Grilled Smokey Salmon

Here’s another super simple way to eat grilled Salmon.

With the thicker cuts of that Salmon I was telling you about in my last post. I wanted something less spicy that would bring out the salmon flavor. So here’s what I did.

Since I had a thicker piece to work with, I decided to cut it into serving sizes about 2 inches wide. This would ensure that I got all the fish cooked through, it would cook faster and at the same time, and it would be ready to serve right off the grill.

For these cuts, I melted 2 tablespoons of butter with 3 cloves of crushed garlic in the microwave on low power. Covering the microwave safe bowl prevents splattering. I went ahead and continued to cook the garlic in the butter for one minute at 70% power. This really helped to infuse the butter and soften the garlic.

I drizzled the garlic butter over the fillets, making sure each one got a little crushed garlic, too. Seasoned with coarse salt and fresh ground pepper. Squeezed a little fresh lemon juice over all of them.

Now it was time to go outside and put them on the hot grill. Just for fun, I tossed a handful of dry smoke chips around the edge of the hot coals. I used my nonstick grilling sheet pan and laid the fish skin side down. Closed the grill lid and came back 10 minutes later to check on them. When the fish flaked, it was done.

The Salmon had a wonderful smokey flavor I could taste before it ever went into my mouth and the garlic bits almost tasted sweet… Absolutely Yummy!