Fresh Salmon, Boiled
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the salmon carefully.
Rub the inside with coarse sea salt.
Tie the salmon in a cloth.
Boil and serve
Boil gently for 40 minutes, turning it over halfway through.
Serve with egg sauce.
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
- Salmon
- Is the main protein, cooked gently in water so it stays moist and flakes evenly.
- Coarse sea salt
- Seasons the fish from inside, lightly firming its flesh before cooking.
The step that matters
Boil gently for 40 minutes, turning it over halfway through. Boiling too hard breaks the delicate fish apart and toughens the proteins. A gentle simmer cooks it evenly, and turning it halfway helps the whole fish reach the same doneness.
“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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