Smoked salmon dialed in!!!

got my smoked salmon dialed in.

Brine recipe

3 cups water

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup sea salt or kosher

Zest of 1 orange

Zest of 1 lemon.

keep lemon and orange for glaze

bring to boil to dissolve.

add 4 cups ice to cool and dilute.

place salmon in non reactive container and cover with brine over night

In morning Rinse with water and pat dry

air dry for 2 hours.

Glaze recipe

1/2 cup brown sugar

Juice of 1 lemon

Juice of 1 orange

1/2 stick unsalted butter

1 table spoon soy sauce

bring to a boil. I make the glaze when salmon temp is about 90 degrees or about an hour

smoke at 165 super smoke. once temp of salmon reaches 100 approx 1 hour apply glaze and every 30 mins after.

at 2 hour mark I increase temp to 200F still super smoke to finish salmon at 140