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No pellicle?
A little grated ginger is good in the salad
EXCELLENT
What kind of wood chips?
Tried this recipe and it’s now a staple in our home. So delicious
Can these recipes be made with far less salt for low sodium diets? I'm seeing tablespoons on multiple videos. With side dishes it is so much sodium.
Love the recipes, thanks
Atlantic farmed salmon? Gross
Perfect way to serve up salmon! Can’t wait to try this!
Lost me at mayonnaise based sauce…
Just because you put something on a tortilla doesn't make it a taco. You can put this on a bun and it would be the same.
We made these last night, and everybody loved them!
gotta remove the skin, leaves an unpleasant flavor.
Going to try this one. Sweet plus savory. Pretty healthy. Salmon going on the pellet smoker this afternoon. Thanks.
Hot Lox Tacs!
Can you vacuum seal this? and is it the same timing?
thanks SO much ❣️ i'm a pacific northwest boy, and i do love me some salmon! this is amazing and it's easy to make with the abundant salmon we have around here certain times of the year. i see fishermen offloading their catch here sometimes on the columbia river, and many times they're willing to sell me a whole fish. the first nations tribes also treaty salmon they've caught.
Thank you – I have been searching for a recipe for hot smoked salmon. Hope to try this soon!
This is more like a tuna fish sandwich . Fish taco always has cole slaw . The fish prep is great . i wouldnt have wasted that much brown sugar .
This looks delicious.
I wonder how muscovado brown sugar would work in this recipe vs the light brown. Maybe the muscovado would be too strong in flavor?
I like this recipe !!!!!!!
Love to share this with my friend he loves fish. But now he can smoke it first.
So it's the Pacific northwest in a tortilla. Sounds yummy.
I don’t have a grill, please tell us how to smoke inside in oven, if that’s possible!
OMG I’ll be making this soon!!! I only eat fish and veggies. This made my mouth water… brown sugar, garlic, apples, apricot glaze!!! Are you serious right now??? This will be my favorite, I NEVER get tired of salmon. I’d make a good bear🐻🐻🐻!
Why did you soak the wood chips? You do realize that all that water was to evaporate off before they will start smoking right? Totally unnecessary.
Totally unrelated to food, but I recently discovered "Battle of the Badges", and it's funny.
A Police Chief and Fire Chief go head to head and try to get the other to laugh at bad "dad" jokes. If one makes the other laugh, they get a "point". The game stops at 5 points, so most are under 5 minutes.
This goes on in many Cities around our Country between the FDs and PDs.
Way funny.
Enjoy, remember a few, and give someone a few drops of endorphins today, ok?
Stay safe, everyone…
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This is the type of quality I expect from you folks. The Texas style Brisket was alright but this salmon fish Taco truly makes up for it. And I know a few things about salmon ( I live in Washington state and have only a 8 minute walk and I'm fishing for salmon) So I will definitely be adding this to the many ways I do salmon. One last thank you before I go. Thank you for saying " curing " instead of saying " dry brined". It has become so prevalent in recent years for the wrong term to be used. Creating unnecessary confusion for so many cooks. Great job folks. This is why I have been such a big fan for so many years. 👍👍👍
Bridget in Blue!
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Fun & Games
99 Of The Best Fishing Jokes And One-Liners That Are Reel-y Funny
by Team Scary Mommy
February 11, 2020|Updated July 28, 2020

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If your mood is sunk and you could use a laugh, don’t worry! We’ve casted about for the funniest fishing jokes, puns, and one-liners out there, and we’ve found some whoppers. You’ll be a regular clown fish after this! Just don’t read these while you’re on the boat — you’ll scare the fish away with your laughter!
Why are fish so smart
Because they swim in schools!
One day, two guys Frank and Bob were out fishing. A funeral service passes over the bridge they’re fishing by, and Bob takes off his hat and puts it over his heart. He does this until the funeral service passes by. Frank said, “Gee Bob, I didn’t know you had it in you!” Bob replied, “It’s the least I could do. After all, I was married to her for 30 years.”
What do you call a fish that won’t shut up?
A big-mouthed bass!
Why did the Vegan go fishing?
Just for the Halibut
Three fishermen were fishing when they came upon a mermaid. The mermaid offered them one wish each. The first fisherman said, “Double my I.Q” so the mermaid did it and to his surprise, he started reciting Shakespeare. Then the second fisherman said, “Triple my I.Q.” and sure enough the mermaid did it and amazingly he started doing math problems he didn’t know existed. The third fisherman was so impressed he asked the mermaid to quadruple his I.Q and the mermaid said “Are you sure about this? It will change your whole life!” The fisherman said “yes” so the mermaid turned him into a woman.
Why are fish so gullible?
They fall for things hook, line and sinker!
Why is it so easy to weigh fish?
Because they have their own scales!
Where does a fisherman go to get his hair cut?
The bobber shop.
One day a rather inebriated ice fisherman drilled a hole in the ice and peered into the hole and a loud voice from above said, “There are no fish down there.” He walked several yards away and drilled another hole and peered into the hole and again the voice said, “There’s no fish down there.” He then walked about 50 yards away and drilled another hole and again the voice said, “There’s no fish down there.” He looked up into the sky and asked, “God, is that you?” “No, you idiot,” the voice said, “it’s the rink manager.”
What is the fastest fish in the water?
A motopike
What you get when four men go fishing and one comes back not catching anything.
Three Men And A Baby
I caught a trout so big, the picture of it was 3 pounds. The negative was a pound. We went into the lake to eat it rather than bring it home.
Why did the husband go fishing on Valentines Day?
To catch his wife a bouquet of flounders!
What kind of music should you listen to while fishing?
Something catchy!
Why did Batman and Robin quit going fishing together?
Because Robin ate all the worms!
Why didn’t Noah do much fishing on the ark?
He had only two worms.
Game warden: Didn’t you see the no-fishing sign, son?
Boy: I’m not fishing, sir. I’m teaching these worms how to swim!
Two guys are talking about fishing. One says to the other, “I am NEVER going to take my wife fishing with me, ever again!” “That bad, huh,” his friend responded. “She did everything wrong! She talked too much, made the boat rock constantly, tried to stand up in the boat, baited the hook wrong, used the wrong lures and WORST of all she caught more fish than me!”
How do fish get from place to place while playing golf?
By golf carp!
Why do fish swim in schools?
Because they can’t walk!
Where do fish keep their money?
In a riverbank.
Three priests were fishing on a boat when they ran out of bait. The first priest got up and walked across the water to get some more bait. After 2 hours they ran out of bait again and the second priest said he would go get more bait, so he got up and walked across the water. After 3 hours of fishing they ran out of bait again and the third priest said he would get more bait. So he stepped out of the boat and went straight to the bottom. The first priest turned to the second priest and asked, “Should we have told him where the rocks were?”
How do you communicate with a fish?
Drop it a line!
A monastery is in financial trouble, so it goes into the fish-and-chips business to raise money. One night a customer knocks on its door. A monk answers. The customer asks, “Are you the fish friar?” “No,” he replies. “I’m the chip monk.”
What’s a fish’s favorite musical instrument?
A bass drum.
What is a fish’s favorite show?
“Name That Tuna.”
Did you hear about the fight at the seafood restaurant? Two fish got battered!
Mother to daughter advice: Cook a man a fish and you feed him for a day. But teach a man to fish and you get rid of him for the whole weekend.
What did the fish say when it hit a concrete wall
“Dam!”
Why did the fish cross the road?
Cause it was hooked!
What did the fisherman say to the card magician?
Take a cod, any cod.
Every time someone says, "Season to taste" before putting the final touches on a dish, I'd like to see them taste it to find that it needed more. My parents oversalt everything even before tasting, and it's so frustrating!
"Bacon of the sea", and much healthier 👍👏❤️!
I wonder if you guys ever say something not so much because you tested it specifically but because you know how something is going to turn out? example how long to let something marinate so many hours or overnight or 24 hours do you actually test that every recipe every time?
I couldn't find any good salmon the other day..
apparently they were all out STREAMING!
Absolutely marvelous