Smoked Fish

Total Time: 1 hr 1 min Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 31 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs salmon fillets (about a 1/2 pound per person) or 3 lbs tuna fillets (about a 1/2 pound per person) or 3 lbs trout fillets (about a 1/2 pound per person)
• 2 fresh limes, juice may be substituted (4 tablespoons approximate)
• 2 fresh lemons, juice may be substituted (4 tablespoons approximate)
• 6 fresh garlic cloves, minced (about 3 teaspoons, comparable amount of garlic powder may be substituted)
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 3/4-1 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 prepare grill and bring to 300°f.
• 2 soak five large hickory chunks in water (available in any good grocery store).
• 3 in a microwave safe dish squeeze the juice from lemon and lime.
• 4 remove all seeds.
• 5 add about 1/2 teaspoon of zest of each (the peel finely ground).
• 6 add all ingredients except fish.
• 7 microwave on half power for about 5 minutes stirring every 1 1/2 minutes until butter melts.
• 8 remove and stir well.
• 9 spray grills with pam or use vegetable oil and coat well.
• 10 add hickory chunks to coals and wait 5 minutes.
• 11 coat fish fillets with microwave mixture well.
• 12 place filets skin side down on grills.
• 13 pour rest of mixture over fillets.
• 14 cook with grill covers down.
• 15 must allow to smoke not flare ups.
• 16 cook until fish flakes easily with fork.
• 17 usually about 20 minutes.