Hyper-Smoked Salmon

                         From John's Recipe Collection


This originated with my brother Laurence, who accidentally over-marinated some 
salmon - and then over-smoked it! We discovered that we really liked it that 
way; enough so that I soon had a smoker (a Luhr-Jensen "Little Chief") myself. 
You will need a smoker to make this. This amount of smoking also requires a 
good fatty fish, else you end up with a brick! Atlantic and King/Chinook are 
good; Sockeye is next best; avoid Coho/Silver, Chum/Keta, and Pink/Humback. The
greater drying makes the smoked fish last longer.

* 2.7 to 3.6 k of Atlantic, King, or Sockeye salmon fillets (enough to fill the
  smoker)
* hickory chips

Marinade:
* 700 mL soy sauce
* 700 mL dry white wine
* 5 mL onion powder
* 15 mL mashed garlic
* 5 mL black pepper
* 5 mL Tabasco sauce

Mix the marinade ingredients thoroughly. Skin the salmon and remove any obvious
bones. Marinate it for 24 - 48 hours in the refrigerator, unsettling the 
pieces a few times during that period to ensure that the marinade reaches 
everything. Putting it all in a 4 L Ziplock bag produces more consistent 
marination than using a bowl.

Pat the fillets dry with paper towels, spray-oil the smoking racks, and arrange
the salmon on them. Put the thickest cuts on the bottom racks. Smoke for about
3 hours (I use 3 pans of hickory chips). Leave in the smoker for 24 hours 
total, to complete the drying.

Notes:

Don't use previously-frozen fish; it's harder to skin.

Derived from a recipe in the Luhr-Jensen "Little Chief" booklet.