Cedar Plank Salmon with Creamy Dill Sauce
Try this delicious cedar plank salmon recipe with creamy dill sauce. The secret is to use sweet pickle juice (optional). Make sure to soak your cedar plank in water for a minimum of 2 hours. Portions your salmon into 4-6 oz portions. The creamy dill sauce is great on a cucumber onion salad as well. I grilled my salmon in my pellet smoker (you can also use any type grill setup for indirect cooking at the same temp, I set my smoker at 400 degrees (anywhere between 300°-400° for grill temp is fine). Salmon was cooked in about 25 minutes. Salmon should have an internal temp of 145°F which will be very firm well-done piece of fish ( I like mine cooked until it hits 135°). TIP: -Brine your Salmon the night before Season your Salmon with 3-4 tbsps of salt and 2-3 tbsps of brown sugar. Cover, Fridge overnight. Remove from the fridge, rinse gently, pat extremly dry, place back in the fridge for 4 hours uncovered to develop the pellicle (coating of protein on the surface of fish that allows smoke to better adhere to the surface of the meat during the smoking process). -Wait until your grill is nice & hot before you begin cooking-Cook on clean & oiled grill grated to prevent meat from sticking to the grids
Ingredients
- 3-4 LBS Fresh Atlantic Salmon
- 2 Cedar Planks
Marinade
- ¼ cup Olive oil
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
- 2 tsps Lemon Zest
- 2 tsps Fresh Rosemary
- 2 tsps Fresh Thyme
- ½ cup Sweet Pickle Juice OPTIONAL
- 2 Lemons squeezed
- 2 Cloves of Garlic Minced
Creamy Dill Sauce
- 5 tbsps Sour Cream
- 5 tbsps Mayonnaise
- 2 tbsps Rice Vinegar
- 1 tbsp Fresh Dill
- 1 Clove of Garlic Minced
- ½ tsp Salt
Instructions
- Set your grill/smoker at 400°
- Whisk together Creamy Dill Sauce ingredites and place in fridge until ready to serve.
- Mix marinade ingredients and marinate salmon filets for ½ an hour.
- Arrange salmon on grilling plank and place on the centre of the cooking grate.
- Cook salmon for approximately 25-30 minutes until internal temp hits 145°. ( I like mine at 135°)
- Remove from grill and serve