Amazing Japanese Food Collection | Salted Aged Salmon, Traditional Sweets, Tempura Rice Bowl

salmon fillet

🥗Healthier: mackerel

💰Cheaper: herring

Mackerel is lower in calories and herring is often more affordable.

sake

🥗Healthier: white wine

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

White wine adds flavor while apple cider vinegar is budget-friendly.

Wash the salmon to remove slime without removing the scales.

Remove the gills from the salmon.

Cut the belly of the salmon in a specific way, leaving part of it intact.

Rub natural coarse salt onto the salmon.

Soak the salmon in salt for five days.

Wash the salted salmon to make it look clean.

Hang the salmon tail-up to dry and age in a shaded, well-ventilated environment for three weeks.

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