How To Make Smoked Salmon. First, you must choose the freshest, best quality, previously frozen salmon fillets you can find—and make sure they are boneless to make things easy for yourself. You will want to smoke your fish about an hour for thin fillets and as long as four hours for big slabs of sturgeon or tuna belly.

After slow roasting in the smoker, salmon transforms.

Learn the difference between salmon steaks and fillets. Cut it into small pieces and put it in the pan to fry a little before adding beaten egg mixture, to make scrambled eggs with salmon. Follow these four simple steps to make perfectly smoked salmon. But curing isn't just about preservation and appearance. Making smoked salmon on my green mountain grill was super easy, effortless and fun. Smoking really enhances the flavor of this oily fish variety. The quality of cold smoked salmon made at home transcends the commercial product. Using the whole filet makes things simple when handling and ensures the salmon remains moist as doing so makes the wood chips produce a milder smoke and keep the temperature down. Preparing and smoking this delicacy takes time, but. Smoking salmon was originally done as a method of preservation. I've cooked it both ways and it makes no difference to the final product.