Boiled Fish
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the fish in cold water.
Cook
Place the fish in boiling water to cover it.
Add salt to the water.
Simmer gently for 30 minutes.
Remove the fish from the water.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Fish
- Provides the protein that firms and turns flaky as it cooks.
The step that matters
Simmer gently. Vigorous boiling toughens the fish proteins and breaks the flesh apart. A gentle simmer cooks it evenly and keeps it moist and intact.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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