To Boil Salmon
Ingredients
Directions
Clean the salmon carefully.
Boil the salmon gently in warm water until done.
Remove the salmon from the water as soon as it is cooked.
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 until it turns flaky and tender.
The step that matters
Removing the salmon as soon as it is cooked. Salmon proteins tighten and dry out quickly when overcooked, so leaving it in hot water past doneness makes the flesh firm and chalky. Lifting it out at the first sign of doneness keeps it moist and tender.
“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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