Name: Brine for Smoked Salmon
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Ingredients: 1 gal. water; 1 C kosher salt; 1 C white sugar; 1 C brown sugar; lemon pepper to taste; 1 3 oz package dry crab and shrimp seasoning mix; freshly ground black pepper to taste; 4 cloves garlic (crushed or to taste); 1 dash hot pepper sauce (optional); 4 lemons (sliced and crushed); 2 oranges (sliced and crushed); 1 lime (sliced and crushed); 1 large yellow onion (sliced)

Brine for Smoked Salmon

Prep Time30

Cook Time12

Servings: 24

Ingredients

1 gal. water
1 C kosher salt
1 C white sugar
1 C brown sugar
lemon pepper to taste
1 3 oz package dry crab and shrimp seasoning mix
freshly ground black pepper to taste
4 cloves garlic crushed or to taste
1 dash hot pepper sauce optional
4 lemons sliced and crushed
2 oranges sliced and crushed
1 lime sliced and crushed
1 large yellow onion sliced

Instructions

Pour the water into a large bowl or small bucket.
Note: If you must use a pot, use one that does not contain aluminum.
Stir in the kosher salt, white sugar, brown sugar, lemon pepper, parsley and seasoning mix.
Add the garlic, hot pepper sauce, lemons, oranges, lime and onion.
Soak your salmon in this brine for 12 to 36 hours.
Remove salmon.
Discard remaining brine.
Smoke using your desired method.

Brine for Smoked Salmon