Succulent Cedar Plank Salmon (sugar-free blackened salmon recipe)

Cooking with a cedar plank is something you must add to your bucket list right now. What it does to salmon is just pure fabulousness. My sister who hates fish described it "as melts in your". If that doesn't say delicious then I don't know what does.

This was really a lovely experience. I picked the fish out with my dad a alocal fish market and then cook it with him in our beautiful fire place built by my great uncles made moons ago. You could almost taste the family history and love in the fish too:)

*side note: you could just prepare the salmon and either bake or pan fry it for a tasty blackened salmon recipe but that wouldn't be as fun now would it?

Ingredients:

• 1 cedar plank soaked in water for 20min-2 hours, with aluminum foil on one side
• hot coals/ FIRE!
• twine
• 2 Pounds of wild caught salmon (Norwegian is sooo good)
• 2 tbsps chili power
• 2 tbsps date syrup
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1 tbsp oregano
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

1. make your fire and let it burn down to hot coals
2. combine spices and date syrup in a small bowl, mix ad spread over salmon
3. tie your salmon onto the board and place over the coals (there are apparently two ways you ca do this...)
1. my way; just let it sit on a rack above the coals for about 30 minute or until it easily flakes with a fork(you can add a tent of aluminum to help it along)
2. or the colonial way where you lean it against the wall in a cast iron pan to catch the drippings
4. Let cool an enjoy! (its also very similar to smoked salmon so its great cold with cream cheese and crackers)