Salmon Brine That's Oh-So-Fine

Prep time: 10 min
Servings: 1
Yield: 1 gallon brine

Description

This salty-sweet salmon brine recipe is divine. Everyone will rave about it. Serve the salmon on a baguette with sour cream-dill-horseradish sauce.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
1 gallon water
1 cup kosher salt
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1/4 cup white sugar
2 jalapeno peppers, thinly sliced
6 cloves garlic, smashed
1 tablespoon onion powder

Directions

1 Place peppercorns in a resealable plastic bag, seal the bag, and crush on a flat work surface using a rolling pin.
2 Combine crushed peppercorns, water, salt, brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, white sugar, jalapeños, garlic, and onion powder in a large bowl, stirring until sugars and salt completely dissolved.