I love this brown sugar lemon garlic smoked salmon recipe! It is soooo good! If you have a smoker, you really need to try it!

Besides sushi I don’t love fish. What can I say? Cooked fish just isn’t my favorite. The exception would be smoked fish. Meat cooked in a smoker, if done right, is just crave-worthy to me. This Brown Sugar Lemon Garlic Smoked Salmon is no exception. It is amazingly good!

This recipe has a perfect balance of spices. The sweet, smoked, and tart flavors balance out beautifully while the salmon smokes.

Supply List for this Brown Sugar Lemon Garlic Smoked Salmon

A smoker

heavy duty cookie sheet

aluminum foil

smoker pellets (cedar is usually a good flavor to use)

Ingredients for this Brown Sugar Lemon-Garlic Smoked Salmon

1 large filet of salmon

Salt sprinkled all over filet

Pepper sprinkled all over filet

3 Tablespoons minced garlic

1 Lemon, juiced

1/2 C Butter cut into 10th’s

1 C Brown Sugar

Optional: 1 Lemon for lemon wedges (served with),

Optional: 1 Tablespoon parsley minced for presentation

Directions on how to make Brown Sugar Lemon-Garlic Smoked Salmon

1. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Place filet skin side down.
2. Spread minced garlic all over salmon evenly.

3. Sprinkle the salmon with salt

4. Sprinkle filet with 1 C brown sugar

5. Top with butter cut in pats/small slices evenly spaced out on the filet (about 10 pats)

6. Sprinkle with pepper

7. Squeeze juice from 1 lemon over the entire filet.

8. Start smoker on smoke, allowing pellets to ignite. Switch to Medium and heat for at least 15 minutes.

9. If you are using a thermometer you’ll want it smoke at about 225°F.

10. Smoke the salmon on the cookie sheet covered in tinfoil for 35-45 minutes.

11. After 35 minutes, check to see if the albumin (the white stuff) has started oozing out. If it has, remove it. If not, check every 5 minutes until you see it. When you do, it is done.

12. Let the smoked salmon rest for 5 minutes before serving.

13. If presenting it for guests, or to make it a little prettier, add lemon wedges and sprinkle with parsley

Brown Sugar Lemon-Garlic Smoked Salmon

Yield: 8 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

This recipe has a perfect balance of spices. The sweet, smoked, and tart flavors balance out beautifully while the salmon smokes.

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Ingredients

• 1 large filet of salmon
• Salt sprinkled all over filet
• Pepper sprinkled all over filet
• 3 Tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 Lemon, juiced
• 1/2 C Butter cut into 10th's
• 1 C Brown Sugar 
• Optional: 1 Lemon for lemon wedges (served with),
• Optional: 1 Tablespoon parsley minced for presentation

Instructions

1. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Place filet skin side down.
2. Spread minced garlic all over salmon evenly.
3. Sprinkle the salmon with salt,
4. Sprinkle C brown sugar over filet evenly
5. Top with 1/2 C butter in pats/small slices evenly spaced on salmon
6. Sprinkle filet with pepper
7. Squeeze the juice from one lemon evenly over the entire filet
8. Start smoker on smoke, allowing pellets to ignite. Switch to Medium and heat for at least 15 minutes.
9. If you are using a thermometer you'll want it smoke at about 225°F.
10. Smoke the salmon on the cookie sheet covered in tinfoil for 35-45 minutes.
11. After 35 minutes, check to see if the albumin (the white stuff) has started oozing out. If it has, remove it. If not, check every 5 minutes until you see it. When you do, it is done.
12. Let the smoked salmon rest for 5 minutes before serving.
13. If presenting it for guests, to make it a little prettier add lemon wedges and sprinkle with minced parsley

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This Brown Sugar Lemon-Garlic Smoked Salmon recipe is very tasty. If you are lucky enough to try it, let me know how you like it!

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