Smoked Marlin

[Old poi dog]

Aloha,

I thought I'd smoke something different this time around. I was able to find some Marlin .....well actually I had to pay for em. Hardly anybody gives em away anymore.

I sliced the steaks and let them sit in a teriyaki brine for two days. Last night I placed them on cookie racks in the refrigerator to get the pellicle forming. This morning I dusted them with ground pepper and into the smoker they went. I've got em smoking at 150 degrees and plan to keep em in there for 5 or 6 hours.


I'm hoping for a semi jerky texture on these things. I'll try to post pictures of the finished product later.

[Fishawn]

mmmmm smoked Marlin sounds good

[SmokinLee]

Not a big fan of terry yucky, but I like the looks and sound of it. Lookin forward to the finally...

[Old poi dog]

Well, I just pulled the marlin off the smoker about 15 minutes ago. I smoked them at a smoker temp of 150 degrees for 6 and a half hours. I started out with a water pan for the first 4 hours, then took the water pan out for the last 2 hours to allow the flesh on the fish to firm up. Here they are cooling off on the rack.

Today was the second time I've used my Amaze N Smoker. Since I'm smoking at a low temperature (150) I really like the consistent smoke it puts out. Without it, I would need to get a smoker temp of 190 to get the hunks of wood to give off smoke in my GOSM unit.

I need to find me a more affordable source of Marlin.

[smokemania]

Like to see some pics My wife loves fish on the smoker

[Whisky Fish]

Love to do my albacore that way. How was the texture? Not too dry?

[Old poi dog]

Love to do my albacore that way. How was the texture? Not too dry?

The texture wasn't too dry at all. I think the fact of smoking it at low temp over a waterpan filled with water for the first few hours and then removing the waterpan for the final few hours had something to do with the texture which i got and like. I am even thinking that maybe next time, after the smoke is over, I may consider putting it in the dry box and leave it in the sun for half a day to see what happens.

Hmmm albacore=aku. Now I 'm yearning for some dried aku and poi.....

[DennyD]

We're not fans of teriyaki either... but those look great! Thinking about Marlin puts me in mind of a taco stand where my son lives(Mazatlan, Mexico) that has great fish tacos for breakfast, standard breakfast fare in Mazatlan. Usually swordfish(related to Marlin), Mahi Mahi, or both. Been a couple years since we've been there... on account of the economy(and ours). Marlin's extremely scarce in stores, but I'll have to watch for some swordfish. I'd love some smoked swordfish tacos!

[Old poi dog]

We're not fans of teriyaki either... but those look great! Thinking about Marlin puts me in mind of a taco stand where my son lives(Mazatlan, Mexico) that has great fish tacos for breakfast, standard breakfast fare in Mazatlan. Usually swordfish(related to Marlin), Mahi Mahi, or both. Been a couple years since we've been there... on account of the economy(and ours). Marlin's extremely scarce in stores, but I'll have to watch for some swordfish. I'd love some smoked swordfish tacos!

I've also been on the lookout for ono or wahoo or any other related species. Would you mind sharing with me a basic method for preparing smoked swordfish minus the teriyaki brine? I 've had fish taco over on Oahu a few times but they were from restaurant chain type establishments, so I'm not sure what the fish should taste like. A couple of times I remember the fish just didn't have any memorable taste to it.

[curious aardvark]

damn fine smoke - marlin is one of my favourite steak fish (fish with steaks like hoofed beasts).

Marlin jerky, yeah i could eat a bunch of that

As far as teriyaki goes - make it yourself and I doubt you lot would dislike it.

Had someone come up to as i was grilling the marinated lamb steaks for abig bbq I did earlier in the year.
'I don't like teriyaki or any of that other funny sounding stuff - can i have extra lamb ?'
'Go try one of everything first, if you still don't like it come back.'
She never came back lol

Teriyaki is: orange juice, soy sauce, ketchup and garlic (I also throw in lea and perrins worcestershie sauce) what's not to like lol