What is the best way to cook Alaskan Sockeye Salmon?
Alaskan Sockeye salmon is delicious and easy to prepare. Most salmon recipes can be adapted to suit the King of all salmon, but some will bring out its flavor better than others! It’s always best to thaw salmon slowly in the refrigerator or run cold water over it. Do not microwave it or it will dry out and end up tasteless. Alaskan Sockeye salmon makes wonderful sashimi and sushi. If you decide to cook it, it can be marinated, grilled, pan-fried, baked and roasted. Avoid overpowering the fish – you want to savor it, not hide it! Serve with lots of lemon! To marinate: Choose a delicate sweet-sour marinade, such as teriyaki, maple and ginger or soy sauce and orange juice. Marinate in the refrigerator for two hours. Preheat your oven or grill. Brush the salmon fillets with marinade and grill, skin side down, on high for about three minutes. Turn, brush with sauce again and cook for another two or three minutes until the salmon flesh is opaque. Do not overcook.. To bake: For moist effortle
Alaskan Sockeye salmon is fabulous grilled or baked. You can also pan fry it depending upon the particular recipe that you are using. Here’s a quick, easy recipe for grilled salmon: Yoshida’s Quick and Easy Grilled Salmon Fillets Salmon Fillets Yoshida’s Original Gourmet Sauce (available at some major grocers or at Asian food stores) Marinate thawed salmon fillets in Yoshida’s sauce for about two hours in the refrigerator turning occasionally. Preheat grill. Brush fillets with sauce and grill on high, skin side down for about three minutes. Brush with sauce, turn and cook another two or three minutes until flesh is opaque. Do not overcook. You can find tons of other recipes for Alaskan Sockeye Salmon on the Smokey Bay Fisheries site (link below) including: Yoshida’s Quick and Easy Grilled Salmon Fillets Maple-Ginger Marinated Wild Alaska Sockeye Salmon Grilled Honey-Lime Salmon Kebobs Baked Pesto-Spinach Stuffed Sockeye Salmon Fillet Tanita Family Grilled Alaska Sockeye Salmon Tanita’s
