Grilled Salmon, Northwest Style

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 (6 ounce) salmon fillets or 1 1/2 lbs salmon fillets, rinsed and patted dry
• 4 teaspoons melted salted butter (for best flavor, do not substitute)
• 2 cups alder wood chips (or apple wood chips if you can't find the alder)

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, cover wood chips with water.
• 2 ignite charcoal (25 per side for 22" webber grill) for indirect cooking.
• 3 let coals burn down until completely covered with gray ash.
• 4 using a double thickness of heavy-duty foil, make a boat big enough to hold the fish.
• 5 poke holes in the bottom of the foil so barbeque flavors can penetrate bottom of the fish.
• 6 lay salmon on foil, flesh side up.
• 7 drizzle filet (s) with melted butter, using all of it.
• 8 when coals are ready, scatter drained wood chips on top of them.
• 9 place salmon on grill.
• 10 cover barbeque; close top dampers halfway, leave bottom dampers open.
• 11 cook for 20-25 minutes, until fish is done to your liking.