Ingredients

  • 14 cup granulated sugar
  • 14 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon crushed black peppercorns
  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1 (1 lb) salmon fillet, pin bones removed
  • 2 cups wood chips
  • 2 cups water
  • cooking spray

Method

  • Combine sugars, salt, peppercorns, and cardamom in a small bowl.
  • Rub sugar mixture into salmon flesh, and pack the remaining rub around salmon.
  • Wrap salmon tightly in plastic wrap and then in aluminum foil.
  • Refrigerate 12 to 24 hours.
  • Unwrap salmon, and rinse with cold water.
  • Pat salmon dry.
  • Soak wood chips in water 30 minutes; drain well.
  • Prepare grill for indirect grilling, heating one side to high and leaving one side with low heat.
  • Place wood chips on hot coals.
  • Place a disposable aluminum foil pan on the unheated side of grill.
  • Pour 2 cups water in pan.
  • Coat grill rack with cooking spray; place on grill.
  • Place salmon on grill rack over foil pan on unheated side.
  • Close lid; cook 15 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.
  • Center of fish should be opaque and warm.