What You Can Do With Salmon

June 26, 2014 sarah Uncategorized

Here are my tips on how to prepare salmon:

There’s no denying that Alaskan salmon is one of the best ingredients in kitchens throughout the country and the world: it’s really healthy, its also tasty, it’s versatile, and it’s responsibly harvested in Alaska.

First step: To present an aesthetically superior dish on your dining table is by properly filleting a salmon and this is very important. Take your dressed salmon fish and lay it on its side; make an incision behind the gills so that it reaches the spine.

Enter your knife into this crevice and begin to cut it horizontally along the top of the spine, this should cut all the ribs in the process, from behind the gills all the way to the tail. The fillet should be placed on the board, after withdraw the bones from stomach in one step by pushing away the top of fillet. All that is left is to find the needle bones inside the fillet using your fingers. These can then be taken out using a pair of tweezers.

Repeat this process with the other side of the fish. the secret of making smoked salmon, the most important things are having quality wood chips and a properly sealed smoke house (for bigger operations) or a smoke box (what usually people use at home). Let your chips smolder away for about half an hour before introducing the salmon; then, make sure you don’t open the box until the end of the process other than to slide the bottom tray in and out just to replenish the wood chips once they have died. The duration of the smoking will depend upon the size of your smoking box and whether your box implements heat. hot smoking can be done in a 2-3 hours, whereas cold smoking may take 2-4 days. This is certainly one of the better methods of seasoning salmon.

If the salmon is fresh, then keep your other ingredients fresh, too: e.g fresh herbs, cheeses, and vegetables are all great ingredients to any kind of salmon dish. This is one of the most delicious home-made fish recipes you will find. Let your imagination be the limit!

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