Bradley Smoked Salmon Filet

muebe · February 12, 2011, 10:47:46 PM

So I had a Salmon Filet that I smoked on the Bradley. This was my very first time smoking Salmon so I did not want to risk ruining a bunch of Salmon that is $10.99 a lb so I did just one filet. I brined the filet for 12 hours using a mix of 48 oz of water, a cup of Soy Vay Veri Veri Teriyaki Mix, 2 teaspoons of red cayenne pepper, 4 tablespoons of hickory smoked kosher salt, and a 1/4 cup of dark brown sugar. Then I lightly sprinkled with ground ginger & more hickory smoked salt before glazing and then glazed for 4 hours at room tempature until a pellicle formed. After glazing I smoked the filet in the Bradley for 8 hours and applied Maple wood smoke for the first 4 hours. I programmed the PID for 110F for the first 2 hours then 140F for 4 hours then 175 for 2 hours. The fish turned out excellent. It was not dry at all and had a great flavor. The Soy Vay Teriyaki is a great marinade. It is full of garlic and spices. I have only seen and purchased it from Costco. I will copy this brine mix the next time I smoke some more Salmon. And here are the pics...

DTAggie · February 13, 2011, 11:57:09 AM

Looks good

Smokeville · February 13, 2011, 03:36:05 PM

Other than your smoker is way too clean, WOW!!!!!! The salmon looks great!!!!!

Rich

smoker pete · February 13, 2011, 05:09:18 PM

That's some fine looking salmon muebe. I can see why you wolfed it down in a single sitting ;D ;D Have seen that Veri Veri Teriyaki at Costo recently and now I think I need to pick me up a bottle next visit.

muebe · February 13, 2011, 05:35:24 PM

Quote from: smoker pete on February 13, 2011, 05:09:18 PM
That's some fine looking salmon muebe. I can see why you wolfed it down in a single sitting ;D ;D Have seen that Veri Veri Teriyaki at Costo recently and now I think I need to pick me up a bottle next visit.

Definitely pick some up Pete. My wife and I love the stuff. It is a great sauce to marinate steaks in ;D

Slamdunk · February 13, 2011, 05:43:57 PM

Looks very good indeed! Nice glaze. And it doesn't look dry perhaps not dry enough for my tastes but ....

I'm curious about the 2 tps of cayenne ... how much could you taste/feel it?

muebe · February 13, 2011, 05:57:08 PM

Quote from: slamdunk on February 13, 2011, 05:43:57 PM
Looks very good indeed! Nice glaze. And it doesn't look dry perhaps not dry enough for my tastes but ....

I'm curious about the 2 tps of cayenne ... how much could you taste/feel it?

You could taste it but it just a light amount of heat and not overpowering. It was diluted in over 48 ounces of brine and I am sure the dark brown sugar off set the heat some. The powdered Ginger really added a nice flavor also.

KyNola · February 14, 2011, 06:47:56 AM

Nice looking salmon!

OU812 · February 14, 2011, 12:48:46 PM

That salmon looks delish.

I so gotta smoke some salmon in the near future.

Patsplace · March 05, 2011, 07:38:20 PM

Thanks for the heads up on the Soy Vey. Will pick some up next time I'm in Costco, probably this week. When I read the timing that folks are doing with PID's it makes my purchase of one that much closer. Am I correct in thinking that I could program it to do the various times and temps and then it would turn the unit off? What a joy that would be as my smoker is in a safe place even if it caught fire. Turn it on and go to work and leave the robot to look after the fine points.

Pat

RFT · March 06, 2011, 12:54:34 AM

Will have to head to Coscto tomorrow to pick up a bottle of The Soy Vay Teriyaki sauce.

SouthernSmoked · March 06, 2011, 08:53:25 AM

Heck Yeah! Nice looking salmon!!

howlin · March 06, 2011, 09:14:28 AM

now that looks tasty,sort of makes me sad tho as salmon is so freaking expensive up here as well as being far to cold to smoke..but next week ...hmmm