Salmon skin must be cooked properly, here's how

When eating salmon, almost everyone only eats the meat and throws the skin away because it feels useless. Eits, make no mistake, salmon skin is equally nutritious, you know! But before you eat it, you must first know the proper processing method when cooking salmon skin to keep it healthy and delicious.

Nutritional content and benefits of salmon skin

Reporting from Healthline, salmon is a type of fish that is dense in nutrients, both in meat and skin. Judging from the nutritional content, each serving (18 grams) of fried salmon skin contains 100 calories, 7 grams of fat, and 10 grams of protein.

Salmon also contains 4,023 milligrams (mg) of omega-3 fatty acids, including the skin. This type of fatty acid keeps salmon warm while in the sea.

Not only is it beneficial for salmon itself, the content of omega-3 fatty acids is also known to be beneficial for the human body. Omega-3 fatty acids are needed by the body to improve heart health, protect the brain from degeneration, keep skin supple and healthy, and reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration.

Because of this abundance of nutrients, salmon is one of the types of fish recommended by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States, equivalent to the POM in Indonesia. In fact, the FDA recommends that people eat salmon at least 2-3 servings per week to get the maximum benefits of salmon.

Here's how to properly cook salmon skin

Not just the meat, salmon skin is also safe for consumption. However, you should first make sure the salmon you get is in good condition. Because after all, salmon is susceptible to contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a carcinogen that can lead to cancer and birth defects.

That is why it is important to process salmon skin properly before eating it. This is not only useful for avoiding contaminants in salmon, but also maximizing the absorption of nutrients from the salmon itself.

There are two ways you can do when cooking salmon skin, namely just cook the salmon skin or cook it together with the salmon meat. But it's good, cook the salmon which is still covered by the skin rather than skin it first.

Cooking salmon that is still covered with skin can maintain the nutrients and oil content in the salmon meat. In addition, the salmon skin protects the layer of meat underneath so it doesn't burn when cooked.

It doesn't matter if you want to cook fried salmon skin that is crispy and dry. Besides being cooked as a side dish, fried salmon skin can also be used as a healthy and filling snack, you know!

In order to be healthier and maintain nutrition, pay attention to how to fry the salmon skin below.

1. Remove the skin from the salmon meat.
2. Cut the salmon skin into small pieces, about 1 inch (2.5 cm) long. Pat the salmon skins with paper towels until the salmon skins are dry.
3. Place the olive oil or canola oil in the skillet. Use medium-high heat and wait for it to heat up.
4. Place the dried salmon rind in the skillet.
5. Fry the salmon skin until it's cooked and crispy. Don't forget to flip it over and over so that both sides cook evenly and don't burn.
6. Remove the cooked salmon skin, then drain it on a paper towel. Leave it for a few moments to remove excess oil.
7. Add a pinch of salt or BBQ spices to taste according to taste.
8. Serve as a side dish or snack.

For those of you who have high blood pressure or hypertension, you should no longer need to add salt or other spices to the salmon skin dish. Because, salmon skin itself already contains high sodium which can further increase your blood pressure.

In addition to frying, salmon skin can also be cooked by roasting it to make it healthier and reduce the use of oil. The preparation process is not much different from when you want to fry the salmon skin.

The trick, cut the salmon skin into small pieces, then bake with olive oil and chopped tomatoes or potatoes in the oven. The taste is guaranteed to be no less delicious and nutritious, of course.

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