Recipe Notes

• The cedar plank must be soaked in a liquid for at least 30 minutes prior to cooking.  If the plank isn't soaked it will catch fire on the grill.
• You can use any liquid you choose from juices to wine.  The salmon will absorb the moisture and flavor from the plank.  
• You can reuse cedar planks but it's not recommended.   Keep in mind the plank takes on the flavor of whatever you grilled on it, and some of the essential oils from the wood will be used up from the first round of grilling.  So the next round of grilling may not have the same flavor.  
• Cedar planks can be used in the oven.  Make sure you soak the plank as directed above.  Soaking the plank creates steam from the heat of the oven, and that's how the cedar flavor will be carried into your food. 
• Cedar planks can be used on a smoker.  Soak the planks with the wood chips you are using.  LIght the grill at least 30 minutes prior to cooking the cedar plank salmon.
• Try cooking other types of foods on a cedar plank as well.  Fish is the most common, but chicken, pork, or beef can be cooked on a cedar plank.  However, meats will not sear on a cedar plank.  Try searing the meat prior to cooking on a plank.  Try cooking Zucchini, asparagus, peppers, and mushrooms on a cedar plank.  Pineapple, stone fruits, apples, and pears taste are delicious with the subtle cedar flavor.