Charcoal Grilled Salmon With Fresh Herbs & Grilled Vegetables

Charcoal Grilled Salmon with Fresh Herbs and Grilled Vegetables Recipe

By: Andrea Alden

Fast, simple, delicious. These charcoal grilled salmon fillets with fresh herbs and grilled vegetables are just the ticket when it comes to a beautifully BBQed seafood dinner. Smoky and flavorful, the salmon is a hearty fish that will hold up to the intense heat of the charcoal grill. It can be cooked directly on the grids, providing delicious sear marks. Serve family style, piled high with perfectly grilled vegetables and perhaps some fragrant rice on the side. Fresh naan bread or a hearty homemade loaf will also pair beautifully with this meal.

Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
20 min
Yield
2
Difficulty
Medium

Charcoal Grilled Salmon with Fresh Herbs and Grilled Vegetables Recipe

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Ingredients

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Ingredients

2

salmon fillets, skin on

2 tbsp.

lemon and herb seasoning

2

sweet bell peppers, any color

½

Spanish onion, sliced

2 cloves

garlic, sliced

8

cocktail tomatoes (little tomatoes on the vine)

1

lime, sliced

1 tbsp.

butter

salt and pepper to taste

fresh basil for garnish

Method
  1. Begin by lighting your charcoal grill and allowing it to preheat. Take newspaper or paper towel and scrunch it up into a tube. Place inside the bottom of your charcoal starter. If there is a hole in the middle, wad another piece into a loose ball and fill the gap. Fill the chimney with quality lump charcoal like Napoleon’s Blackstone or Coconut charcoal. Use a BBQ lighter to ignite the paper in the bottom of the charcoal starter. Allow it to burn off. This will generate a white smoke. Your bottom charcoals should be lit and you will know you were successful if there is heat coming from the top of the charcoal starter when you carefully hold your hand overtop - please do not touch the metal or coals. It will take about 15 minutes for all of the charcoal to ignite. Open the bottom vents on your charcoal grill about ½ way open. Once lit, pour the charcoal into your BBQ on one side. Place the cooking grids in the lowered position within the grill. Close the lid and allow the BBQ to preheat to between 400 and 450°F.
  2. While the grill is heating up, slice the vegetables into bite-sized pieces and season the salmon fillets generously. Leave the tomatoes on the vine, just wash them, as they’re going directly on the cooking grids.
  3. Place the vegetables into a grill-safe baking tray, dot with butter, seasoning to taste with salt and pepper. Place the vegetables over direct heat, then place the salmon, skin side down, over direct heat. Place the tomatoes close to direct heat, but not directly over, you want to blister them and get them warm. Grill the salmon for 6 to 8 minutes with the lid closed, until it releases easily from the cooking grids. Flip the salmon and cook an additional 3 or 4 minutes flesh side down. At this point it will be about medium-rare, so move the salmon to the side of the grill without the charcoal under it to finish cooking - an instant-read BBQ thermometer will read about 145°F. You can also move the tomatoes to the “cool” side of the grill when you move the salmon. Remember to mix the veggies up every time you move/flip the fish. You want a char, but not to burn the bottom.
  4. Once the salmon is done, remove everything from the BBQ and serve. You can serve this with fresh flavored rice, grilled naan bread, or homemade bread. Don’t forget to top with fresh basil and sliced citrus.

Whether it’s spring, the height of summer, or the dead of winter, these charcoal grilled salmon fillets with fresh herbs and grilled vegetables provide a delightful and fresh meal that brings to mind cottage living and the simple, freshest things in life. Have you ever tried to grill your fish directly on the cooking grids? Tell us your fishy grilling stories by sharing on our social pages using the hashtags #SeafoodBBQ and #NapoleonGrills.

Happy Grilling!

Canjun Style Orange Roughie - add charcoal

Preheat the grill with lit charcoal

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - sear over direct heat

Sear the salmon over direct heat

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - skin side down

Start skin-side down

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - Flip to the meat side

Flip the salmon onto the meaty side and sear

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - sear all sides

Sear the salmon meat on all sides

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - serve on rice and veg

Serve the salmon on a bed of grilled vegetables and rice

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - top with citrus and herbs

Top with citrus and fresh herbs

AndreaAlden
Andrea Alden

I used to be the Sultana of Sizzle, but you can call me Andrea. I have always been passionate about food. Even though I was majoring in Art and Graphic Design, I would frequently be found cooking for my friends and family.

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Canjun Style Orange Roughie - add charcoal

Preheat the grill with lit charcoal

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - sear over direct heat

Sear the salmon over direct heat

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - skin side down

Start skin-side down

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - Flip to the meat side

Flip the salmon onto the meaty side and sear

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - sear all sides

Sear the salmon meat on all sides

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - serve on rice and veg

Serve the salmon on a bed of grilled vegetables and rice

Charcoal Grilled Salmon - top with citrus and herbs

Top with citrus and fresh herbs