Salmon is a royal fish! It is not cheap, but the meat is so tasty that it is not a pity for the money spent. As soon as they cook this fish! There are thousands of recipes for making salmon dishes, barbecue - one of the most popular ways. There are many ways to pickle salmon, but some of them are worth exploring in more detail.
Honey marinade
If you want the kebab crust to be glossy, we recommend that you try cooking marinade according to this recipe. Salmon skewers on a wire rack covered with a beautiful, transparent copper-gold crust. This will happen thanks to honey. But, despite the presence of this ingredient, fish meat is not at all sweet. There is a light caramel flavor, but this only gives even more noble taste of salmon kebab.
Will be required for cooking:
- salmon - about 2-3 kilograms;
- soy sauce - 1 cup;
- honey - two tablespoons;
- leek;
- ginger root, or a teaspoon of dried ground ginger;
- salt to taste.
Salmon meat is not recommended to be pickled in a huge number of spices, so you need to take them to a minimum.
There is nothing special about cooking:
- Combine honey with soy sauce, put on a slow fire and bring to a boil. Add chopped ginger, salt.
- Marinate, sliced in portions, pieces of fish for an hour.
- Place salmon steaks on the wire rack with the skin down. Put chopped leek on top. Fry meat on charcoal on both sides.
You can use regular onions, but leek will give the meat a special flavor.
Marinade "White"
How to pickle salmon for barbecue in a special way? There is a very interesting option, and it is worth a try! Why is the marinade called "White"? Perhaps due to its ingredients:
- salmon - 1.5-2 kilograms;
- dry white wine - 1 glass;
- a teaspoon of white ground pepper;
- two cloves of garlic;
- juice from half an orange;
- thyme;
- salt.
You can not add orange juice, it is needed only to give a special note to the taste. Wine perfectly saturates the meat, it will turn out amazing, words can not convey.
- Mix wine, orange juice.
- Sell garlic through a press, add to wine. Heat the mixture to 50-60 degrees, put pieces of fish in it.
- Marinate salmon takes an hour.
- Combine salt, white pepper, thyme. Before sending the fish to the grill, rub the pieces with this mixture.
Simple Lemon Marinade
Lemon always makes fish dishes special, and many even prefer to fry ordinary fish by adding lemon juice to it. Try to cook salmon kebab by holding the fish in a marinade of lemon juice and spices, it will work out perfectly.
Ingredients:
- salmon - up to two kilograms;
- one lemon;
- coriander, thyme, a mixture of herbs "Hops Suneli" and "Provencal herbs";
- salt.
Pickling is easy:
- Squeeze juice out of lemon, mix with seasonings and salt.
- Marinate salmon slices for 15 minutes, that’s enough.
Pomegranate Juice Marinade
If you have never cooked salmon skewers by soaking the meat in pomegranate juice, you have lost a lot. In addition to salmon, you can use other fish, for example, catfish, pink salmon, sea bass. The fish is simply amazing, and even the most inexpensive will be, after such a marinade, worthy of a place on the menu list of an expensive restaurant.
Required:
- 2.5-3 kilograms of salmon;
- two glasses of pomegranate juice;
- ground paprika, allspice;
- leek;
- salt.
If you pickle, for example, pink salmon, you will need to add half a glass of sunflower oil, as the fish is dry. Salmon is a fatty breed of fish and no oil is needed.
- Pour pomegranate juice into a deep bowl where you will pickle fish.
- Cut the fish with steaks, removing the bones. Put in the marinade, leave for an hour, no more.
- Mix salt, pepper and paprika, rub each piece of fish.
- Put the steaks on the wire rack with the skin down, put the leek on the meat.
- Fry on each side to a beautiful crust.
Kefir marinade with herbs
Whatever the meat (chicken, pork, lamb, beef, fish), kefir marinade is suitable for frying any kebab. Thanks to this component, the meat acquires a special taste, becomes so tender that it literally melts in the mouth.
Required:
- two kilograms of salmon;
- liter of kefir (fat does not matter);
- dill and mint - in a bunch;
- a bunch of green onions;
- ground pepper mixture;
- salt.
No need to add unnecessary seasonings, the taste of such a barbecue should be delicate, soft.
- Dill, onion and peppermint must be chopped as finely as possible. Next, remember the greens with your hands so that it starts to give juice.
- Pour kefir into the greens, put the pieces of fish in the marinade.
- You can keep salmon in kefir for a very long time, but in order for the meat to be well marinated, two hours will be enough.
- Before sending pieces to the grate, salt them and pepper.
Fry salmon steaks on charcoal on both sides. Kebab from this fish after kefir marinade is cooked quickly, and it is impossible to resist the aroma. As you cook, you can lightly spray fish meat with acidified water.
Spicy pickle
If you are one of those who like spicy, then this salmon kebab recipe is for you! Not to say that the dish is very spicy, just in moderation.
Required:
- 2-2.5 kilograms of salmon;
- two tablespoons of mustard;
- three tablespoons of mayonnaise;
- a tablespoon of ground paprika;
- ground red pepper (to taste);
- half a lemon;
- salt.
You don’t need to marinate the meat for a long time, 10-15 minutes are enough, and you can put it on the grill.
- Mix mayonnaise and mustard, squeeze the juice from half a lemon.
- Add salt, pepper and paprika, mix well.
- Rub each piece of fish with this marinade, leave the meat to soak a little.
When frying, you need to spray pieces from time to time with water. You can add a little vinegar or lemon juice to it.