Maple Bbq Grilled Salmon Food

GRILLED SALMON WITH MAPLE SYRUP AND SOY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine soy sauce, maple syrup, garlic, ginger, pepper, and salt in a shallow container with a tight-fitting lid. Place salmon, flesh-side down, in the container and seal. Marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate. Once heated, turn down one side to low heat.
• Place salmon, skin-side down, over low heat on the preheated grill and close the lid. Allow to cook, basting once with reserved marinade, until easily flaked with a fork, about 20 minutes. Salmon will easily remove from the grill by sliding a spatula between salmon and the skin.

MAPLE BBQ GRILLED SALMON

Steps:

• Prepare the grill to high temperature, 425°-450° and make sure to set up two temperature zones. Clean the grill grate well and close the grill lid to preheat.
• Mix together the BBQ sauce, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper. Divide in two to brush some on before grilling and some during.
• Pat salmon fillets dry with a paper towel and season each fillet with salt and pepper on all sides.
• Rub the skin with oil and brush the other three sides with BBQ sauce mixture.
• Place each salmon fillet on the grill skin side down over direct heat and close the lid. Let it cook about 6-8 minutes. Check on the salmon to see if you need to move it over to the cool side if the skin is getting dark too fast.
• If you need to, move it over to the cool side, brush with some more BBQ sauce mixture, and cook another 3-4 minutes. To check if salmon is done, you can either touch the top to feel the firmness of the flesh or use a meat thermometer.
• To use a meat thermometer to measure the internal temperature, check the thickest part of the fish. Take salmon off the grill when it reaches 135° at the thickest part and let it rest. (USDA recommends salmon safe temperature to be 145° but some people feel that it is overdone.)