How should I cook this puppy?

[SaltyNuts]

Fresh salmon on sale at Aldi for $8.49 a pound, seemed like a good deal. I'm not a huge salmon person, but my significant other is. How should I cook it? I like it well done, with the outside kind of crispy (I think of it as broiled). And I want to minimize the fishy taste. Anyone got any good ideas/recopies?

Thanks!

 

[BoomerD]

404 Puppy not found.

 

[Captante]

Marinate in fresh testicle-blood and pube-soap?

 

[Torn Mind]

My instincts are to throw it in the trash...

Yeah, I'm not a natural salmon eater. The farmed ones taste nasty and the canned wild ones are only just tolerable up to 3 oz. a day.

 

[snoopy7548]

I second the idea of throwing it in the trash. It's the 4th of July... grill some meat like a real man.

 

[kt]

Is it skinless? If so, just a little bit of salt and pan sear both sides. Pair with slices of avocado and your choice of side. I normally serve with just plain rice or asparagus.

 

[DigDog]

i would eat it as sushi. But i would also first scale, then slice off the skin, saving a bit of meat on the side, and fry the skin (side down). Crispy salmon skin is gorgeous.

 

[kt]

i would eat it as sushi. But i would also first scale, then slice off the skin, saving a bit of meat on the side, and fry the skin (side down). Crispy salmon skin is gorgeous.

I hope you're talking about fresh salmon you just caught and not store bought salmon that hasn't been flash frozen. Eating sushi you prepared yourself from store bought fish is too much risk without much reward. Unless you count losing 10lbs from diarrhea as a reward.

 

[DigDog]

I hope you're talking about fresh salmon you just caught and not store bought salmon that hasn't been flash frozen. Eating sushi you prepared yourself from store bought fish is too much risk without much reward. Unless you count losing 10lbs from diarrhea as a reward.

EU store-bought fish can be eaten raw. Even the stuff from Lidl, or Aldi.

 

[SKORPI0]

Something similar from Costco is ready to eat. But I usually heat for about 30 seconds in the microwave oven.

 

[pete6032]

Put fish on aluminum foil on a baking sheet for easy cleanup. Pat the fish dry with a paper towel. Season with preferred seasoning salts. Put it on the top rack underneath a broiler set to high. Probably 5 minutes or so. I would Google around some recipes and see what they say. Alternatively you can glaze it with some teriyaki sauce. If you want it crispy the key is to not cover the salmon, let it be exposed to the heat of the broiler.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

You shouldn't cook a puppy.

My Mother cooked a puppy once.


Once.

 

[Captante]

Something similar from Costco is ready to eat. But I usually heat for about 30 seconds in the microwave oven.
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Smoked salmon = fully cooked as-is. Although warming it won't hurt anything if you like it that way it's not required.

And most supermarket salmon I would be extremely hesitant to eat raw based on the way it's handled ... seared-rare however should be fine.

 

[Hans Gruber]

350F in a preheated oven with salt, pepper. Middle of the rack for 15 minutes. Finish with butter on top or on the serving plate if desired. Use a cookie tray with aluminum foil to place it on. Note I had Copper River salmon last night. Do not broil salmon ever!

 

[BoomerD]

Hmmm

Atlantic Salmon

Never Frozen

Product of Chile

Processed in the United States.

Something just seems wrong with that.

 

[kt]

Hmmm

Atlantic Salmon

Never Frozen

Product of Chile

Processed in the United States.

Something just seems wrong with that.

You mean it sounds fishy?

 

[Hans Gruber]

Hmmm

Atlantic Salmon

Never Frozen

Product of Chile

Processed in the United States.

Something just seems wrong with that.

I agree with you that a product of Chile (Pacific Ocean) on western side of South America should have no access to Atlantic salmon. Aldi is a well regarded store. So I assume they are providing quality seafood. My guess is that a Chilean business has a seafood company that has fishing or a seafood operation on the Atlantic side of South America. It's a matter of national pride probably.

 

[igor_kavinski]

350F in a preheated oven with salt, pepper. Middle of the rack for 15 minutes. Finish with butter on top or on the serving plate if desired. Use a cookie tray with aluminum foil to place it on. Note I had Copper River salmon last night. Do not broil salmon ever!

Some people like to cover up the fish with a layer of turmeric. Asians mostly. Supposed to be good for health too.

 

[Captante]

I agree with you that a product of Chile (Pacific Ocean) on western side of South America should have no access to Atlantic salmon. Aldi is a well regarded store. So I assume they are providing quality seafood. My guess is that a Chilean business has a seafood company that has fishing or a seafood operation on the Atlantic side of South America. It's a matter of national pride probably.

Apparently the "Atlantic salmon" farmed in Chile is "Atlantic" only in the sense that somewhere (maybe) in those fish is a trace of DNA from an actual Atlantic salmon!

Note Chile is also somehow the 2ed largest producer of "Atlantic" salmon in the world behind Norway despite IMO producing zero.

 

[Torn Mind]

I agree with you that a product of Chile (Pacific Ocean) on western side of South America should have no access to Atlantic salmon. Aldi is a well regarded store. So I assume they are providing quality seafood. My guess is that a Chilean business has a seafood company that has fishing or a seafood operation on the Atlantic side of South America. It's a matter of national pride probably.

Aldi is a budget store for the budget concious. However, some of their foods are indeed designed on a budget. Crappy cheese. Crappy ice cream.

Peanuts, milk, ground beef, cheap bacon are okay, but other things are a minefield.

As far as making bacon disgusting, Hormel manages to wins that prize with its "Black Label" bacon.

 

[BoomerD]

Apparently the "Atlantic salmon" farmed in Chile is "Atlantic" only in the sense that somewhere (maybe) in those fish is a trace of DNA from an actual Atlantic salmon!

Note Chile is also somehow the 2ed largest producer of "Atlantic" salmon in the world behind Norway despite IMO producing zero.

If it was indeed farm raised, I thought it had to say that on the label.

 

[pete6032]

Do not broil salmon ever!

I do all the time. Comes out well if you time it right.

 

[Hans Gruber]

I do all the time. Comes out well if you time it right.

Salmon is very delicate. Some say that you should bake it at 400F in the oven. When people broil salmon the top of the salmon is not tender, moist and oily. It comes out with a hardened shell on top like a thin crust. 350F for 12-15 minutes on the middle rack gives you a very significant margin of error where you do not need to time it just right.

There is no better tasting fish than Salmon. I have had salmon right out of the nets in Norway. That was the best salmon I have ever tasted. But Alaskan salmon is as good as it gets.

 

[deadlyapp]

Farm raised salmon is a blight on our world.

 

[mindless1]

I broil it all the time. Season to taste, broil at 375F for about 4 minutes with skin side facing down (on a broiler pan that elevates it on a grate), flip it over, take the skin off, and another 4 minutes (depending on thickness). The fat layer under the skin will melt and run down through the flesh, so try not to remove it with the skin unless very-low-fat cooking is more important to you than mouth-feel.

This is starting with it acclimated to near room temperature. If cold from the fridge, 4 minutes top side may not be enough to allow the skin to easily peel off when you flip it. If the skin isn't coming off easily, just put it back under the broiler and try again in a minute or two, OR if you want a soft gooey texture on that side instead, leave the skin on.

There are many variations you could try with the seasoning. Rosemary is good (but to get more flavor out of it fresh, needs to be put on the fish far ahead of time (minimum of several hours contact), or not so much the weak powdered version, or powdered lemon pepper, or garlic dill, or whip up a glaze, maybe lemon butter, BBQ, or Teriyaki, etc.