BBQ Planked Salmon

9 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 1/2 cup apple juice
  • 1 tablespoon sea salt
  • 3 bay leaves, crumbled
  • 2 tablespoons pink peppercorns, crushed
  • 1 tablespoon juniper berries, crushed
  • One 1 3/4- to 2-pound center-cut salmon fillet with skin
  • Olive oil, for brushing
  • 1/2 cup prepared barbecue sauce

Directions

  1. 1
    Soak a 16-by-8-inch cedar plank in water for 1 hour.
  2. 2
    In a large, shallow baking dish, combine the wine with the apple juice, salt, bay leaves, peppercorns and juniper berries.
  3. 3
    Add the salmon, turn to coat and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  4. 4
    Light a grill.
  5. 5
    When the coals of a charcoal grill are covered with a light gray ash, push them to the sides and set a disposable drip pan in the center.
  6. 6
    If using a gas grill, turn off the center burner.
  7. 7
    Remove the salmon from the marinade, brush off the seasonings and lay the fish skin side down on the soaked cedar plank.
  8. 8
    Brush the salmon with olive oil and set the plank in the center of the cooking grate for indirect grilling.
  9. 9
    Cover and grill the salmon until just cooked, about 30 minutes; brush the salmon with the sauce during the last 10 minutes of grilling.
  10. 10
    Serve the salmon directly from the plank.

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