Bbq Sockeye Salmon

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 kg fresh wild sockeye salmon (fillets or steaks)
• sea salt

Recipe

• 1 acquire a "cedar plank"; these are available at our local grocery stores, though i admit i like the thick ones, about 3/4" thickness. soak in water at least one hour.
• 2 dust "smooth" surface of plank with sea salt.
• 3 lay fillet on the plank, and salt, generously, with sea salt.
• 4 light up the bbq, leaving one side hot and the other side at minimum setting.
• 5 lay the planked salmon over the cool side of the grill, add 3-4 cups of either mesquite or alder wood chips onto the hot side, close bbq hood.
• 6 when flames start to happen with the chips, douse these quickly with water (just once!) and allow the fish to cook about 25 minutes.
• 7 extinguish the "cool burner at this point, and reduce the hot side to 33% output.
• 8 allow fish to cook to the "dore" colouring (reddish orange), about another 25-35 minutes, all with the hood closed.
• 9 i know this sounds "overcooked" but i encourage you to try it! we serve this with raw garden veggies (tomato, cucumber, radish, carrot spears, fresh green pepper, etc) with a creamy herbed dip -- very "light" eating, perfect for the hot and humid summer weather.