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Maple-ginger, planked salmon

maple-ginger salmon

Honestly we do not care for fish all that much. Fish always seems to need something, a sauce, a butter, something to oomph the flavor up and generally I’m way too lazy to accomplish a protein and a sauce at the same time time…multi-tasking like that is a bit over my head. Then there’s the whole issue of flipping the fish…it’s always a disaster and ends up looking like a pile of pale mush! Yuck. The texture thing bugs me too.

However, I think I’ve found a fish recipe I can handle. It’s a big piece of salmon cooked, placed on a cedar plank, which is placed over the fire on the grill, and coated with copious amounts of a maple-ginger sauce. The sauce is a simple mixture of fresh ginger, garlic, a tablespoon of soy sauce, a 1/2 cup of maple syrup, and 2 tablespoons of rice-wine vinegar. Place the salmon on the plank, put it on a hot grill, coat it every five or ten minutes with sauce until it’s cooked to about 140F.

maple-ginger salmon

The fish is firm, not too sweet, but smoky and rich flavored. It’s easily the best fish I’ve ever made and the plank makes it so easy…no flipping required. Best of all, the cleanup was a breeze.

October 8, 2009 | Filed Under food 

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4 Responses to “Maple-ginger, planked salmon”

  1. falnfenix on October 9th, 2009

    this sounds delicious…salmon is one of my favorite grilling fish, and i’m always looking for a new sauce. thanks!

  2. Sues on October 15th, 2009

    This sounds totally perfect!!! And looks lovely too!

  3. pat on October 22nd, 2009

    Hi Vanessa…I’ve never posted on your blog, but as a fellow foodie-holic, I found your blog by accident many months ago and still peruse.

    I have to tell you: I’m not a seafood person, really. I have to be in the mood for it, and the texture/smell thing is still something that puts me off. But I LOVE salmon, and I always make it the way my mom taught me: in the OVEN! That way: 1) you don’t have to flip it AT ALL and 2) it doesn’t smell. Fish stinks a helluva lot more if you try and fry it.

    :)

  4. Otehlia Cassidy on November 1st, 2009

    Great blog. I love salmon and maple. My kids love salmon and maple, my husband loves, well, food. This looks delicious!

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