If you’re looking for a new recipe for your fresh strawberries in the warmer months, we’ve got the one for you. We paired this spice-rubbed salmon with a delicious strawberry salsa to create a flavor bomb that will get you through the season. To switch things up, we added an element to this dish for a new challenge to over-the-fire cooking - cedar planks. Not only does it add a unique challenge to the live-fire, but it also adds notes of cedar flavoring to your already delicious salmon. Watch the video below and keep scrolling to find the full recipe.
Ingredients
Salmon
- 1.25 lbs. Salmon
- 2 ½ tbsp. Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp. Ancho Chili Powder
- ½ tsp. Smoked Paprika
- ½ tsp. Salt
Strawberry Salsa
- 1 ½ cup Diced Strawberries
- 1 ½ tbsp. Diced Jalapeno
- ¼ cup Diced Red Onion
- ¼ cup Diced Fresh Cilantro
- Lime juice
- Salt to taste
Additional Ingredients
- Cedar plank
- Olive oil
- Lemon
Preparation
- Start a fire in your X Series fire pit and add the Outpost adjustable grill.
- Mix the strawberries, jalapenos, red onions, cilantro, lime juice, and salt in a medium-sized bowl. Allow the salsa to marinate while cooking the salmon.
- Make a spice rub by mixing the brown sugar, chili powder, smoked paprika, and salt.
- Place the salmon onto a soaked cedar plank with the skin side facing down, and rub the spice mixture into the meat.
- Place the cedar plank, with the salmon, on the Outpost grill over medium-high heat. Live-Fire Cooking Pro Tip: Add tin foil over the salmon and cedar plank to get an even cook from the top down.
- Once the salmon is fully cooked, take it off the grill, top it off with the strawberry salsa, and add a touch of lemon juice. Enjoy!
For Crispy Salmon
- Cut ¼ inch deep slices into the back of your descaled salmon and sprinkle with salt and olive oil.
- Flip the salmon, with the skin side facing down, and rub the spice mixture into the meat.
- Place the salmon on the outpost grill, skin side down.
- Once the skin has formed a crust, flip it onto a soaked cedar plank over heat until it is fully cooked.
- Take the salmon off the heat, drizzle with lemon juice, and serve with a side of strawberry salsa.
There you have it—a deliciously refreshing salmon recipe you can keep as your go-to during the summer months. If you give this recipe a try, share it with us on Facebook and Instagram, we’d love to see it! Happy live-fire cooking!
