12 barbecue salmon recipes

Grilled salmon steaks brushed with lemon juice, olive oil, and crushed basil. A simple three-ingredient marinade that lets the salmon's flavor take center stage.

Two-ingredient New Mexico style barbecued salmon. Salmon fillets brushed with red chile barbecue sauce and grilled over wood embers. The Southwestern way to cook a piece of fish.

Salmon steaks poached in a white wine sauce with scallions, lemon, cinnamon, and ginger. A light, subtly spiced French-leaning fish dish in 30 minutes.

Hawaiian grilled fish salad with a warm pineapple salsa made from crushed pineapple, golden raisins, yellow pepper, and cayenne. Light, summery, and ready in 45 minutes for six.

Cedar-planked salmon smoked over alderwood, mopped with a sweet-tart-spicy glaze of grilled pineapple, rhubarb, and habanero. A Pacific Northwest cookout centerpiece.

Grilled salmon steaks with spicy pineapple sauce is as delightful to look at as it is to eat. What's more, the sauce goes equally well over lots of other fish and meat dishes.

Northwest grilled salmon glazed with honey butter and dill, cooked skin-on over moderate heat until it just starts to flake. Only four ingredients for a stunning fillet.

Easy grilled salmon over a bed of lemon-dressed radicchio, finished with a fresh raw tomato sauce. A light, fast, summery main where bitter greens and bright tomato cut the richness of the fish.

Grilled salmon with minted tomato salsa: pink fillets seared over fire and topped with a half-pureed warm salsa of tomato, mint, jalapeño, and green onion. A bright, garden-fresh dinner.

Salmon steaks brushed with vermouth butter, orange zest, and lemon juice, topped with sliced potatoes and grilled in foil. Works on the barbecue or in the oven.

Grilled salmon en papillote with homemade basil-garlic butter, tomato slices, lemon, and bay leaf. Sealed in foil packets on the barbecue for a no-mess dinner.

Baked swordfish steaks in citrus barbecue sauce at high heat until flaky and tender. A simple two-ingredient recipe that works with salmon too, ready in 30 minutes.