Published 11/14/2022
Delicious Maple Mustard Smoked Salmon
This smoked salmon recipe is the sister recipe of our basic dry rub smoked salmon recipe. Rather than a dry rub, this salmon recipe uses a marinade and it leaves you with a slightly more tender and moist salmon that is just as flakey and delicious.
Featured Ingredients
All of the featured ingredients for this smoked salmon recipe are in the title! Salmon, mustard, and maple syrup work together to add flavor and tenderness to this salmon. It is a delicious balance of savory and sweet with a combination of maple and mustard. Smoking salmon after letting it sit in a marinade adds so much flavor you won’t believe it. This maple mustard smoked salmon is a great addition to any salmon salad, salmon patties, or even a salmon scramble. Smoked Salmon
Salmon Filet: when in doubt, buy good salmon. We love Surrender Salmon because it’s wild-caught, Alaskan salmon that is flash-frozen the day it’s caught! Mustard: we love the combination of savory and sweet. The mustard adds a bit of vinegar and that mustard flavor that pairs so well with salmon. Maple Syrup: the sweetness of this dish comes from a little maple syrup. It adds flavor and a little caramelization to the salmon filet during the smoke time. Salt: don’t skip the salt! The salt gets the juices flowing in the salmon and enhances all of the flavors of other ingredients.
Simple Instructions
Top Tips
Make sure your smoker always has pellets. The last thing you need is for your smoker to run out of pellets during the cook time. Be sure you fill your pellet box or that you always have soaked wood chips on hand to keep that smoker going. Surrender Salmon is a family-run company based here in Minneapolis and they are good friends of ours! Support a local business if you can. Don’t skip the high heat at the end. For the last 10 minutes of smoking we have you up the heat. Don’t skip it! It will help crisp up the edges and top of the salmon. Manage the internal temp. Be sure you are checking the internal temperature of the salmon filet a few times towards the end of the smoke time to be sure its not overcooking.
Storage
Store leftover smoked salmon in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-5 days.
Freezer Instructions
To thaw: let your frozen salmon in the fridge for 24 hours or on the countertop for about 3-5.
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