remove head and tail of salmon and discard.
• Cut off fins and scrape scales off fish.
• Rinse salmon with cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
• Place salmon on doubled aluminum foil (large enough to wrap around salmon and to fold the edges so that it is sealed).
• In a small mixing bowl, mix together garlic powder, black pepper, seasoning salt and dried dill weed.
• Sprinkle cavity and exterior with this mixture.
• If using fresh dill, lay it whole in the cavity.
• Layer sliced onion and lemon inside fish cavity.
• Bring edges of aluminum foil up around the salmon.
• Before closing, pour olive evenly over salmon.
• Now add 1/2 cup of water.
• Fold aluminum foil over salmon and seal all edges to make air tight.
• Place wrapped salmon directly on barbecue grill.
• If baking in oven, place wrapped salmon on a metal tray and on the middle rack.
• COOKING TIME.
• Preheat barbecue or oven to 425 degrees F.
• Measure fish"closed" at the thickest point before stuffing with onions and lemon.
• For each 1 inch thickness of fish, bake for 15 minutes.
• Example: If fish is 2 1/2 inches thick, cooking time would be 38 to 40 minutes.
• DO NO OVERCOOK, meat should be opaque and flake easily with a fork.
• When fish is cooked, remove from barbecue or oven rack and let rest for about 10 minutes.
• Use CAUTION when opening foil, as the steam could burn you.
• Mayonnaise may be used as an alternate for olive oil.
• Spread 1/2 to 3/4 cup evenly on both sides of exterior of salmon.
• Also, add water as noted above.