For best results, use a thermometer, but there are other methods, too.
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Some like it raw, some like it cooked through.
Best Temperature
Cooking salmon above 145F makes it tough and dry.
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If you like your salmon fully cooked, 145F is a good temperature to reach.
Whats The Temperature of Cooked Salmon?
Use the guidelines below, depending on how you like your salmon cooked.
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And, if youre serving to a large crowd whose dietary comfort zones may vary, probably preferable.
Medium Rare (Wild): If youre cooking wild salmon, medium-rare is between 120 to 130F.
Wild salmon has more connective tissue because it moves around a lot moremiles and miles more than farmed salmon.
This extra connective tissue means that muscle fibers can end up dry or tough if overcooked.
Cook wild salmon five degrees lower than how you like your farmed salmon.
(Its the same when youre cooking a steak if thats more familiar.)
But you cant reverse matters once the salmon is overcooked.
And its too splendid a fish to ruin.
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