Well, enough of salmon on the grill! Ok, just one more. (When I think of the word "Salmon," I have a word association with "Samlon," the aquatic species in the book, Legacy of Heorot. If you like SciFi, you'll like it."
This recipe looked cute, so that's why I decided to try it. I've never planked a fish before. This one looked more accessible to me. I bought some flash-frozen wild sockeye, enough for the three of us. I also decided to cook it on my little Q Webber gas grill. No reason to haul out the big guns for a little project like this one.
Instead of using lemon zest and pepper, I minced up pieces of my preserved lemons to go along with the pepper and oil.
I made up the little foil boats and cut slits in the bottom. Soaked wood chips were to go in them, with the fish nestled on top.
Right away, a meat bee approached and became obnoxious!
I electrocuted him.
I treat fish like soufflé. Everything else waits on the fish. So I went ahead and skewered some mushrooms and zucchini (inspired by a previous MOG recipe), and took some leftover cooked corn on the cob and slathered it with ranch dressing to sear a little. A little sourdough boule wrapped in foil awaits its turn.
The fish is on, the heat is high. So where's the smoke?
Waiting for some wisps of smoke.
The chips never got with the program. I guess it was just too short a time to get them going.
The dinner was delicious. We also had steamed fresh spinach with sautéed onions. The fish was... Ok. Honestly, I like baked salmon. And it's a breeze to do, and get cooked perfectly. So from now on, I'll stick to other critters, like shrimp, if I want to grill seafood.
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