Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Steaks, plus Grilled Salmon with Dill Sauce

Ah, summer, we hardly knew ye. Between morning sickness, and later on, simple intolerance of the summer heat in my huge-anic condition, I didn't get outside much this past summer. But we did manage to purchase a nice Weber gas grill. We spent a little extra just to get the Weber, and boy do we loves it.

Weber grill

The first thing we grilled were some simple steaks. I marinated some strip steaks in a plastic bag with soy sauce, olive oil, and some herbs from our garden. (And by garden, I mean two herb pots.) I salted and peppered them, and cooked them to a perfect medium as per the Weber instructions. I even let Chris turn them once. For the photo, of course.

Weber grill

They came out perfectly done, and with lots of flavor. Lets grill some more stuff, I shouted!

Weber grill

Over the summer we grilled chicken (several times), tri-color turkey burgers, and bratwurst. Every single one came out wonderfully well. But I think the salmon we grilled was my favorite.

grilled salmon

I seasoned the fish very simply with olive oil, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Then I made an easy dill sauce that I sort of just made up on the fly. I squeezed the juice of two lemons into a Pyrex glass cup, and put a half-stick of butter into that, and melted it in the microwave in less than a minute. I added chopped dill, a smidge of sugar, and about two heaping tablespoons of sour cream and whisked it all together right in the Pyrex. I served the fish with cooked grains and steamed broccoli, and poured that sauce over everything.

grilled salmon with dill sauce

Now that there is snow on the ground, I think we'll keep bundling up and going outside to grill. For four to eight minutes of freezing half to death, it's totally worth it!

5 comments:

  1. That looks so yummy. We still have the little Weber Smoky Joe I got Bob for his first Father's Day...it's probably time for us to upgrade so he doesn't have to crouch down to flip the burgers or chicken.

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  2. Quite hilarious, or ironic, or something, that you posted this because I was *just* thinking on the train ride this morning "I don't care if there *is* snow on the ground. We gotta' get out and use that grill again soon!"

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  3. I am quite jealous, because, although I continue to prepare meals as if they're going to be grilled, Jason comes home and tells me the grill is already put away and why don't we just cook it in the oven. Sigh.

    Also, you have good taste in patio chairs (we have the same set.)

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  4. And I really dig the "Superdog" t-shirt - well chosen garb for grilling.

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