Smoked Salmon - Dry Brine Recipe for Flaky Flavorful Salmon

A big old salmon fillet laid out there and then a Chipotle honey glaze when you finish up. Oh, you'll be wanting to smoke fish from now on. Smoked salmon, Yes, I said it right for all you people that was getting on to me before for using the L word. If you have friends in the Pacific Northwest or up there in Alaska , just tell them, hey, could you send me like 3 or 400 lbs of this stuff.

We started out with a very cold cup and a half of brown sugar.

Then about 1/4 of a cup of kosher salt to that we're going to add about nearly a tablespoon or a half and a little coarse ground black pepper.

Then I just need you to go to mixing this folks. And it's going to take me a little bit because that brown sugar is like frozen in places.

We'll turn him back over and we didn't lose much of that, but we'll put it back on there in just a second .

We use Fogo hardwood lump and I like to use their their big sack because it's you can see how big and Hardy them them them big old hardwood colds are.

And folks, we got to add some smoke to that.

I want some smoke that is mellow, that is pleasant, that drifts throughout the room like Frank Sinatra singing Strangers in the Night.

The only wood that I prefer and that I will do this with is alderwood.