Homemade Lox recipe

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Ingredients

1 pound salmon fillet, bones removed
½ cup kosher salt
½ cup white sugar
9 drops liquid smoke flavoring

Nutrition Info

119.9 calories
carbohydrate: 12.5 g
cholesterol: 24.3 mg
fat: 3 g
fiber: : -
protein: 10.4 g
saturatedFat: 0.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 5718.8 mg
sugar: 12.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Rinse salmon with water, pat dry with paper towels.

  2. Mix salt and sugar together in a bowl. Lay out a piece of plastic wrap. Pour half of the salt mixture onto the plastic wrap, lay salmon on top. Cover salmon with remaining salt mixture.

  3. Fold plastic wrap around salmon until secure, wrap a second layer of plastic wrap around salmon. Transfer to a 9x9-inch baking pan, cover with an 8x8-inch baking pan. Place a heavy object onto the smaller baking pan to weigh salmon down. Cure in the refrigerator until salmon's surface becomes silky, about 48 hours.

  4. Combine water and ice in a bowl. Mix water and 3 drops liquid smoke together in a bowl. Place salmon into liquid smoke mixture to rinse. Submerge into ice bath for 30 minutes. Repeat rinsing and submerging 2 more times, adding 3 drops of liquid smoke to the rinse water each time.

  5. Dry salmon with paper towels. Cut with a sharp knife staring from the thin edge of the salmon and cutting toward the thick edge.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

You can make your own lox at home. It takes some time, but the investment is well worth it. I prefer my lox without the smoke flavor. Try it once and see if you agree.

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