I have a question about fresh salmon. Can you help?!
Answers: I bought a nice little thick portion of salmon $7.00 in south central texas. It smelled a little, but I don't eat it often and the expiration said sell before 3/21/08, so still good. I baked it in the oven at 350 with onion powder, garlic powder, dill, pepper (all mixed in mayo and spread over the top uncovered. 350 for 45 min or more, is it supposed to still be pinkish because it is salmon? Should it still have a fishy odor?
Yes, it should still be pink and even medium rare in the middle. There is nothing worse than an overcooked piece of fish. It should not have a strong fishy smell but should have the smell of the sea/ocean.
I eat fresh salmon almost everyday and have plenty of experience with it.
yes, no and it's way overcooked
Freshness goes by smell and texture, not sell-by date, so the "fishy" smell was an indication that the salmon was past its prime. Yes, the salmon will still be pink after cooking, and yes, if it starts out with a fishy odor, cooking won't help.
One way to deal with this is to soak the fish in salted ice water for at least half an hour before cooking. That would help firm up the salmon and remove some of the fishy odor.
The seasoning sounds ok, although I'd go for fresh finely minced or mashed garlic and onion instead of the seasoned salts. They would add freshness to the fish, which apparently it needed. You might also want to add fresh minced dill and/or parsley, both of which have a nice fresh aroma and go well with salmon.
cooked salmon's pink.
and you completely overcooked it. fish cooks extremely fast - 15 minutes at most.
raw salmon is ok to eat
so you dont need to worry much
i wanna try some :)
Next time if you put the fish in milk until you're ready to bake it, and before you season it, spread it, whatever, that takes the fishiness away.
Salmon is going to be pink when done and yes it does have a stronger smell to it.