Grill Poach Broil Roast: How To Cook Wild Salmon

TCM Classics --This story on how to cook wild salmon originally ran in 2017 but we loved it so much we decided to bring it back.

 We counted and there are approximately a million reasons to love wild salmon. But according to the queen of clean, craveable cooking, Pamela Salzman, how to cook wild salmon can be narrowed down to just seven simple, drool-worthy techniques. 

Wild salmon is a super-powered source of protein full of healthy fats and essential nutrients, and is also an amazingly versatile ingredient to work with. We learn so much every time we're in the kitchen with Pamela, but this guide on how to cook wild salmon is one of our favorite resources from the healthy pro! This collection of salmon-cooking tips and recipes comes straight from the pages of Pamela's new book, a treasure trove of simple, healthful recipes, called Kitchen Matters that shows exactly why Salzman's Hollywood cooking classes are so popular. 

Wild salmon is the ultimate anti-inflammatory food with its substantial stores of omega-3 fats. I am not as big a fan of farm-raised salmon though. This is a controversial topic since many experts believe that some salmon is better than no salmon. Farmed salmon is higher in contaminants than wild and when the fish are raised in pens and fed soy and food coloring, their nutritional benefits decrease. In addition, genetically modified salmon are out there, too. I would opt for wild as much as possible. Keep in mind, “Atlantic” salmon always implies farm-raised and “Alaskan” is always wild.

Wild salmon has a season, which is usually from about May to October. (If you see “fresh” wild Alaskan salmon being sold in the winter months, it is probably farm-raised). However, there is no reason to avoid eating fish if you can only find frozen/defrosted varieties available.

Here are seven different basic techniques for how to cook wild salmon. Note that wild salmon is often thinner than farm raised and will cook more quickly, so if you are using the following recipes with farm raised, you may have to add some extra time. [olists num=1][olists num=2][olists num=3][olists num=4][olists num=5][olists num=6][olists num=7]

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