How to salt salmon in a variety of ways

Fish is always present in our diet. And most often on our tables is exactly pink salmon. It is fried, baked in the oven, cooked in batter. But our conversation will be about how to salt salmon.

There are a lot of ways in which you can do this. We will consider several options. And here is one of them.

You will need two fish. They need to be cleaned, preventing the pink salmon from completely defrosting. At the same peel should not be removed, just remove all the insides. Of course, you can buy already gutted fish. However, all the same you will have to get rid of all the bones, and only after that thoroughly rinse the pink salmon.

Now carcass fish should be dried on a napkin, and then proceed directly to the saline. To this end, it is necessary to prepare a salting mixture.

Procedure. Mix in the bowl of ground red pepper, sugar and salt in the ratio: for one kilogram of fish - two tablespoons of salt, one tablespoon of sugar and half a teaspoon of pepper. Now take another bowl, in which pour the vegetable oil.

Cut the pink salmon into small portions, soak them in oil, and then as best as possible, chop the salting mixture prepared earlier. Lay out all portioned pieces in layers alternating with onion rings in a saucepan, and top with a vegetable oil in a small amount. Cover the pan and put it in the refrigerator. After three or four days the fish can already be served to the table and enjoy its unsurpassed taste.

This is only one option of how to salt salmon. There are also such ways, thanks to which the salting itself is greatly reduced in time. So, how to salt salmon at home while accelerating this process.

You need one freshly frozen pink salmon, one tablespoon of sugar, two tablespoons of large salt, half a lemon and eight olives. In addition to these ingredients, you need pepper ground red and black, mustard seed, paprika, dried herbs and the same garlic. All these spices are taken exclusively at your discretion, depending on tastes and preferences, but not more than ten grams in total.

Now directly on how to salt salmon. Clean the fish from the insides and scales. Separate fins and head from it. Sprinkle with a mixture of sugar and salt, and quite abundantly. Mix all the spices beforehand and chop them with fish. At the moment, use only half the mixture of spices.

Put the salted pink salmon in a bowl, and sprinkle it with the rest of the seasoning. Cover and refrigerate for twelve hours.

It's time to open one small secret. If you want your fish not to break up and have a beautiful shape, then before packing it in a bowl, wrap the pink salmon with cotton cloth: it will absorb all the excess liquid.

Serving salted salmon at home, slice it in portions, decorate with lemon slices, olives and onion rings. All this only further underscores the impeccable taste of fish.

You will not believe, but there is one more option of how to salt salmon in just two hours. This recipe, we now specifically sound for those who do not have much patience and can not wait for several hours, and even days.

Consider the way how to salt salmon in the brine. By the way, this option is suitable for herring, and for mackerel. But, unlike pink salmon, these fish do not need to remove the skin and remove small bones.

However, let's return to our fish. Slightly defrosted pink salmon fillet, which then cut into pieces not more than half a centimeter thick. Prepare the brine from one glass of water, four tablespoons of salt and the same amount of sugar. Dip into it the prepared pieces of fish and leave them there for two hours. At the end of this time, you can safely enjoy the insanely delicious pink salmon salted in such a short time with your own hands.

Enjoy your meal!