Last week we talked about Smoked Salt and how I loved to use it in my kitchen. That inspired me to share with you today my DIY Smoked Salt tutorial. Now, don’t run away screaming. This is so easy. And It is something you can do on a Saturday afternoon with hardly any special equipment.

The Many Uses of Smoked Salt

Before we get into the how of making smoked salt. Let’s talk about how you could use smoked salt. Think with me for a minute of all the things you would normally grill, but it’s cold outside. So, you come up with some way to cook it inside or you use stovetop/indoor grill. One thing both of these will be lacking is that smoky flavor. This is the perfect place to use your DIY Smoked Salt instead of your regular salt.

I also love to add smoked salt to my vegetables. Whether I am sautéing them or roasting them, the smoked salt adds a depth of flavor I just cannot achieve any other way. And it is especially good on asparagus! And rubbing a whole chicken down with smoked salt, olive oil, lemon zest and rosemary then roasting in the oven would be AMAZING!

DIY Smoked Salt requires only a few simple tools and a 4 hours of your time to complete! Try it for yourself today! — Getting ready to smoke salt

Let’s Smoke Some Salt

Now I promised this is not a complicated process. I made a video showing exactly “how-to” DIY this yourself. However, here are the basic items you will need.

Items you need for DIY Smoked Salt:

Pellet Smoker Tube

Wood pellets like are used in a wood pellet grill (Trager, Pit Boss, Etc.)

Propane torch & propane tank

Aluminum foil

8×8 aluminum cake pan

Natural sea salt

Each of the above items are linked to Amazon items that are identical or as similar as I could find to my own. If you know someone with a pellet smoker, they might give you a quart zip bag of pellets for your project. Like I said in my video, any closed/ fireproof vessel will work. Even a large clay flowerpot and large clay saucer. You will just need to measure to ensure that they 8×8 pan and smoker tube will both fit inside the flowerpot.

DIY Smoked Salt uses a pellet smoker tube to smoke salt in any fireproof vessel. — Lighting a fire

Here on At Lara’s Table I have recipe you can try once you smoke your own salt at home. My Homemade Andouille Sausage uses smoked salt to add that smoky flavor without actually smoking the sausage. I wanted the sausage fresh for another one of my recipes, Creole Dirty Rice. I like to brown the sausage like you would a ground beef so it will evenly distribute throughout the dish.

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DIY Smoked Salt

Learn to Smoke Salt at Home! It only takes a few simple tools.

Cuisine American

Keyword DIY, Grilling, Smoked Salt

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 5

Equipment

Pellet Smoker Tube
Wood Pellets
Propane Torch

Ingredients

Coarse sea salt
8 x8 aluminum cake pan
12 ” pellet smoker tube
Wood pellets to fill tube
Propane torch to light pellets
Aluminum foil

Instructions

Lay a long piece of aluminum foil over grill surface.
Fill cake pan 1” deep with salt.
Fill smoker tube with wood pellets
Place smoker tube on grill grates and light top pellets with propane torch. Ensuring you have a good flame established.
Wait 5-10 minutes for flame to die down and make sure pellets are smoldering like you want them to. Use tongs to lay smoker tube on its side on foil
Place pan with salt next to smoker tube.
Tent pan and tube with 18-24” piece of doubled foil that has been folded down the middle to make a wide piece of foil.
Leave salt 30 minutes to 1 hour then return to stir and check its progress.
Repeat this stirring process every hour or so for 4-5 hours depending on how long your smoke tube lasts