Hot smoked red fish steak at home

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to smoke red fish at home? Prepare everything you need according to the list. For the recipe, it is better to take fresh steaks, but frozen ones can also be used. If you have frozen fish, first of all defrost it at room temperature. Rinse the steaks and dry them with paper napkins so that there is no excess moisture left on them. Rub the fish on all sides with salt (I needed a little more than half a teaspoon).

2. Step 2:

   

   Wrap the fish with cling film or put it in a cellophane bag, and send it to the refrigerator for a few hours. My steaks were salted all night.

3. Step 3:

   

   Prepare sawdust before smoking. Which sawdust is better to use? Sawdust of fruit trees is great for smoking, I usually use cherry. Soak them in cold water for a while.

4. Step 4:

   

   Remove the salted fish from the refrigerator, dry it with napkins or kitchen towels.

5. Step 5:

   

   Prepare your smoker. Cover the foil from below, light firewood or charcoal, wait until they burn out. Squeeze the sawdust from the water and put a thin layer on the corners.

6. Step 6:

   

   Put the steaks on the grill and close the lid of the smoker. Maintain a temperature of about 100 degrees and smoke the fish for about half an hour.

8. Step 7:

   

   This is how steaks look after 15 minutes of smoking.

9. Step 8:

   

   And this is how the fish looks at the end of cooking.

10. Step 9:

    

    Hot smoked red fish is ready! It can be left in this form, or it can be flavored with ground peppers and rosemary.

11. Step 10:

    

    To do this, mix 1 tsp vegetable or olive oil, ground black and red pepper in a small container, add a pinch of dry rosemary.

12. Step 11:

    

    Using a silicone brush, apply the mixture to the top side of the smoked steak and leave in this way until completely cooled. Put the fish in the refrigerator for further storage.

13. Step 12:

    

    Sandwiches with toasted bread and avocado are very tasty with such fish.