Frozen fish

[bostonsmoker]

Anyone ever start with frozen fish before curing and smoking? How's the quality?

[Habanero Smoker]

I will freeze salmon prior to making loxs, it seems to improve the texture of the fish. For white fish, I would not freeze first.

[devo]

I smoke a lot of salmon, and a lot of the salmon I buy is frozen. So I have taken frozen salmon right from my freezer and dropped it into my wet brine and 12 hours later it is ready to be smoked. I think it thaws very fast in the brine so it really does not mater if it is frozen or thawed when going into the brine.

[bostonsmoker]

Great info. Devo - can you share your recipe? Thx.

[devo]

No big secret there. I always follow this one pinned to our fish section.
http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=107.0

[bostonsmoker]

Great. Thx.

[iceman]

I will freeze salmon prior to making loxs, it seems to improve the texture of the fish. For white fish, I would not freeze first.

Spot on Hab.

[Ketch22]

Hi I have done Striped bass after it was frozen and it worked out fine.