Cedar Plank Grilled Orange Roughy with Fresh Tarragon

About the Guest Blogger:  Kevin Sandridge

  

Author of The BBQ Smoker Site, a blog that details products, reviews, new, recipes, competitions, and everything BBQ and native Floridian, Kevin knows his way around the 'cue. Got a question pertaining to cookin' it up on the grill, ask Kevin. 

If you read this blog with any regularity, you know that I’m a huge fan of the Outdoor Gourmet company.  In fact, I’m quickly running through my supply of 100 percent natural and sustainably  produced Cherry, Maple, and Cedar Grilling Planks and will soon have to place another order! 

Tonight’s contribution to my shrinking wood plank supply – Plank Grilled Orange Roughy with Fresh Tarragon  - was perhaps one of the tastiest efforts in plank grilled fish I’ve attempted.  Ever.  Yes, folks.  It was that good.

Seriously.  I thought my last effort with Cherry Plank Grilled Salmon with Amber Agave Nectar Rub was good.  And then there was the Cedar Skewered Gulf Shrimp with Chimichurri Flank Steak, which was off the hook!  But tonight’s meal just worked.  I’ve had my disasters, and as Larry over at the BBQ Grail can tell you, it ain’t no fun when food plans run aground. Of course, the special joy of tonight’s meal was that I got to share it with the woman I love.   It was but a small gesture to try and show her how much I appreciate her putting up with me for the past six years.  Trust me, she deserves a medal!

 

Orange Roughy set out on soaked Cedar Planks from Wildwood Grilling Outlet.

 

Close up of the prepped orange roughy with olive oil, cracked black pepper, cumin, chilli pepper, orange peel, fresh tarragon, and a little amber agave nectar.

 

Getting some heat over a medium flame. The cedar smoke smell during this cook was awesome!

If you haven’t tried grilling with wood planks, you should give it a go.  Beware the “pre-packaged” fish on a plank packs you can find now in your grocer’s freezer section.   It’s just not right.  Especially when you can select top quality fish from nearly every corner of the country these days.  Also, all planks are not created equal.  You want to be sure the wood grilling planks you use are 100 percent natural, produced in the USA.  You wouldn’t spritz your grillables with pesticide would you?  Well of course you wouldn’t.  So don’t grill on something that might have the stuff “built in!”  Plus, companies like Outdoor Gourmet not only source 100 percent untreated Western Red Cedar Grilling Planks, they also do it in a sustainable manner. Know what you eat.  Eat what you love.