Help settle a dispute of epic proportions.

[Ptah]

My daughter and I are disagreeing whether salmon can be cooked in the microwave.

What say you, DU?

[unweird]

1. Can vs Should

It can but should not be radiated in a microwave.

[Ptah]

3. Why should it not be radiated in a microwave?

[unweird]

12. Personal preference

I do not like microwaved foods.

[leftieNanner]

2. I would vote no

But I'm not much of a microwave cooker anyway. Mostly used for warming up leftovers.

The key with salmon (I'm a filet fan over steaks) is to not overcook it. That could be difficult in the zapper.

[Boxerfan]

4. You can do some things that you should not do.

Microwave salmon-unless it is for the kitties I'd say NO!

Heck the kitties probably say NO also.....

[Tetrachloride]

5. Flat out no.

[Ptah]

6. Why?

[Tetrachloride]

7. Drying effect. Salmon is a special fish.

Treat properly with all around dinner : greens, spices, berries and cream.

Sauté with onions, mushrooms, green pepper, saffron, paprika.

[Ptah]

8. Salmon can dry out in a oven, no?

[Tetrachloride]

10. Yes, but an oven is a temperature cooking. Microwave attacks the water

and some other hydrogen bonds.

Cover in the oven with cough liberal olive oil.

[MiHale]

9. If you like dried out salmon and...

A microwave that will reek of fish for quite awhile, go right ahead.

[Ptah]

19. Salmon can be dried out cooking in a conventional oven.

[2naSalit]

11. Absolutely not.

Never cook fish in the nuker. Aside from ruining it, it's sacrilege. And you may never get the smell out of the oven.

[Ptah]

20. Does you regular oven smell like fish?

Or is the microwave the only cooking method that brings out that smell?

[2naSalit]

23. I have only noticed it in microwave ovens, not mine.

Even reheating it. It's kind of like putting fish in your car, the smell never goes away. Anybody who may have made that mistake can tell you.

[dweller]

13. Nope

Salmon is best poached …

I’m done

✌🏻

[Kali]

14. Skinless fish cooks really well in a microwave, similar to poaching

But do be careful of hotspots turn often or do short bursts. Personally, I prefer salmon grilled over Mesquite.

[Ptah]

22. Thanks for the support.

Cooking at 30% keeps hot spots away.

[ratchiweenie]

15. I suppose if you use a microwave bag and add lots of olive oil and spices and seal it

it would be okay. Seals in the juices and keeps the smell inside the bag.

[northoftheborder]

16. To me, cooking or even just warming meat in the microwave dries it out.

[Ptah]

21. Won't any oven dry out meat?

[sl8]

17. "Effects Of Microwave Cooking On Fish Quality"

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1081/JFP-100108651#:~:text=As%20cooking%20time%20increased%2C%20texture,values%20after%20a%20sharp%20increase.

Effects Of Microwave Cooking On Fish Quality

[2naSalit]

24. Thank you!

[LoisB]

18. No!

[lillypaddle]

25. If your piece of salmon is thick

you can microwave it, but start it off at 50% power for about 3 minutes, and then go from there. I used to cook salmon in the microwave, but it is pretty fast to cook in the oven, and I think it is much better. YMMV.

[Ptah]

26. Thank you, lillypaddle

I usually cook fish at about 30%.

[Marthe48]

27. I wouldn't

I live in the middle of the country and any seafood remains special to me. I would broil salmon in a conventional oven, and serve it with food that makes it the special dinner that it is.

[yellowdogintexas]

28. I would never cook any type of fish in the microwave

I have worked in more than one office which would not allow the cooking of fish in the breakroom microwaves.

Having said that I do not think it would be even close to good even if I did fix it