no smoker "smoked" salmon
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A salt/sugar/smoke-flavored cure in the fridge and a bit of oven heat turns a supermarket salmon fillet into smoked fish! This recipe starts with the methods used to make gravlax but then bakes the fish to remove any eating-raw-fish worries. The result is salty and smoky but still moist like a good home-smoked fish. It's great with cream cheese on a bagel, in a sour cream chip dip, on a salad or pasta or just with finely sliced onions and a few capers as a fancy appetizer.
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yield
serving(s)
prep time
5 Min
Ingredients For no smoker "smoked" salmon
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1 lbsalmon fillet, thawed or frozen.
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2 tsphickory smoke powder
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2 Tbspsea salt (not iodized)
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2 Tbspdark brown sugar
How To Make no smoker "smoked" salmon
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1(If you do not have access to hickory smoke powder, use smoked salt and or liquid smoke plus salt. Hickory smoke powder is available from www.myspicesage.com and other online vendors.)
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2Wash and dry the salmon fillet and place, skin side down, in a shallow non-reactive or glass pan.
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3Mix together the smoke powder, salt and sugar and distribute it in a thick layer covering the salmon.
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4Place some plastic wrap directly on the salmon and weight the salmon. I used pieces of quarry tile covered with foil. You can use anything heavy for this, e.g. a heavy can on a board, rocks, anything.
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5Wrap the whole construction in plastic wrap or tie in a plastic bag and refrigerate for 24 to 36 hours.
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6Remove the now cured salmon and rinse off the remaining salt and sugar. Dry with a paper towel and wrap tightly in foil.
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7Place the foil wrapped salmon in a baking dish and place in a 300F oven. Bake about 20 minutes, checking with a thermometer to make sure the salmon has reached 160F in the center.
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8Let cool in the foil and refrigerate. At this point it is ready for use. It will keep for several days refrigerated. I haven't tried freezing it yet.
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