Description
From Canada with love – a superb way of serving salmon fillets with a bit of a sweet kick. This can’t-miss recipe is from my great friend Sharon O. in Calgary. She always serves us the best salmon dinners and I told her I would submit this on her behalf.
Ingredients
- ½ cup soy sauce
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 ½ tablespoons rye whiskey
- 2 teaspoons wasabi paste
- 4 (8 ounce) salmon fillets
- 4 untreated cedar planks
Instructions
- Place soy sauce
- maple syrup
- rye whiskey
- and wasabi paste into a blender. Cover blender and puree until smooth. Pour half of the mixture into a resealable plastic bag for marinade and reserve remaining mixture in the refrigerator for dipping sauce. Place salmon in the bag
- coat with marinade
- squeeze out excess air
- and seal the bag. Marinate salmon in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
- Submerge cedar planks in water and soak for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat. Remove salmon fillets from marinade
- and place each one on a soaked cedar plank. Discard bag and marinade.
- Place planked salmon into the grill
- close cover
- and roast until fish flakes easily with a fork
- about 10 minutes. Serve with reserved dipping sauce.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 4