To Boil Salmon
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Fill a large pot with water and add a generous amount of coarse sea salt.
Bring the water to a boil.
Cook
Add the salmon piece to the boiling water.
Boil for nearly 1 hour for a 4 to 5 lbs piece.
If the salmon weighs double, check after 20 minutes more.
Ensure the salmon is cooked through before serving.
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
- Its protein sets as it heats, firming the flesh and turning it opaque when cooked through.
The step that matters
Judging when the salmon is cooked through. Salmon proteins set and turn opaque as they heat. Cooking past that point squeezes out moisture and leaves the flesh dry and firm, so check doneness before the full time runs out.
“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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