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Smoking salmon is one of the most simple and rewarding ways to enjoy this healthy fish. Smoking salmon requires an outdoor smoker, several ingredients, a three pound salmon and an alder wood plank. The plank can be obtained from a local lumber yard; however the wood must be untreated, as the chemicals used to treat wood will ruin the fish.

Brine Ingredients

•1 gallon of water

•1 cup of white sugar

•1 cup of brown sugar

•1 cup of salt

•3 ounces of dry crab and shrimp seasoning mix

•1 head of garlic, sliced in half

•4 sliced and crushed lemons

•2 sliced and crushed Oranges

•1 sliced and crushed lime

•1 sliced yellow onion.

Directions

Pour one gallon of water into a non-aluminum small bucket or pot. Stir in the remaining ingredients, making sure the salt and sugar are thoroughly dissolved in the mixture. Soak a three pound salmon in the brine for at least four hours, preferably overnight. While the salmon is soaking, place an alder wood plank in water and set a heavy object on top of it to prevent it from floating. Let the alder wood soak for as long as the salmon is in the brine. This prevents the wood from burning when placed in the smoker.

After the salmon is done soaking, remove it from the brine and rinse it carefully under cold water. Remove the alder wood plank from the water and place the salmon on the wood after patting the fish dry with paper towels. Season the salmon with black pepper on both sides.

Preheat an outdoor smoker to at least 160 degrees F, though no more than 180 degrees F. Place the salmon on the wood plank in the smoker and smoke for at least two hours. The salmon is done when it flakes easily with a fork, however it can be smoked for up to six hours. The longer the salmon is smoked, the more the salt content reduces, so the amount of time to leave the fish in the smoker is dependent on personal taste.

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