Brown Sugar Grilled Salmon

surus's Note:

Part of our annual trek to the mountains is cooking out streamside. This year I decided to try salmon and found this recipe on another site. I scaled it back to feed 2 and marinated the fish for about 6 hours. It was spectacular. You can baste the fish while it's cooking if you wish, but not necessary. We used a grill basket and oiled it first to prevent sticking.

• Total Time: 19 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 1/2 lbs salmon fillets
• lemon pepper
• salt
• garlic powder
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil

Directions:

1. sprinkle fillets with salt, lemon pepper and garlic powder to taste.
2. Combine soy sauce, brown sugar, water and oil.
3. Marinate fish in soy mixture for 2 hours or more.
4. remove from marinade.
5. Grill for 7 minutes per side.

Reviews

[Koechin (Chef)]

Outstanding recipe! I used reduced sodium soy sauce to cut sodium and added no salt. Did everything else as stated. We were unable to grill so I used my grill pan. About 4 minutes on each side. ( I buy Alaskan wild caught individually wrapped fillets @ Sam's Club) I can;t wait to do it over charcoal. Thanks for sharing. :-0

[Aunt Pam]

my boys loved it..me, not so much, but I will try this again on the grill and I am sure it will be better.

[deathbenotproud]

Some people cook salmon on cedar planks, or grill it, and while those methods are fantastic, I use them myself, for this I preferred to take an alternative approach. instead of grilling it or using a cedar plank, I simply wrapped the fish inside of an aluminium foil casing, and sealed it tight with the marinade inside, so that the marinade completely submerged the salmon, but only to just the top, so as not to over-drown it, and cooked it on the lowest heat for 14 minutes exactly, and promptly took it off. I also pre-heated the grill. I think it's common sense, but I people who just turn it on and put their food on the grill instantly, but I time my food differently, so this is just a heads up if you choose to make it this way :)

also, I sprinkled a lime herb that I have on top of it after, as well as added a little bit of Chef Zachary blackening spice for flavor. it came out super juicy (as I did not marinade it) and very tender, and still incredibly flavorful, because instead of marinading it, it's simply slow boiling the marinade into the salmon.

i'm not sure if anyone else has ever done anything like sealing tinfoil, but I sure do, especially with chicken, fish, and other meats.