Black garlic and lime add even more flavor to smoky grilled cedar plank salmon. You won’t have to wait long for this paleo and gluten-free recipe to be cooked up; it’s done in a snap and will surly satisfy!
Boy, do I have some salmon to share! I have 3 highlights of this dish. My love of black garlic, grilling on a cedar plank, and Sizzlefish salmon! We’ll start with the last one first. I was finally blessed and hooked up with my first Sizzlefish delivery! Imagine the joy when an 11 pound box of wild caught Sizzlefish arrives at your door. It’s a great feeling 😉
I chose the Wild Ocean Blend for my review, which included: Sockeye Salmon, Coho Salmon, Sablefish (Black Cod), Atlantic Cod, and Haddock! 14 fillets of wild, quality fish, all for me 😉 I knew I had to make something special for the blog, with my favorite fish, salmon! So that’s where highlight #2 comes in. Black garlic! I adore my black garlic, and when Frieda’s send me some, I also cry with joy! I knew it would also be the perfect thing to flavor some salmon with.
Black garlic has that balsamic-like deep “kinda sweet” garlic taste. So I wanted to brighten that up a bit more with some fresh, zesty lime juice! Keeping it simple though, I wanted to really let the salmon shine, and the additional flavors to be wonderful background notes for the senses. My cooking method of choice, however, was the glorious cedar plank! I told you about this a few weeks ago, remember? Well, when cooking this salmon, it was my second try at the cedar plank and grilling fish of any kind.
I learned from my first experience with grilling fish and grilling using a cedar plank was that it does not take long. At all. Especially one portion. When I bake fish in the oven, it ranges from 12-15 minutes depending on the fish and the temperature. On the grill, it takes from 5-7 minutes. And as long as you sock the plank for 2 hours (which I did), you won’t start a fire, even when you cook the fish for 15 minutes on the grill :P. Let’s just say that first try resulted in a very dry piece of sad salmon and a BLACK and smoldering piece of wood that would have caught fire if I’d left it a minute longer.
I get freaked out cooking animal products. That’s one of the many reasons why I don’t bake with eggs, etc. But for my chicken and fish, I cook it so I KNOW I won’t die. I’ve eased up a bit of the last few years as I’ve learned more and more about the art of cooking, but I still prefer something over cooked then slightly under. Needless to say, I enjoy grilling fish, and using a cedar plank now! (You can even use a cedar plank in the oven apparently). The smell of the cedar paired with the black garlic…o…this salmon was to die for! And if the smell was that good, I knew the taste would be even better!
Black Garlic & Lime Cedar Plank Salmon
- 1 Sockeye Salmon Fillet
- 2 Cloves of Black Garlic
- Juice of 1 Lime
- 2 Thin Lime Slices
- Onion Powder
- Black Pepper
- Dried Oregano
- 1 Cedar Plank
- Soak your cedar plank for 2 hours in water, before grilling.
- On your salmon fillet, peel and rub 2 cloves of black garlic into the flesh.
- Sprinkle on some onion powder, black pepper, and oregano to your liking, then squint on the lime juice and place the 2 lime slices on top of the fish.
- Place you salmon on the cedar plank and then, on a preheated grill, grill the salmon (cover down) for 6-8 minutes, or until fully cooked and it flakes apart.
Simple but so flavorful! You can make however many pieces you want of course, but I just had me to feed 😉 So Sizzlefish, cedar planks, and of course black garlic, all get a double thumbs up from me! Fermented garlic loaded with antioxidents, omega 3 and protein packed salmon, the tastes, aromas, you’re tummy (and mouth) with love you!
So tell me:
+ Have you ever grilled on a cedar plank? The first cedar plank (the one that almost caught fire), I had to leave on the grill and fling the fish off onto my plate since the plank was…flaming a bit 😛
+ Are you a purposeful over-cooker like myself?
**I received this package from Sizzlefish for my honest blog review…and enjoyment. And boy did I (still am) enjoying all the fish!**
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Love this recipe! We do something similar when it’s grilling season. I’m including this recipe in my post today of 10 clean eating recipes from my favorite bloggers (with just photo and link back) Love your work <3
Ashley recently posted…How To Eat Healthy When You Have No Time To Cook
Thank you so much! How sweet!
My husband will LOVE this! I do not eat fish, but try to cook it for him every week or so, and this will be next on my list!
O yes he will! It’s such a great fun new flavor!
I have never heard of black garlic. This is something I’ll have to check out, especially with your description of the flavor of it. Plus, I have some salmon and cedar planks sitting here at home and if I pick up some lime I can try this recipe out! Would you make any changes using regular garlic with this or should I just wait until I can find the black garlic?
Mary, Living a Sunshine Life recently posted…Chocolate Hazelnut Blossoms
Regular garlic would be a totally different flavor profile. You may have better luck using a bit of regular and maybe some balsamic!
I’m loving this salmon – looks so wonderful! I haven’t had a chance to give black garlic a try, but it’s definitely on my list. 🙂
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Make it a #1 on that list 😉
That looks fab. I’ve never heard of black garlic or cooking on cedar wood
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Well give it a try then!
This looks really delicious! I really want to try black garlic now! And I have a cedar plank in my pantry that is completely unused…I don’t know why we haven’t tried it yet!
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life recently posted…Slow Cooker Pork Roast with Apples and Mustard
You must! You’ll kick yourself when you see how great and delish it can make things!
That marinade looks incredible.
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Have never tried black garlic or cooking on a cedar plank. As fate would have it, my brother turned up last week with a bag of cedar wood sawdust for me, so am wondering about trying out a BBQ version of your recipe, if I can persuade hubby that’s a good idea here in the UK in November!
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I’m still grilling here in November!
Somehow I’ve gotten this far in life without ever having tried black garlic. I really want to try it now and this would be a great recipe to start!
Sarah recently posted…White Wine Braised Chicken and Vegetables
Yes it would and you’ll love it@ Black garlic is phenomenal!
How is it that I adore garlic but have never heard of black garlic? What sort of wondrous flavors have I been missing out on?!?! This looks fabulous! I love cooking on cedar planks. So yum!
Jennifer @ A Hungry Runner recently posted…Spiced Pumpkin Apple Bread
A lot!! Get yourself some! Once you experience the sensations of fermented garlic…your life will be changed for ever 😉
This looks fabulous! I have never heard of a cedar plank before but it sounds great! I love fish and this is making my mouth water!
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Wow this sounds good! I love salmon + it’s so yummy with lime. Love the cedar addition.
Emily @ Recipes to Nourish recently posted…DIY Smudge Spray + How to Help Your Kids When They Have Trouble Sleeping
Exactly!
My kids absolutely love salmon so I’ll have to give this a go. Not heard of cooking on a cedar plank before, that sounds intriguing!
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You’ll love it even more! It adds so much flavor!
I love salmon, this looks like a great combination of flavours to have with it
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Wow, this looks lovely. I have never ever cooked on a cedar plank before. I didn’t even know that was a thing!! I am going to have to try that. I am definitely not an overcooker though, especially not where salmon is concerned. I have eaten a lot of sushi in my life and I lived in France for a while where they often cook salmon so its a little underdone and it just tastes amazing like that – so I do that a lot now too and so far I have never got sick from salmon, though I do make sure it’s really fresh!
Eb Gargano recently posted…Sausage, Tomato and Bean Bake
Sushi grade fish has to be of top quality, but I’d still never eat raw or anything close to raw when it comes to animal products!
What a great combination of spice for this beautiful Salmon.
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We try to eat salmon weekly here – because it’s so good and because it’s so healthy – and I’m always on the lookout for a new way to try it. This looks amazing! I’m totally going to get some black garlic and try this out soon. Thanks for sharing!
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Another one I want to try!
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We live in both salmon and cedar country. We haven’t caught a salmon yet, but we did get our own cedar planks from a logging area where cedar shake block cutters were getting wood to send to the shingle industry. We split off a nice chunk and have been using it to cook our store bought salmon. – Margy
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Wow, totally homemade 😉 I love it!
These flavour combinations are brilliant. I love salmon and have never tried it this way so I’ll have to X
Thanks friend!
<3! You know I'm all about the salmon! :D!! This looks awesome!
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Salmon life!!! Thanks Farrah!
This looks so delicious and tasty. Now I’m craving some salmon:) I love that the recipe is easy but yet you managed to make it look so impressive.
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Great post, I love the idea of using the Cedar Plank, are they easy to get hold of?
Wheelie Good Meals recently posted…Strictly Suppers 2015 #3 Quickstep Leftover Fishcakes
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Well, you have introduced me to something new this morning. Never knew there was such a thing as black garlic. Thanks for the new intel!
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You’ll love it!
Such a unique combination of flavors, but it looks like they are doing a happy dance together. My hubby loves Salmon so we’ll have to try this recipe!
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I love using cedar planks for grilling. But you do have to watch those flames. I’ve never heard of black garlic, will have to check it out.
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Black garlic is amazing!
That looks great! I always put lemon with salmon, I’ll have to change things up and use lime! Nice!
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Any citrus is always a good option!
What a delicious way to season your salmon! I love sockeye, the flavor is incredible!
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It is the best!!! Coho is good, but sockeye is the bomb!
That’s a stunning looking recipe Rebecca. I’m lucky in that in Scotland we’ve got a pretty abundant supply of fresh salmon. Thanks for this recipe! 🙂
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Lucky 😉 I can always get some…just at a very high price, haha!
So I LOVE salmon and I HAVE a cedar plank but my hubby hates it and won’t let me cook it in the house 🙁
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Grill it outside!!! 😉
OMG!!! PINNING this big time! Looks amazing. I love salmon and citrus so this is the perfect combinations for me. I’ll be making this recipe soon. I’m excited!
Hahaha, wooo!!!! Let me know if you really do!
I love salmon so I’m definitely going to try this recipe.
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I bet!
This looks amazing. I’ve never tried using a cedar plank or black garlic.
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Thank you so much for introducing me to black garlic! I’ve never heard of it before but now I’m about to run out and get some. 🙂
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This is such a great salmon recipe Rebecca! I love the combination of seasonings. It sounds absolutely delicious, and so healthy! Yum!
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I’ve never tried lime on salmon before but it looks so good, I can’t wait to try it!
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I’ve never bbq’ed with a cedar plank but this makes me want to run out and get one! The thing I can’t stand about grilling fish is that it always gets stuck and so hard to remove– this seems to eliminate that and adds so much flavor. What a beautiful, colorful dish Rebecca…so lovely!
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Really? This doesn’t! Even when you over cook it! Comes off easy as pie (er….fish) 😉
Thanks Lisa!!
Never worked with black garlic before, I am curious! I love lime too!!
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You’ll love black garlic!
Looks delicious! I love salmon and I may have to try this.
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Looks yummy!
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oh man, i need to get my hands on some black garlic and make this stat! gorgeous
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Beautiful salmon. I have always wondered what it would be like to use those grilling planks.
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Simply gorgeous!! I need to make a version of this asap!! I would have cooked the fish long too, who knew!! I can just imagine the small and flavors of this – heavenly! Pinning!
Sam @ PancakeWarriors recently posted…Pumpkin White Bean Veggie Burgers
I was surprised by just how quick the grill does the job! Great if your in a time crunch 😛
Oh I’m a total overcooker here as well! Great recipe! I love my salmon on the plank too! And what a great addition of lime. Yum!
Overcooking just ensures we won’t die for rawness! 😉
My goodness that salmon is gorgeous!! I’ve never heard of black garlic, but I’m super intrigued now.
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You would love it! Even if you aren’t a garlic fan, black garlic is something special!
Might have to go out and get myself a cedar plank….Think you can cook this upside down on the plank? I always find salmon more flavourful and moist when cooked skin side up!
Give it a go!
This salmon looks so delicious! I love it cooked this way, on a cedar plank. Great recipe!
Aggie | Aggie’s Kitchen recently posted…Peppers and Eggs Breakfast Pitas
I’m cedar plank obsessed now!
sizzlefish salmon is the best salmon! i have a cedar plank but I’ve never used it, i have to now, this looks so good!
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Do it!!! As long as you soak it and don’t cook it for….way to long, it’s so much fun!
I like your use of black garlic. Great idea.
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Damn, this is beautiful! I have a fear of cooking salmon but I don’t think I could screw this up! Also, I have never tried black garlic but I would love to! I wonder if I could find it in some specialty store in Canada.
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O, ha! I can’t find black garlic here in NJ 😛 But you can simply order it online…you can order everything online 😛
This looks SO good! I’ve never heard of black garlic, so I’m intrigued!
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It’s amazing!!! When I get my hands on it, I savor ever clove! It’s unreal 😛
This salmon looks so delicious!
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I love how you describe the black garlic — as someone who’s never had it, it really helps (and makes me wanna try it now!).
Sarah Walker Caron (Sarah’s Cucina Bella) recently posted…How to Make Mini Pretzel Roll Bread Bowls
It’s amazing!!!! It’s such a unique taste, but SO much better than normal garlic. It’s hard to even call the taste “garlic” at all!
This salmon has my heart! So simple and perfect, yum!
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When does salmon not have your heart 😉