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Smoking/Grilling Steelheads

Post by fcs » May 12th, 2016, 2:04 am

Hi Guys,

A friend of mine just caught a couple of Steelheads. Any ideas on how to smoke/grill them? Which flavours/spices will go well with that type of fish? Anybody have some amazing recipies to share? None of us have ever cooked a fish like that before, so any help greatly appreciated :)

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Re: Smoking/Grilling Steelheads

Post by Squiggle » May 12th, 2016, 4:25 am

Hey mate, I've done tons of ocean run rainbows & the best way I have found to do them is to brine them in a 50/50 mix of salt & caster sugar, you heat half the water on the stove to dissolve as much of the mix as possible, then add the other half of the water to chill it back down. Add the fillets, the refrigerate overnight. When you take them out of the water give them a rinse & pat them dry with a paper towel & leave them on a tray to for an hour or so to get a nice pelicle(sticky to touch) this will help the smoke stick to the fillets.

Once you have brined them you paint them with honey(you can sprinkle with brown sugar but I find honey is better, bit more of a fruity sweetness).

Now, you have two choices from here, you can hot smoke them for about 4-6hrs till you get an internal temp of 57C(135F) or you can BBQ smoke them at 135C(275F) till you get the same internal temp, about 30-60mins. Both ways turn out amazballs but the BBQ is a bit more like a cooked piece of fish & great as a meal, whereas the hot smoke is, well it's like smoked fish & better for an entree with biscuits & sour cream/crème fraîche or a snack with a nice beer. :beer:

You can also dry brine the fillets, but this gives a more salty taste & is more suited to mackerel or barramundi. Let me know if you want to try the dry brine & I will post the rub recipe. :kewl:


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Post by Squiggle » May 12th, 2016, 4:34 am

& this is what the end product of hot smoking looks like(sorry I just had to add a pic. :grillin:)

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Re: Smoking/Grilling Steelheads

Post by Dirtytires » May 12th, 2016, 8:43 pm

Looks great....what is caster sugar?



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Post by Weldun » May 12th, 2016, 8:51 pm

:yth: and amazballs ? =))


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Re: Smoking/Grilling Steelheads

Post by Squiggle » May 13th, 2016, 2:19 am

Ummm, it's just fine white sugar, it's just called caster sugar here in Australia & the "amazeballs" thing is me hanging around my 17yo daughter too much & picking up her bimbo lingo. Didn't you guys all know, everything is tots amazeballs (totally amazing) these days! =))


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Re: Smoking/Grilling Steelheads

Post by Rodcrafter » May 13th, 2016, 9:16 am

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Re: Smoking/Grilling Steelheads

Post by fcs » May 19th, 2016, 2:23 am

Looks amazeballs - thanks for sharing :)



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