Rule for Boiling Fish
Ingredients
Directions
Place the fish in a pot of boiling water, ensuring it is fully covered.
Add 1 tablespoon of salt to the water.
Boil the fish for 35 minutes.
Once boiling, reduce the heat to low to maintain a gentle boil.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Fish
- Protein that firms and turns opaque as it cooks, forming the body of the dish.
The step that matters
Reduce the heat to a gentle boil. A hard, rolling boil toughens fish proteins and can break the flesh apart. Holding a gentle simmer cooks it evenly and keeps it tender 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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