Alaska Salmon

If you have never been to Alaska, let me tell you, it’s a beautiful place! The mountain views are fantastic, the coasts are beautiful, and the wildlife is amazing! We had the pleasure of living in Alaska for 18 months and we loved every minute of it! Well, almost every minute…the winter darkness can be very challenging. But we quickly learned how to battle the winter blues and chased after the sun every time it was out 🙂

If you happen to be a native Alaskan, or have established residency for a year, you get to participate in dip netting salmon. When the salmon head back up stream into the Alaskan interior to spawn (that means go up stream to lay eggs and have them fertilized). When they are running upstream to do this, Alaskans can throw a large net into the stream and pull out a certain number of salmon per household for personal food use. We were able to do this just once and brought home over 20 salmon to break down into the parts we wanted for food. We cut off filets and the extra bits for soups or bisque. It was amazing and we haven’t enjoyed salmon that tasty since leaving Alaska.

The following recipe was shared with us while standing on the shore between dip netting runs. We thought it sounded weird at first, but decided to give it a shot. Boy are we glad we did! It’s become a family favorite recipe and I’m sharing it with you now.