Marinate Salmon At Room Temperature
Brush grill rack with oil.
Marinate salmon at room temperature. Marinate for 30 minutes at room temperature or in the fridge. Line a baking sheet with foil. Remove salmon from marinade letting excess drip off and discard marinade. Place the salmon filets at least an inch apart from each other.
Allow the salmon to marinate for at least 20 minutes and ideally 2 10 hours you can just cover it and place it in the refrigerator and allow it to marinate while you re at work when ready to prepare preheat the oven to 450ºf. Refrigeration is recommended to avoid the growth of harmful bacteria. Consider pan searing your salmon to a temperature of 125 140ºf 52 60ºc on each side. The technique is simple.
I also wanted flavor and ease with a method. Let meat come to room temperature before cooking. Place the salmon fillets in a 9x9 dish with sides and pour the prepared marinade over the salmon. Add salmon turn to cover with.
When it came to rating each method i was looking for a few things. Flake easily serves 2. All tests were conducted using 6 ounce fillets of copper river wild sockeye salmon patted dry plus extra virgin olive oil kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. And 140 degrees f where bacteria multiply rapidly.
If you do not have a thermometer avoid overcooking by cooking only skin side down briefly cooking the flesh side for only 15 30 seconds once the salmon is opaque but still mostly juicy. You season the salmon with salt pepper and red pepper flakes and then you roast it in the oven at 300 degrees for a little under half an hour. Do not follow this practice. If you recipe calls for marinating at room temperature just increase the marinating time and marinate in the refrigerator.
At room temperature for 15 minutes. Enzymes are heat activated at levels between 140 f and 175 f and deactivated at the boiling point so it serves no purpose other than flavoring to let the meat sit in a marinade at room temperature. While salmon is marinating place a heavy metal baking dish or pan in the oven and heat to 500 f. First i knew that i wanted that meltingly soft salmon but an evenly cooked perfectly flaky fillet wasn t enough.