Amazing salmon on a grill with an absolute minimum of hassle and ingredients.
- Salmon fillets
- Olive oil
- Black pepper, freshly-ground
- Mesquite
- Honey Dijon mustard
- Brush both sides of salmon fillets with Olive oil.
- On the non-skin side, pepper to taste.
- Heat up a grill, preferably with a bit of mesquite (I use Kingsford briquets with the mesquite built in).
- After it's hot, drop a teaspoon of olive oil right onto the coals (it'll catch on fire).
- Put the fish, flesh side down, on the grill, and put on the grill cover - this will put out the fire and make it smoke like crazy. (If the fire doesn't go out, close the air vent for a few seconds until it does.)
- When the fire is out, move around the salmon a bit with a spatula to keep it from sticking.
- After 2 minutes, turn the salmon over - the top surface should be a bit cooked looking, but probably not brown except on the grill lines. Glaze with mustard and move the salmon a bit to keep from sticking. Close the grill cover or the grill will keep bursting into flame.
- Cook for about 5-8 more minutes, depending on thickness and how well you like your salmon done. The skin will be quite crispy when you're done, and the salmon will have a sweet, smoked mustard glaze on it.
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