Basic Fish Brine Recipe

Free Recipe Basic Fish Brine

Recipe Type: Free Recipes

Recipe Preparation: boil

Cooking Ingredients for Basic Fish Brine Recipe

Skin on fish fillets / or
-whole salmon
4 ga Water
5 lb (8 cups) salt
1 lb Dark brown sugar
1-1/2 c Lemon juice
2 tb Liquid garlic
2 tb Liquid onion

Basic Fish Brine Preparation

Here”s a recipe I”ve used with great success. From Homebook of Smoke Cooking Meat, Fish & Game by Jack Sleight and Raymond Hull. Use a plastic or glass container. Disolve salt first, then add other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Options-tabasco sauce or dill or use honey or blackstrap molasses instead of brown sugar. I will usually boil 1 gallon of water to help disolve the salt. then puree lemon juice, fresh onions and garlic and add to brine. Then add 3 gallons ice cold water and stir. Brine according to the following guidelines Fillets: 1 lb–1 hour 1-2lbs-2 hours 2-3lbs-3 hours etc. Whole-estimated size of one fillet Keep fish submerged and weight with plate if necessary. Rinse fish thoroughly after brining. Allow to dry on racks in a cool, airy place, screened from flies while the pellicle forms. Smoke over low heat 150-250 degrees until fish flakes easily. I prefer to use alder chunks or chips. Apple, cherry, or other mild hard fruitwood may be used. Posted to bbq-digest by Bruce Cook <bdcbbq@mindspring.com> on Nov 20, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Recipe Serves: 1

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