Grilled Arctic Char with Bacon

I am a few posts behind with our bacon recipes, and will do my best to get caught up this week. This recipe is from yesterday, however, and was born of the beautiful weather and my urge to turn on the barbecue. We had successfully combined bacon and salmon before, and I'd thought to do so again -- until I walked into the seafood store and saw the fresh char on display. You could easily use salmon for this as well.

GRILLED ARCTIC CHAR WITH BACON

1 lb Arctic char filet (with skin)
1 lemon, sliced
6 slices of bacon
seasoning salt

Since fish cooks faster than bacon does, pre-fry the bacon just enough so that it is still limp but there is no longer a danger of food poisoning. Reserve the drippings.



I picked up a fish grilling basket at the grocery store for $11. Professional looking, no?

Layer the bottom of the basket with lemon slices, then three bacon slices. Place the fish on top of the bacon, skin side down. Baste the filet with bacon drippings, then sprinkle with seasoning salt. On top, add another layer of bacon and then the remaining lemon slices. Grill, turning over occasionally, until fish is cooked through.





Separately, I made up two foil packets; one contained perogies, garlic butter and onions, and the other contained red and yellow peppers, sliced water chestnuts, and a lime soy sauce (no recipe for that -- I bought it at the store, hello laziness). I threw these on the grill with the fish. We also had some lovely homemade French bread, courtesy of Cinnilla.

The char was delicious -- it was infused with lemon and had a faint taste of bacon. The bacon itself had also become lemony; it's your choice whether you want to eat or discard the bacon. We tried eating it, and pronounced it good.