Description
Grilled wild cedar plank salmon with fresh herbs topped with tomatoes, kalamata olives and red onion. This is so flavorful, and simple to make, perfect for weeknight cooking or fancy enough to serve if you’re having guests. Aside from soaking the plank in water, the rest takes under 30 minutes to make.
Yield: 4servings | Serving Size: 1/4 of the salmon
Ingredients
1untreated cedar plank
11 1/4-pound boneless wild salmon fillet
1lemon, halved
3/4tspkosher salt
1tspdried oregano
1/8tspblack pepper
a few sprigs fresh oregano and thyme, optional
1cupgrape tomatoes, halved
1/4cupsliced red onion
1/4cupKalamata olives, quartered in long strips
1tspolive oil
1tspred wine vinegar
1/8tspkosher salt
black pepper, to taste
fresh oregano for garnish
Instructions
- Soak cedar plank in water 1 hour.
Slice 1/2 of the lemon into thin slices. Season fish with remaining juice from 1/2 lemon, salt, oregano and black pepper . Cover with refrigerate until ready to grill.
- In a medium bowl combine the tomatoes, red onion, olives, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.
Place fresh herbs and salmon, skin side down, on the plank. Top with lemon slices.
- Heat the grill to medium-high, leaving the right burners off so you have indirect heat. Close the lid and let the grill get hot.
- Place planked salmon on the direct heat side for 3 to 4 minutes, until the planks start to smoke and get a little charred on the bottom and edges, (check occasionally to make sure edges of plank don’t ignite, keep a spray bottle with water handy if they do).
- Transfer the plank to the indirect heat side, cover, and grill 12 to 15 minutes depending on the thickness, or until the salmon is cooked through in the thickest part (I used a fork to take a peak).
- When the fish is cooked, top with tomato mixture and serve.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1/4 of the salmon, Calories: 251kcal, Carbohydrates: 8g, Protein: 30g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 78mg, Sodium: 393mg, Fiber: 2g
