Homemade Cured Salmon (Lox)
Ingredients
- 1 lb wild-caught salmon fillet skin removed
- ½ cup kosher salt
- ½ cup sugar
- Freshly ground black pepper optional
- 2 tbsp fresh dill chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Remove skin from salmon if needed and pat dry.
- Mix salt, sugar, and optional dill and pepper.
- Lay half the cure on plastic wrap, place salmon on top, cover with remaining cure.
- Wrap tightly and refrigerate under weight for 24 hours, flipping halfway.
- Rinse salmon thoroughly, pat dry, and slice thinly.