Blake’s Sweet and Smoky Grilled Salmon

🧂 Ingredients

• 1.5 lbs. salmon fillet

  with or without skin
• 3 tsp. course smoked salt
• plenty of freshly ground black pepper
• ½ c. dark brown sugar
• ½ c. pure maple syrup
• also needed:
• cedar grilling plank
• 1 to 2 cans beer

  for soaking the plank

Instructions

• 1 Place grilling plank in a 9”x13” pan and pour 1 to 2 cans of beer over it, so
  that top of plank is covered and wet. Set a heavy glass or bowl on top of the
  plank to keep it submerged. Set aside for 2 hours.
• 2 About 45 minutes prior to grilling, prepare the salmon. Place salmon in a
  separate 9”x13” pan or similar dish, and then sprinkle the fillet evenly with
  smoked salt and a good dose of freshly ground black pepper. Then sprinkle with
  brown sugar, patting it gently onto the salmon. Next slowly drizzle the maple
  syrup over the brown sugar, letting the syrup soak into the brown sugar and
  salmon. Set aside on the counter to marinate.
• 3 When the grilling plank is done soaking, preheat grill to 400° F. Drain and
  discard beer from pan holding the plank. Set plank back into same pan, and then
  place marinated salmon onto the plank, to carry out to the grill. Set plank with
  salmon directly onto the grill grates and shut grill. Don’t peek until it has
  been cooking for 15 minutes. Depending on the size and thickness of the salmon,
  cook for about 20 to 25 minutes total. And don’t be concerned if the plank
  starts to smoke, that’s a good thing. A very good thing! The salmon is done when
  it is deeply bronzed as shown in the photos, and any surfaced oil deposits have
  been cooked out. You can also insert a fork into the thickest part of the
  salmon. If it flakes easily, it’s finished cooking.
• 4 Serving the salmon straight from the plank makes for a great conversation piece
  at the table and is so fun to take your portion from. The plank does get quite
  charred, however, and you may want to place a platter or pan underneath the
  plank to save a pretty tablecloth.

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