Salmon on a Cedar Plank
The Rub
1 tsp. brown sugar, 1 tsp. course salt, 2 tsp. chili powder (I used chipotle roasted garlic), 1 tsp. ground cumin, 1/2 tsp. black pepper. Basic recipe came with plank. Soak plank in water for at least an hour. Recipe said to drizzle with honey when plated...but delicious without.
Pre-heat plank
Put plank or BBQ for 30 sec. to dry side, turn over and place salmon on dry side to cook.
Pre-Heat Grill
Pre-heat your BBQ to 375 or 400
Serve....
Cook with lid closed....
Cook to desired doneness. I had on fire for around 10 minutes, but I hate to dry salmon out. I bought the planks at Lowes, but a cedar shingle or piece of hardwood will do.
Serve with a good salad....
Nothing like vine ripe tomatoes and basil from the garden, here with mozzarella, and Kat applying some balsamic & a touch of olive oil.
We plated with a few sprigs of asparagus and some crookneck for a super healthy supper.
Food Philosophy & Jokes
Great Restaurants, Here and There!
Beverly's, Couer d' Alene, Idaho
Great restaurant atop the hotel with superb view of the lake.
Churchill's, Spokane, WA
Expensive, but aren't all great steakhouses. This is the ribeye...Perfect! As was the service.
Whitefish Lodge, Whitefish, Montana
Had a great flank steak and fries, and talked them into bringing me a little oxtail gravy on the side! Well worth the visit if ever near.
Whitefish Lodge, Whitefish, Montana
Montana is huckleberry heaven...if you don't have to shoo off the grizzlies to pick them. This was a GREAT huckleberry ice-cream pie.
Will continue to post exceptional dishes from restaurants...
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My Chuckwagon!
A project for the summer!
I found this old John Deere, turn of the century, wagon and thought it had decent bones. I skinned it and made myself a contemporary chuck/BBQ wagon.
Design as you go!
I wanted to stay as true as possible to the old designs, yet accommodate modern BBQs and a gas range. It also has a gas deep fryer.
Gotta have a whiskey barrel!
I can cook for eighty or so and have done so with this rig. Doing all the labor myself, the canvas top cost as much as the rest of the rebuild.
Great fun cooking, outside!
Everyone with a beer or glass of wine in hand, kibitzing the cook, who cooks with wine (in hand)
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