Cedar Planked Salmon With Spice Rub

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cedar plank (approx. 8-inch x12-inch)
• 2 lbs salmon fillets, with skin
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin

Recipe

• 1 soak plank in a tub of cold water for at least 1 hour and up to 12 hours.
• 2 score top side of salmon in about 2"/5cm diagonal strips but do not cut through the skin.
• 3 rub olive oil into salmon.
• 4 in a small bowl combine sugar, paprika, salt, black pepper and cumin.
• 5 rub into slits.
• 6 allow salmon to marinate 10 to 20 minutes.
• 7 place salmon on soaked plank.
• 8 place the whole thing, plank and salmon, on the rack of a barbecue.
• 9 close the lid or cover fish with an inverted metal baking dish and barbecue 20 to 25 minutes or until salmon is cooked through.
• 10 remove cover for the last 5 minutes of cooking.
• 11 do not turn fish during cooking. this can be brought to the table on the plank decorated with fresh herbs or the salmon can be transferred with a wide lifter to a serving platter or a clean plank.
• 12 bonnie stern.