Salmon With Lemon Caper Butter
January 27, 2016
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PrintPrep Time
5 mins
Grill Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
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Ingredients
Servings
MARINADE:
(Prepare in a skillet)
2 tablespoon butter per 1/4 pound serving
2 teaspoons capers per 1/4 pound serving
1 teaspoon caper juice per 1/4 pound serving
2 teaspoon lime or lemon juice per 1/4 serving
Pairings:
Grilled Asparagus
Grilled red pepper quarters
Grilled butternut squash
Directions
Step 1
Whisk ingredients together, sautee on stove top over medium to high heat, stirring constantly for 4 minutes.
Step 2
Reserve 1/2 marinade liquid to use as finishing sauce.
Step 3
When marinade has cooled, brush on salmon. You will repeat this step once you turn salmon on grill.
Step 4
FINISHING SAUCE: In the sauce pan, bring reserved marinade to a high heat again. Once marinaded salmon is plated, drizzle sauce over each grilled salmon portion.
Step 5
If salmon has skin on, place skin side down on pre-heated GrillGrates (8 to 10 minutes), Low-Low/Med heat. For charcoal, preheat your GrillGrates after the red hot peak, gray coals only (8-10 minutes), lid closed.
Step 6
Grill salmon approx. 16 minutes total grilling time on Low-Low/Med Heat, lid down. Timing depends on how hot your grill is and how thick the salmon cut is.
Step 7
Turn after 8 minutes.
NOTE: Judge the initial sear marks to get an indication of how hot you are cooking. If the sear marks are dark to black on the first flip, you are cooking too hot, turn down the burners. Notice how the natural omega oils sizzles just under the salmon to enhance juiciness. Your grill never sounded so good.
Tip: Salmon cooks quickly because of its naturally high oil content, don’t over cook.
how would this translate to cooking on a charcoal grill, such as a BGE?
just get your grill up to medium-low heat (about 300 degrees F), your grates will be a little bit hotter
This recipe was delicious. I cut down on the amount of butter – cooked two 8 oz salmon fillets, and 8 tbsps of butter seemed like way too much, I ended up using around 3, and it was plenty. One comment I read said that he thought 16 minutes cook time would be too long, and I agree. Cooked one filet on the raised grates and one on the flat side, both for about 8 minutes total. The one on the grates was beautiful with perfect dear marks, but overcooked just a little – still very good though (I may have had the burner up a little high on that side). The fillet cooked on the flat side was outstanding. Perfect crust, very juicy inside and cooked perfectly. I’ll definitely make this again – only the 3rd time I’ve cooked on my new grill grates and I’m very pleased with them so far.
going to purchase your product and was reading recipes
this seems like a long time to cook salmon. Is 16 minutes correct – i generally would not cook steak that long.