Do you rinse fish after soaking in milk?
Chef's answer
The solution is easy: A quick soak in a bowl of milk, and that fishy smell is all gone. ...
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Some recipes call for scallops to be soaked in milk before cooking. When you buy fresh scallops, what you are getting is actually the large abductor muscle, which the scallop uses to open and close its shell. Soaking scallops in milk is a way to tenderize them and remove any fishy odor.
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Soak fish in 1/4 cup vinegar, lemon juice or wine and water before cooking it for a sweet tender taste. Remove the fishy smell from your hands by washing with vinegar and water or salt and water. When baking whole fish, wrap it in well-oiled cheesecloth..
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Soak fish in milk half an hour before cooking to remove iodine taste and fishy smell. To remove the flavor or taste out of the shrimp or fish you bought, soak it in milk for about a half hour before cooking.
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I simply seasoned them with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper before searing them in a little butter. ... If you can only find "wet" scallops, soak them in a solution of 1 quart cold water, 1/4 cup lemon juice, and 2 tablespoons table salt for 30 minutes. Remove the small side muscle from the scallops.
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What's left behind is sweet-smelling, brighter flesh with clean flavor. (Just make sure you pour that milk down the drain.
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Because the scallops become very hard when they're dried (like rocks), you want to make sure to rehydrate the scallops before using them. This means soaking them in water for about 25 to 40 minutes, until they soften. The larger the scallop, the more time they'll need to be soaked.
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