Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer.
Can You Eat Salmon Skin?
In fact it is very healthy!
Credit:Jennifer Causey. Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer. Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro
Like all fish and seafood, salmon is affected by the water it swims in.
(This includes American eel, striped bass, sturgeon, bluefin tuna, swordfish, and bluefish.)
Theres a certain part that we really do prefer to remove, though: the scales.
Salmon skin tends to have thinner scales that can be eaten when cooked.
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verify the skin isverydry by thoroughly patting it with paper towels before cooking, Brekke says.
This will promote a good sear, which leads to that appetizing golden color and a crispier texture.
Its also wise to select your cooking method accordingly if you are preparing skin-on salmon.
Brekke walks us through how this is done:
