At room temperature for 15 minutes.
Marinate salmon at room temperature.
Allow the salmon to marinate for at least 20 minutes and ideally 2 10 hours you can just cover it and place it in the refrigerator and allow it to marinate while you re at work when ready to prepare preheat the oven to 450ºf.
Marinate for 30 minutes at room temperature or in the fridge.
Line a baking sheet with foil.
Brush grill rack with oil.
Enzymes are heat activated at levels between 140 f and 175 f and deactivated at the boiling point so it serves no purpose other than flavoring to let the meat sit in a marinade at room temperature.
Place the salmon filets at least an inch apart from each other.
While salmon is marinating place a heavy metal baking dish or pan in the oven and heat to 500 f.
All tests were conducted using 6 ounce fillets of copper river wild sockeye salmon patted dry plus extra virgin olive oil kosher salt and fresh ground pepper.
And 140 degrees f where bacteria multiply rapidly.
The technique is simple.
Let meat come to room temperature before cooking.
First i knew that i wanted that meltingly soft salmon but an evenly cooked perfectly flaky fillet wasn t enough.
Marinade and continue grilling 6 to 8 more minutes.
Consider pan searing your salmon to a temperature of 125 140ºf 52 60ºc on each side.
If you recipe calls for marinating at room temperature just increase the marinating time and marinate in the refrigerator.
Add salmon turn to cover with.
Add salmon turning to coat and marinate covered at cool room temperature 30 minutes.
Flake easily serves 2.
Do not follow this practice.
Place the salmon fillets in a 9x9 dish with sides and pour the prepared marinade over the salmon.
I also wanted flavor and ease with a method.
If you do not have a thermometer avoid overcooking by cooking only skin side down briefly cooking the flesh side for only 15 30 seconds once the salmon is opaque but still mostly juicy.
Remove salmon from marinade letting excess drip off and discard marinade.
When it came to rating each method i was looking for a few things.