Grilled Salmon Over Mixed Wild Rice

This elegant meal is a crowd pleaser and your family will ask you for this salmon dish often.  Preparation is fast and easy. Clean-up is a snap!

Ingredients

  • 2.75 Pound – Salmon Fillet (estimate 1/3# per adult and a little for the kids)
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Old Bay Seasoning
  • Morton’s Nature Seasoning
  • Two Each – Lemons

Preparation

  1. Inspect the salmon with a knife’s edge.  Remove any bones that are discovered.  Most of the time there will be none.
  2. The salmon fillet may have the outer skin attached.  If so, do not remove it, place it against the foil, it will separate during the cooking process.
  3. Double a section of Heavy Duty foil wrapping paper.
  4. Coat it with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and place the fillet on the foil.
  5. Fold the edges in to create a 1/4″ rim around the foil.  Refold it to create a more rigid edge.
  6. Apply a thin layer of Extra Virgin Olive Oil on the top side of the fillet.
  7. Season and top of the fillet.
  8. Add very thin slices of lemon. (Save one lemon for the juice to be used at the table)
  9. Transport it to the grille on a flat surface like an inverted cookie sheet.
  10. Grille covered in your charcoal or gas grill at 350 degrees for approximately 20 minutes.  Salmon is done when it becomes flakey to the touch of a fork.  Note: Do not allow the lower edge to burn.
  11. Slice with a very sharp knife and serve.

See THIS RECIPE for exceptional Mixed Wild Rice that works very well with salmon.

Serves eight adults.  Some children like it. Some don’t.  Don’t hesitate to throw a few chicken breasts or chicken legs on the grill at the same time.  Remember the chicken will take about twice as long to cook as the fish.

 

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