Sam's Smoked Sockeye (Salmon) Recipe

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Sam's Smoked Sockeye (Salmon)
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Ingredients:

  • 2 quarts water , filtered
  • 3/4 cup pickling salt
  • 3 -4 salmon fillets ( fresh wild sockeye)
  • 1 quart alderwood smoking wood chips, dry

Directions:

  1. The day before, stir the water, sugar and salt together until dissolved. Chill for 2 hours.
  2. Divide the brine between ziplock baggies, use one baggie per fillet, and add the fillet to the brine making sure they are skin side up. Smoosh out the air, seal, place baggies in a 9x13 pan in the refrigerator overnight.
  3. Next morning drain brine, let salmon air dry for one hour while you prepare your fish smoker (this is for an electric smoker with very low heat) and spray the racks with non-stick spray. Place the fish skin side down onto the racks. Do not put the alderwood into the pan until the fish is in the smoker. Space fillets apart from each other (we stagger them one per tray going in different directions).
  4. Use about 3 pans of alderwood to smoke. Let the first one burn out, then change chips and let the second one burn out and change chips and then let the third one go until the salmon is done.
  5. Do not open the smoker for 12 hours. yep, twelve hours.
  6. Vacuum seal or just let chill down and eat with cream cheese (Philly, of course), dill if you like it, bagels, crackers, or with your fingers.
  7. You will love this.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 340.09 Kcal (1424 kJ)
Calories from fat 66.78 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.42g 11%
Cholesterol 85.33mg 28%
Sodium 14299.8mg 596%
Potassium 718.43mg 15%
Total Carbs 26.95g 9%
Sugars 26.68g 107%
Protein 38.96g 78%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 76.1mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 60.2 Kcal (252 kJ)
Calories from fat 11.82 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.31g 11%
Cholesterol 15.1mg 28%
Sodium 2531.16mg 596%
Potassium 127.17mg 15%
Total Carbs 4.77g 9%
Sugars 4.72g 107%
Protein 6.9g 78%
Calcium 13.5mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.4
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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