# Salmon Jerky

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmon-jerky/477286>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 15, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmon-jerky/477286 "2008-12-15T20:32:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmon-jerky/477286/1 "2008-12-15T20:32:38Z")

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Have any dopers made salmon jerky?

My local supermarket carried what was labeled as Keta Salmon Teriyaki Jerky. They packed it as it was on a foam tray and wrapped with stretch wrap. Not commercially vacuum sealed or anything like that. $18.95 a pound and worth it. 🙂

Well, they don’t carry it anymore and I’m considering trying to make my own. I have a dehydrator and have made beef and turkey jerky in the past with good results.

A little web work shows that Keta is a type of salmon that’s particularly suited for making jerky, but I was thinking of just getting a salmon fillet and slicing it into strips and marinating it like I would beef.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmon-jerky/477286/2 "2008-12-15T20:47:52Z")

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Hmm sounds good but I’ve never made jerky. Any chance I can have some? 😃

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**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmon-jerky/477286/3 "2008-12-15T20:59:02Z")

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You want wild salmon and not “atlantic” salmon.

The wild salmon is very low in fat and moisture.

I have made it with wild sockeye and it turned out real nice. I have made it plain, as well as a batch adding a light maple syrup glaze.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmon-jerky/477286/4 "2008-12-15T21:06:44Z")

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I’ll bet I can get that at a Whole Foods or someplace similar. The farmed salmon is pretty wet that’s for certain.

Would it be OK to use fish that had been frozen?

**tr0psn4j** No fish for you! One year!

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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmon-jerky/477286/5 "2008-12-15T21:19:39Z")

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I brought home some sockeye from Alaska a few years ago. It didn’t make for good sashimi but it definitely wasn’t too oily.

As for depriving me of salmon jerky, I guess it’s ok. I’ll let you perfect your technique before I come begging for some.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmon-jerky/477286/6 "2008-12-15T21:21:40Z")

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If you like this, you should head off to your nearest Asian market. Dried fish of many varieties is a popular snack in many Asian countries, and it is mighty tasty.

The easiest one to find is cuttlefish (squid). Good stuff.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmon-jerky/477286/7 "2008-12-15T22:25:37Z")

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> [@Mr.Moto](#):
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> If you like this, you should head off to your nearest Asian market. Dried fish of many varieties is a popular snack in many Asian countries, and it is mighty tasty.
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> The easiest one to find is cuttlefish (squid). Good stuff.

Yep. I’ve bought that many times. And Shing Shang Fish too!