# Cured Salmon

A simple recipe for making cured salmon at home.

- Category: Appetizer
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 quality fillet salmon
- salt
- sugar

## Instructions

1. Freeze the salmon for a week to kill off any worms, as recommended by the FDA.
2. Calculate the cure (sugar and salt ratio) based on the weight of your salmon.
3. Tightly wrap the salmon with the cure.
4. Weigh down the wrapped salmon.
5. Put the salmon in your fridge for a couple of days.
6. Wash off the cure from the salmon.
7. Pat the salmon dry.
8. Slice the cured salmon.

## Equipment

- fridge

## Tips

- Use a quality salmon.
- Freeze salmon for a week to kill off any worms.
- Calculate sugar and salt ratio based on the weight of the salmon.
- Wrap the salmon tightly and weigh it down while curing.
- Wash off the cure thoroughly before serving.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/I3_XW6PrylY?si=vkqCUKHC2JhjML2X
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d65110b6-21e8-49ab-91b3-e213b601171f
- Extracted: 2026-01-28

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