Boiled Halibut
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Sprinkle coarse sea salt over the halibut.
Soak the halibut in cold water for a short time.
Wash and scrape the halibut until very clean.
Wrap the halibut in a floured cloth.
Cook
Place the wrapped halibut in boiling water.
Cook for 35 minutes.
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
- Halibut
- The main protein, which firms and turns flaky as it cooks.
The step that matters
Place the wrapped halibut in boiling water. Fish proteins set and toughen with prolonged heat, so the fish needs to be cooked for the stated time and not left in the water longer. Keeping the water at a boil when the fish goes in helps it cook evenly.
“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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