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AARP recently shared this article about what NOT to order at restaurants. (https://shorturl.at/2vu0r).  Marcus Mooney, executive chef of Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating, offers the following about salmon.

Ordering salmon may be a special dish if you don’t typically eat fish at home, but, Collins says, like scallops, salmon is often overcooked at restaurants. Plus, it’s easy to make at home, says Mooney.

 

If you want to always cook your fish properly, Collins offers a tip: “The rule of thumb for cooking any kind of fish is 10 minutes for every inch of thickness of the fish, [whether] you poach it, you pan sear, roast it.”

 

Collins shares one of his favorite ways to prepare salmon at home. “Salmon, olive oil, salt and pepper, roasted in the oven at 450 [degrees Fahrenheit] for about 12 to 14 minutes, depending on how thick the fish is,” he says. Want a more accurate way to know when the fish is cooked? Place an instant-read thermometer in the thickest part of the fish, and when it reads 135 to 140 degrees, it’s done, he says.