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Slammin’ Salmon

It’s all downstream from here.


The pride of the Pacific Northwest, salmon ithe most popular fish in the U.S., which is entirely unsurprising because it’s one of the most versatile in existence, as delicious cured and smoked as it is raw, grilled, seared, fried, or poached. It can take on an almost impossible range of textures, from so silky that it can be sliced to look like fish loin–shaped translucent panes of orange-ish glass to as finely flaky as any one of its leaner cousins.

 

You can eat it for breakfast, lunch, dinner; for elevenses or tea or late-night snacks; you can eat it for any occasion, as part of a fancy 10-course tasting or as a centerpiece for a large family. It’s the big fish that can do it all, and we love it as only West Coasters love it—with all our Omega-3-saturated hearts.

 

Come, let us show you how we do salmon!

 

Table of Contents:

A Kiss of Smoke

Salmon Smarts

Fire Up the Grill

Pop It in the Oven

Cook It Sous Vide

Sear It

Raw Bar

Modernist Masterpieces

 



A Kiss of Smoke

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Succulent Hot-Smoked Salmon
Hot-smoked salmon eaten warm, fresh out of the smoker, is a rare treat. Our method gives you all the kippered salmon flavor while dialing every element in—the smoke, the salt, the sugar, and the perfect cook on a lusciously rich piece of fish.


Smoked Salmon (Nova)
Thin, silky slices of salmon elegantly draped over a half bagel smeared with cream cheese? That’s cold-smoked salmon, and we’ve got the very best at-home version of it. In this recipe, the salinity levels can be tailored to work with wild and lean varieties or fatty and farmed fish, as well as smoked salmon meant to be served with accouterments or all on its own.
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Slammin’ Pastrami-Spiced Salmon
Pastrami is the best smoked meat; salmon is the best fish for smoking. Slow-roasted pastrami-spiced salmon? It just makes sense!


A Guide to Cured and Smoked Salmon
Don’t know your belly lox from your Nova, your gravlax from your kippered fish? Don’t worry, it’s simple: They’re all salmon, they’ve all been brined, and they’re all delicious to eat. Beyond that, it gets a little more complicated, so sort it all out with our visual guide to cured salmon.
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Salmon Smarts

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The Ultimate Guide to Salmon
Coho? King? Chinook? Chum? What do all these names mean? Fresh or frozen, wild or farmed ... which salmon is best? We’ve got answers to all your pressing salmon questions. You’ll never get lost at sea at the fish counter again.



Fire Up the Grill

Perfect Salmon Burgers
Transforming a beautiful piece of fish into an equally beautifully burger is a cinch if you’ve got the right technique. A few tricks and tips get you a juicy, snappy patty with enough structural integrity to get some nice char marks on the grill grates.
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Pop It in the Oven

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How to Broil Salmon
Cooking salmon in an oven or air fryer is a foolproof way to retain the fish’s delicate, flaky texture; a quick blaze in broil mode and you’ll get that delicious, crispy crust.



Cook It Sous Vide

Super-Speed Sous Vide Salmon
You know you can cook salmon sous vide low-and-slow. But what about hot-and-fast? What? Yes! Get the precision results you love in half the time.
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Sear It

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How to Pan Sear Salmon
Sometimes, simple is best. And what’s better than luscious fillet of salmon, cooked exactly how you want it, with a shard of crispy skin perched on top like some kind of delicious fish potato chip?



Raw Bar

Salmon Tartare
Tartare, poke, crudo, and sashimi: These are all just different ways of saying you don’t need to do much to salmon except treat it with care. With a little knowledge on your side, you’ll be serving up buttery and subtly sweet raw salmon in no time.
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