Smoked Salmon Recipe - How To Smoke Salmon In A Masterbuilt Smoker

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

dill

🥗Healthier: parsley

💰Cheaper: oregano

Parsley is a common herb that adds freshness.

capers

💰Cheaper: green olives

Green olives provide a similar briny flavor.

Prepare a salt and sugar mixture with a ratio of 55% salt and 45% sugar, adding white pepper to taste.

Place salmon portions on lemon wedges.

Sprinkle the salt and sugar mixture over the salmon and pat it down.

Generously add fresh dill and some dried dill on top of the salmon.

Pour honey whiskey over the salmon to add flavor.

Refrigerate the salmon for 8 to 10 hours to cure.

Preheat the smoker to 225 degrees, then lower it to 175 degrees.

Smoke the salmon for about 2 hours, checking after 1 hour and 15 minutes for doneness.

Remove the salmon from the smoker and let it sit for 5 minutes before serving.

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