After a busy hectic week, most of you look forward for a relaxing weekend. When it comes to weekend, you love arranging some indoor or outdoor parties. There are lots of foods you have already tried in your parties but this time you can think something new! Why not something with salmon? Go for smoked salmon recipe that you can cook in no time. It is a mouth watering dish that carries good food value. After marinating, it just take few minutes to cook in your conventional oven or outdoor barbecue. Here’s the guide that will help you preparing a yummy smoked salmon. Read on.
Complexity Level: Complex
Time Required: 2-3 hrs
Resource Required:
1. Salmon fillet
2. Salt
3. Ginger root (Grated)
4. Granulated sugar
5. Brown sugar
6. Soy sauce
7. Five spice powder
8. For smoking – Tea leaves, white rice and brown sugar
9. For garnish – Salmon roe, sake (Japanese wine), lemon Juice, radish sprout and finely grated ginger root
Instructions:
1. Marinate salmon with salt and sugar
Wash salmon fillet and marinate it with grated ginger, granulated sugar and salt. Warp the plate of the marinated salmon and place it in the refrigerator for almost 12- 24 hours. This will help salmon fillet to hold the flavour and taste of ginger, salt and sugar.
2. Prepare salmon to place in the foil
Get your marinated salmon fillet out of the refrigerator and very softly rub off the extra salt and sugar from the fillet. Also, make sure to discard the juice that accumulated in the marinating plate.
3. Prepare sauce for salmon
Now, in a separate bowl mix five spice powder, brown sugar and soy sauce. Put this mixture on the top of the salmon fillet and spread it evenly. Now, place salmon fillet on a silver foil and cover it. Poke small holes in the foil and place salmon fillet on the wire racks that can easily fit with the wok.
4. Smoke your salmon
This part is important as it will help to smoke the salmon fillet. Line the wok with the help of a foil. Now place white rice, tea leaves and around 15 mil of water in the foil. Cover and continue heating until you see it smoking. Now, add salmon to it and cover. You will have to hold the smoke in the wok so prevent escaping smoke by covering the edge of the wok by wet dish towel.
5. Cook and check your salmon
Smoke the fish for almost 15-17 minutes. Test it with the fork and if you see the fillet has become flaky, understand that salmon fillet is ready to be garnished. You will have a tea smoke here as you have added tea leaves to it.
6. Garnish salmon with roe mixture
For garnishing, in a small bowl mix salmon roe with sake. Stand for sometime and then drain. Garnish the salmon with finely grated ginger and lemon juice. Cut or break salmon according to your choice and then top it with salmon roe mixture and radish sprout.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Can you get a simple recipe of salmon which will take less time and can be cooked quickly?
Salmon is a very soft fish and it cooks in no time. Here is a very simple recipe try it out.
1. Brush your salmon fillet with salt, butter and pepper powder. It will be good if you have rosemary powder handy. Add a dash of rosemary to it.
2. Place it in foil and bake it for 25 minutes. You can even place salmon fillet in the frying pan after spraying the pan with little oil or butter.
3. Check it with fork and squeeze some lemon juice. Serve hot.
Quick Tips:
- You can also put charcoal or brick pieces in the wok to have charcoal smoked salmon.
- If you want to freeze smoked salmon, cover it in an airtight bag and freeze it but not more than 2-3 days.
- Salmon is a very soft fish and while cooking you will have to understand about the best timings to stop cooking. Over cooking may spoil the taste of the recipe.
Things To Watch Out For:
- Never over cook the Salmon fillet. After you take it off from your oven, cover it for sometime to retain the juicy effect.
- Flaking of the salmon fillet indicates over cooking and also that the salmon has started becoming dry.
