On occasion I can find steelhead filets at our local grocer. My recipe is similar to Tom's but I like a little more warmth. :-P I use my closed cover grill, the aluminum foil pan and try to keep the temp around 250-75 degrees. I baste the filets using a cup of prepared lemon juice, doctored up by putting 1/2 TSP of Hector's Smokin Habanero sauce - from VFB'er Bart Fitzpatrick, in Asheville, NC, 2 TBS of Picka Peppa or Worcestershire sauce, if you can't find Picka Peppa, and 1 cup of Corona beer, (no other beer will do), into a pint jar, close the lid and shaking it up good before basting the filets. To really make the steelhead melt in your mouth, melt 1/4 pound of butter and pour it on the filets before basting. Don't put melted butter in the jar because the butter will harden and come out lumpy. After basting, I sprinkle filets with a generous amount of Clem Mikeska Secret Seasoning, (Dynamite), that you've heard me talk about before. Several of you VFB'ers have had me get some for you. Don't know anybody who dislikes Dynamite! The Dynamite lends a different, but excellent flavor to the broiled filets and the Smoking Habanero sauce gives it just the right amount of zing. We call it "whang" here in Texas. The beer also adds to the overall flavor and it even gives the filets more body, like it does when used in boiling shrimp. When you get your aluminum grilling pan made, be sure to put some pam, etc. on the bottom of the aluminum pan to keep the filets from sticking. Close and open grill lid as needed to check on filets and Keep basting until you run out of stuff. When the filets begin to flake, they're done.
Oh Yeah! Drink the rest of your Corona.
Cheers and I'd love to have your broiled steelhead recipe.
JIMMY D
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