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Mail-Order Salmon (+ A Fave Recipe)

By June 3, 2016June 13th, 2016420 Comments

If youโ€™re like most people, the first place your mind goes when itโ€™s time to dream up Fatherโ€™s Day gifts is outside, in the general direction of the grill. And if the dad in question is like most dads, he already has his fair share of tongs, trays, tools and toys. Hereโ€™s an idea: How about something that actually gets cooked on the grill? Like, for instance, a box of wild, sustainably-sourced, sockeye salmon from Alaskaโ€™s pristine Bristol Bay? A few weeks ago, an Alaskan fisherman named Matt emailed me about his new company,ย Wild Alaska Directย which delivers boneless meal-size portions of premium sockeye anywhere in the US with free shipping. (If that didnโ€™t sell me, his P.S. about being a gin-and-tonic soulmate certainly did.) Anyway, Matt was nice enough to offer an exclusive Fatherโ€™s Day giveaway contest for DALS readers: A 5-pound box of fillet portions, delivered right to one lucky winnerโ€™s door. Thatโ€™s six dinners for two, twelve single portions, or a dinner for you and 11 of your closest friends. How fun is that? To be eligible, all you have to do is comment below. Contest ends Sunday, June 5 at 8:00 ET. (Update: The winner has been notified. Thank you all for playing!)

And for those of you who donโ€™t end up winning, hereโ€™s a recipe weโ€™ve been making like crazy lately. The other night, we served it with a simple beets-and-green-bean salad. So fast. So easy. Good luck!
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Grilled Salmon with Herby Horseradish Sauce
You can switch out the sour cream with yogurt for a tangy-er version. If you donโ€™t want to fire up the grill, just pan-fry the fillets, 2 to 3 minutes a side in butter and olive oil over medium heat.
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For Salmon:
Four 6-ounce sockeye salmon fillets
Olive oil
salt and pepper
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For sauce
2/3 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon chives
3 tablespoons finely chopped dill
1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
salt and pepper
dash of hot sauce
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Brush both sides of salmon with olive oil, sprinkle flesh side with salt and pepper. Grill skin-side down over medium-hot coals for 8-10 minutes total, flipping half way through. Note: Sockeye Salmon cooks quickly. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together all sauce ingredients. Serve salmon with a dollop ofย sauce.
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Good things come in big packages, shipped right from Alaska.

420 Comments

  • Avatar wendy fisher says:

    If we canโ€™t take Dad to Alaska, maybe we can bring Alaska to him! Thanks!

  • Avatar Sherri says:

    Alaska is my dream destination! I study the Iditarod Dog Sled race every year with my first grade class and have been enchanted with this amazing state ever since. Bonus: unique Fatherโ€™s Day idea! Our family loves salmonโ€ฆ.I use a soy sauce, ginger, garlic, brown sugar marinade that is devoured in minutes! Thanks!

  • Avatar Susan Ballenger says:

    Sign me up!

  • Avatar Joanna says:

    yum yum!!

  • Avatar Anita Roth says:

    Would like to enter the drawing for the fatherโ€™s day salmon. Thanks!

  • Avatar Christine Hamilton says:

    Oh, wow! Happy Fatherโ€™s Day, indeed.

  • Avatar Colleen L Fox says:

    We love salmon and so do our kids, made this tonight on the grill and it was great!! Also love my salmon with capers and brown butter and lots of lemon and we pick off the capers for the kids.
    .me

  • Avatar Andrea WIlson says:

    I know one dad in my house that would love this!!

  • Avatar Betsy says:

    Yum! This looks great!

  • Avatar Marijo says:

    Please enter me! I could eat salmon every night, and my kids love it even more!
    Thanks!

  • Avatar Sara B says:

    Oooh, salmon! My husband would love thatโ€ฆassuming I am willing to share ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • Avatar Lisa Hathaway says:

    Soโ€ฆIโ€™ve never cooked salmon. BUT itโ€™s on my โ€œI want to try thisโ€ list but Iโ€™ve never been sure of where to find good salmon in my little Utah town. So we havenโ€™t done it yetโ€ฆbut I will! And this would be a perfect jumpstart to our salmon introduction!

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