How much is salmon per jin on the market?

Salmon has firm, delicious flesh, is rich in fat, and its meat is pink and springy. Norway produces the largest quantity of salmon and is also very famous, but the best-quality salmon comes from the waters of Alaska in the United States and the waters of England in the United Kingdom. Salmon is one of the more commonly used fish ingredients in Western cuisine. Do you know what the market price of salmon is like? How much is salmon per jin?

How much is salmon per jin?

The retail price of a whole salmon ranges from 35 to 38 yuan per jin, while the wholesale price ranges from 32 to 35 yuan. After skinning and deboning and making it into sashimi, the price of salmon rises considerably, ranging from 52 to 58 yuan per jin.

In supermarkets, the price of salmon sashimi ranges from 120 to 140 yuan per jin, and some supermarkets even sell it for as much as 180 yuan per jin.

It is reported that at present, the normal price of authentic salmon sashimi is about 100 yuan per jin, while lower-priced salmon may be frozen rather than chilled fresh salmon, or salmon from other places of origin passed off as Norwegian salmon.

How to choose salmon?

1. Color: Authentic Norwegian salmon is pink with an orange tinge, with evenly distributed fat. The flesh of salmon has thick white lines of fat running through it, while the flesh of chum salmon does not.

2. Feel: Press with a finger, and chilled fresh salmon is springy and will quickly bounce back and return to its original shape, while salmon that is not fresh will, after being pressed, have a dent that is difficult to restore to its original shape.

3. Taste: In terms of taste, authentic salmon is firm and full in the mouth, with delicate flesh and no gritty bits. Chum salmon has relatively tough flesh and tastes gritty when eaten. Chilled fresh salmon feels relatively smooth and mild in the mouth, while frozen salmon tastes icy cold.

How to eat salmon?

1. Xiangling salmon

[Ingredients] Salmon, potato chips, Guangdong pickles, a small amount of shredded white jellyfish head.

[Method] Use potato chips as the base, sandwich Guangdong pickles and shredded white jellyfish head in the middle, and place fresh salmon slices on top.

[How to eat] Put the potato chips, salmon, and the rest into the mouth together. Using Guangdong pickles to dress the salmon can enhance the fresh, delicious flavor of the salmon. The crispness of the potato chips and jellyfish head combined with the softness of the salmon makes for a better texture.

2. Liangpi salmon

[Ingredients] Salmon, liangpi (cool jelly skin)

[Seasonings] Sesame paste, lemon juice, umami seasoning sauce, monosodium glutamate, salt, fragrant vinegar, sesame oil.

[Method] Cut the salmon into thin slices and cut the cool jelly skin into shreds; then use the salmon slices to roll the shredded cool jelly skin into rolls.

[How to eat] Eat the salmon rolls dipped in sauce.

3. Tiaoshui salmon

[Ingredients] Salmon, shredded white radish.

[Seasonings] Wild mountain pepper granules, pickle water, monosodium glutamate, umami seasoning sauce, chili oil, Sichuan pepper.

[Method] Cut the salmon into rectangular slices and shred the white radish; use the shredded white radish as the base and arrange the salmon slices neatly on top of the shredded radish.

[How to eat] Dip the salmon and shredded radish together in the seasonings and eat.

4. Bamboo-scented salmon

[Ingredients] Salmon, chopped cilantro.

[Seasonings] Chili sauce, minced garlic, salt, monosodium glutamate.

[Method] Wash the bamboo leaves with water, put the salmon into the bamboo leaves, and sprinkle chopped cilantro on top.

[How to eat] Eat dipped in garlic chili sauce.