Five Ingenious Ways To Add A Smoky Flavor To Your Dish

The smoky flavor is one that adds depth to meat, fish and vegetables alike. The versatile nature of the flavors you can create through smoking meat, fish or vegetables is why we love it so much.

Traditional smoking methods are amazing for adding richness and texture to our food. But whether you’re in a hurry or have small portions, we have provided you with alternatives to use that can add this flavor quickly and effectively!

Using the following methods will make you the flavor guru and will leave people wondering how you do it.

The beauty of smoking means that it is not just limited to meat, you can impress your pescatarian, vegetarian and vegan friends too.

Smoked meat anyone?

How To Add A Smoky Flavor To Your Food?

Here are five ingenious ways to add a smoky flavor to your favorite meat, fish, or veggies:

1. Offset Smoker

This method of smoking is seen as the traditional smoking method. It is known for producing ribs and pork shoulder with deep red rings, as well as beef brisket with an exceptionally crisp crust.

If you want to smoke large portions or big pieces of meat, look for offset smokers that have convection plates. These enable even cooking of the meat with little to no effort!

You can still get the same result with a standard offset smoker without a convection plate, it just means that you have to rotate the meat or fish more often to ensure even smoking.

Offset smoking allows you to add different types of wood chips, different chips have different flavors, so why not experiment!

You can find more solid information regarding offset smoker on specialty sites such as Project Smoked.

2. Dry Rub

A dry rub is amazingly versatile, and chances are you already have all the ingredients in your cupboard!

The beauty of home-made dry rub is that you can make it as smoky, spicy or as sweet as you wish!

The main ingredients are smoked paprika, cumin, and cayenne pepper, these can be added and adjusted according to taste.

For extra depth of flavor, marinade the meat, fish or vegetables in the dry rub overnight.

A dry rub can also be stored, so if you make too much, you can put the remainder in an airtight jar, and it will keep for the next time you want to use it.

3. Oven Smoking

If you don’t have access to an offset smoker, you can use your oven to create the same depth of flavor.

This method is amazing for small-scale smoking, all you need is wood chips, a roasting tin, and some meat, fish or vegetables.

• Pop the woodchips in water, you can buy hickory, cherry or oak chips depending on the flavor you want.
• Leave for an hour and then drain, ensuring that a film of water is left on the chips.
• Put them in the oven under the produce you wish to smoke and you’re done!

Remember that smoking requires low heat and long cooking time, but the wait will be worth it. The end result will be tender meat, fish or vegetable that melts in your mouth.

4. Liquid Smoke

If you’re in a rush but craving a deep smoky taste, liquid smoke is the answer. It is as it says on the bottle, liquid smoke.

This product is water condensed from a smoke fire, which is then distilled and put in a handy bottle.

There is wide availability on the market that offers different flavors and spice levels, you really are spoilt for choice! It can be applied directly to meat, fish or vegetables or included in a marinade.

Liquid smoke is a sure-fire way to guarantee that you can get your smoky taste fix with minimal effort.

5. Smoky Sauces

Smokey sauces mean that you can add your favorite taste to any dish! Smokey sauces give pasta and other family favorites new depths and tastes.

The smoky dimension is easily added through the use of garlic and tomatoes.

Simply smoke them first, either in the oven or using an offset smoker. Once the tomatoes and garlic have been smoked, blend them with other herbs and spices such as chipotle chili, cumin, and paprika.

You now have a game-changing marinara sauce that can be used on home-made pizza, over pasta or with meatballs!