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To Boil Salmon

A simple boiled salmon prepared with water and salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Boil Salmon

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Fill a pot with water and add salt.

  2. Bring the water to a boil.

Cook and serve

  1. Add the salmon to the boiling water.

  2. Cook until the salmon is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.

  3. Remove the salmon from the pot and let it rest before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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
Forms the main protein; it turns opaque and firm as its proteins set during cooking.

The step that matters

Cook until the salmon is opaque and flakes easily with a fork. Salmon is done when its proteins have set but before they tighten and dry out. Checking for opacity and flaking helps catch the point of doneness, since overcooking squeezes out moisture and leaves the flesh dry and chalky.

“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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