Homemade Salted Chum Salmon

Everyone will go crazy over such a fragrant, tender snack! Salted chum salmon salmon at home is salted using a method common in the Far East. It turns out incredibly tasty. Serve it, cut into thin slices, on a holiday table or for a hearty breakfast!
cook time: 72h
Caleb Huxley
Homemade Salted Chum Salmon

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

138
Calories
5g
Fat
1g
Carbs
20g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Salt 1 tbsp
Sugar 0.5 tbsp
Vodka 25 ml
Dill 10 g
Chum salmon (fillet) 1 kg

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to salt chum salmon at home? Simply and easily! Prepare all the products indicated in the recipe. It is better to take fresh fish, one that has not been frozen. In this case, you will get a very tasty and incredibly tender finished fish. If you have a whole carcass, you should first gut it, clean it of scales and cut it into fillets. I have ready-made fresh chum salmon fillet. If you have frozen fish, then read about defrosting at the end of the recipe.

Step 2

Step 2
Prepare the curing mixture. Rinse a bunch of dill under running water, dry and chop finely. Place the greens in a small container of suitable size. Add salt, sugar and ground black pepper.

Step 3

Step 3
Pour in vodka and mix thoroughly.

Step 4

Step 4
Rinse the fish and dry it with paper towels to remove any remaining water. Place the fillets on a wide tray or plate. Spread a mixture of dill, vodka and spices over the surface.

Step 5

Step 5
Using massaging movements, distribute the curing mass over the entire surface of the chum salmon.

Step 6

Step 6
Wrap the fish in cling film and place in the refrigerator. Salt the chum salmon for three days.

Step 7

Step 7
After the specified time, you can take the first sample.

Step 8

Step 8
Cut the salted red fish fillet into thin slices and serve. Sandwiches with herbs, vegetables and fish for breakfast are very tasty.

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