Good way to cook river salmon?

I am thinking about trying to catch salmon in the local rivers.  I have heard that smoking is the only good way to cook it.  I don't have a smoker and can't afford one at this time.  Are there any other good ways to cook river salmon?

Travis, much depends on the quality of fish you catch.  If they're bright chrome like ocean fresh kings, then you can cook'em up as usual.  But, if they're all beat up and dark then the smoker is the best way to go.

As for smokers, someone as handy as you should be able to make one using an electric hot plate, a small pan, some homemade wire racks, and a box of some sort.  Some guys use a big metal trash can or even cardboard boxes.

taricotta pots work too.....

Anything that lets you keep the temp in the 180-220 range is good.

MolBasser

Our guide in Alaska smokes his salmon at 120 degrees.  He felt it did better than hot smoking at 180 degrees.  His brine  was good too............I don't recall the proportions for sure but something like 3 cups brown sugar to one cup salt. 

under 145 does not pasteurize.

For me, anything over about 125 tends to 'cook' the salmon, so i smoke it loooong and cool, around 117 to 120.  If the little white spots are exuding from the salmon, it is cooking, not smoking.  hey, I eat it sahshimi too.......

Go to goodwill or salvation army and find an old hotplate and some thick pie tins.  Big wood box with closable holes at the bottom and top (my box has little sliding doors).  Some wood chips and you are there.

I've found the most improtant for ultimate taste is brining, then I cook it slow for about 8 hours.

Allen

I've used the Indian tanduri paste from a jar on chicken and turkey and I have a hunch it would be very delicious on salmon BBQ'd or roasted. The application would work for just rub on or marinate. No steaming apllication would work to the extent roasting would.
The turkey experience was amazing, a little paste rubbed into the skin and inner cavity is all you do then salt good over that rub. It was Iron Chef level flavor and appearance.

A good way to cook salmon is to use Lawry's® Caribbean Jerk Marinade and let it sit for a couple of hours in a zip lock bag. Then we either cook it on the bbq on top of a foil adding a little marinade on the top to glaze over or cook it in the steamer. I perfer the BBQ myself.

Is there a good way to cook river salmon--of course. My favorite is to build a fire on the river bank, Filet it, splay it, poke it with stick and proceed to roast

Another good way that I like to cook it is with crushed garlic, teaspoon of butter, a some white wine( any kind works) in a frying pan. Let the butter and garlic melt together then add about an eighth of a cup of wine, let that simmer together squeeze some lemon into it and place salmon skin up. Let this cook for a couple of minutes, flip it and take a spoon and drizzle the top with the liquid and add just a hint more white wine. Squeeze some more lemon on top let it finish cooking and serve up. ( note Garlic will turn green because of the lemon ) it tastes the same though.

Go to the nearest video/audio retailer and ask for a biggest big screen cardboard box they can give you.  Then go to a home improvement store and get some chicken wire and wood dowels (~4 per level/rack of chicken wire).  You will also need some kind of metal container for the coals and flavored wood. 

I used this contraption for about 60lbs of YT collar at a crowded apt. complex in San Diego.  My wife came home and was shocked to see such a huge big screen TV box. 

It worked great.

My wife came home and was shocked to see such a huge big screen TV box. 

Was she relieved or bummed that there was no tv in the box?   

My wife came home and was shocked to see such a huge big screen TV box. 

Was she relieved or bummed that there was no tv in the box?   

ey fuzz....go back to sleep 

Go to the nearest video/audio retailer and ask for a biggest big screen cardboard box they can give you.  Then go to a home improvement store and get some chicken wire and wood dowels (~4 per level/rack of chicken wire).  You will also need some kind of metal container for the coals and flavored wood. 

 

Sounds just about like the Good Eats show I saw a while back:    Seems like a fun way to go!