With really GOOD salmon (sockeye etc), we try to minimize any additional flavors as we love it natural (maybe just a little butter, salt, pepper, lemon at most), but this recipe is AMAZING! We often find less expensive pink salmon and this kicks it up a bit.
Note...if you do NOT have a cedar plank or want to go through that part of the process, you can just skip and do it on tinfoil or pan.
I do recommend salmon with a bit of smoke (over charcoal grill or add a smoke pack to your gas grill) as salmon and smoke are an amazing pairing.
Sriracha Cedar Plank Salmon
Ingredients
1 Cedar plank
1 whole salmon fillet
Olive oil
Kosher Salt and fresh ground pepper
1-2 tablespoons of Sriracha sauce (or sambal oelek or similar spicy chili paste)
2-3 tablespoons of Kewpie (Japanese mayo, regular mayo will work too)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
Spray bottle of water, just in case
Directions
Soak plank in water 1 to 2 hours.
Heat grill to medium
Place salmon on plank and rub top lightly with olive oil
Sprinkle well with salt and pepper
Spread Sriracha and mayo evenly over salmon
Sprinkle brown sugar over the salmon
Place board with salmon on heated grill and close lid.
For a filet about an inch at its thickest and depending on how good your barbeque is, it will grill for about 10 - 15 minutes.
The plank sides may flare up during cooking this is no big deal as long as you keep the salmon about an inch away from the edges.
Is there such a thing as minimalist cooking?
I take my frying pan used for fish and place the fish into it with a little olive oil or butter, warm it gently and then put on the lid. After a minute or so I turn off the heat and cook the stir fry or whatever else I will eat with the fish, then I find a plate and serve it forth - I might add a little pinch of a herb but not always.
The original poster asked for recipes to minimize (cover up?) fish flavors, so, while I agree, sometimes less is more (for some things) not in this case.
The original poster asked for recipes to minimize (cover up?) fish flavors, so, while I agree, sometimes less is more (for some things) not in this case.