How long must I boil fish and how do I know when it's ready?

Boiled fish refers to dietary dishes. It does not need to be exposed to heat for a long time, because the delicate meat is quickly digested and begins to fall apart. But insufficient processing at high temperatures can be dangerous to human health. Most catches nowadays are contaminated with various parasites.

How long should fish be boiled

The cooking time of the fish directly depends on its type and size:

1. A whole salmon is cooked for 30-40 minutes. But cut into portions you can serve it in 15-20 minutes.
2. Trout cook for a little less - 10-15 minutes.
3. Sea perch as well as river perch will be ready in 10 minutes.
4. It takes the longest time to cook a whole sturgeon carcass. It takes about an hour and a half to cook it. If the fish is cut into portions, the dish will be ready in 30 minutes.
5. Carp and carp cooked whole require 45 minutes.

Other types of fish and cooking time:

• Cod - 20 minutes;
• hake - 35 minutes;
• White fish like chum salmon - 20 minutes;
• pink salmon - 15 minutes;
• pollack - 10 minutes;
• blue whiting - 15 minutes;
• mackerel - 10 minutes.

How you know when the fish is cooked

1. To understand that the inhabitant of the underwater world has boiled, you need to pull the fin. In the finished product, it can easily be separated from the carcass.
2. You can also pierce the flesh with a toothpick or a skewer. If it enters easily, and transparent liquid comes out from the puncture, the fish is ready. But cloudy broth tells you that the dish needs to be kept on the fire a little longer.
3. It is widely believed that the true sign of finished fish is whitened and protruding eyes.

Tip! The degree of readiness of the fillet is determined by the formation of light white flakes of coagulated protein between the muscles.