Recipe: Yummy Lemon Pepper Plank Grilled Salmon

Lemon Pepper Plank Grilled Salmon. Begin by making the marinade: combine the olive oil, lemon zest, garlic, herbs, salt and pepper in a dish large enough to hold the salmon. Add the salmon to the dish and turn to coat evenly. Place salmon fillets on soaked plank, sprinkle with salt and pepper and place lemon slices on salmon.

Be sure to soak your plank prior to use to prevent burning. Add lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, parsley, salt, and pepper into bowl and mix well. Place planked filet on grill and baste with lemon mixture. You can cook Lemon Pepper Plank Grilled Salmon using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Lemon Pepper Plank Grilled Salmon

1. It's 1 of wood plank.
2. Prepare 1 lb of salmon filet.
3. You need 1/8 cup of olive oil.
4. You need 1/8 cup of lemon juice.
5. It's 1/4 cup of minced parsley.
6. Prepare 2 cloves of crushed garlic.
7. It's 1 tsp of salt.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of black pepper.

Season with a sprinkle of freshly ground black pepper and set aside outside of the fridge until the grill and plank have come up to temperature. When ready to grill, place salmon skin-side down on the plank with an inch of space between pieces. It is so delicious, and here in the Pacific Northwest, it is also insanely fresh. Smoking salmon on your Traeger Grill is always a delicious way to change up from an oven-baked or straight-up grilled salmon recipe, and you can use the smoked salmon in so many different ways.

Lemon Pepper Plank Grilled Salmon step by step

1. Submerge the plank in water for at least one hour..
2. Rub 1/2 tbsp of olive oil on plank..
3. Heat grill to 400 degrees..
4. Add lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, parsley, salt, and pepper into bowl and mix well..
5. Place planked filet on grill and baste with lemon mixture..
6. Cook for 20-30 minutes..
7. When fully cooked, remove from grill and serve..

Meanwhile, pat yor salmon dry with paper towel and season with lemon pepper. Flip the cedar plank and place the salmon on top of it. Have the spray bottle handy for any flare ups. It is full-on salmon season here in Washington, and we are all about it. If you haven't checked it out yet, you should pop over to my other Traeger Grilled Salmon post.