What is the best way to cook wild salmon?
Quickly! Salmon tastes the best if cooked as quickly as possible. You can over cook Salmon very easily, so keep an eye on it and take it from the heat source as soon as it is done. You can tell this by cutting into it and looking to see if the opaque color is gone. Salmon should flake easily. Styles of cooking depend on personal preference. You can pan fry, deep fry, bake, saut, boil, broil, microwave, or barbeque. Pre-cooked or Smoked Salmon is great on salads, in rice dishes, soups, or folded into your favorite dips. It is really hard to ruin good wild Salmon if you dont overcook it. Get some great recipes from our Salmon Recipes page for many great ideas to try. Q: How much of the omega-3s are in the fatty gray meat beneath the salmon skin? A: According to a world famous expert on fatty acids, Dr. Mary Enig, as much as two-thirds of the omega-3s in fish reside in the gray fatty layer beneath the skin. However it is interesting to note that tests conducted by the USDA Nutrient Data L