Cherry Wood Smoked Albacore Bellies

And Now For The Best Part....Smoked Albacore Bellies..

We caught 21 Albies so lots of fillets and an equal amount of bellies. During the filleting process we even cheat a bit leaving a bit more on the bellies and at the same time making the fillets more like a round loin.

Layer bellies in a bowl salting with kosher rock salt between layers. Twenty minutes and then rinse with cold water. Paper towel dry and let rest until tacky.

Place in smoker making sure there is plenty of room between pieces of fish.

Fill smoker pans with cherry wood (alder is an option) and put the lid on. We leave in the smoker for a good 16 hours to allow the meat to firm up.

Remove fish and place in freezer bag and refrigerate for a good hour or so with the bags open so they don't steam up.

Vacuum the finished product so that the remaining moisture balances out over a day or two minimum. We freeze after that....ENJOY for months!!! or Share in our case

Very nice Chef Allen.

    

OMG, So DELISH!!!

Tuna,tuna,tuna

looks yummy! Nice work. thanks for sharing the pics

whats the "A" so you can eat them all Allen!

We'll done!!!

whats the "A" so you can eat them all Allen!

We'll done!!!

Yup, "A" is for All Allen's   Seriously it's for albacore as we did the same with the yellow fin (Y haha) from November

whats the "A" so you can eat them all Allen!

We'll done!!!

Yup, "A" is for All Allen's   Seriously it's for albacore as we did the same with the yellow fin (Y haha) from November

gee rough life...two flavors of tuna in the deep freeze....can you mark one "E"

Hmmmm...YUMMY   


Kiel

Wow  Thanks soo much for sharing this ReelKnots. I will definately have to try this out after my next Tuna trip 

Definitely have to try this out Allen!  Thanks for sharing.  Have you tried doing the same with the other parts of the tuna?

Rey

So simple, yet so tasty!

What'd you do with the collars?   

-Allen

...can you mark one "E"

 

...can you mark one "E"

 

Sweet....I will send a list of other things I'd like to you mark "EWB"

Thx!