How to Pickle Fish

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Cut your fish into chunks.. Use salt and water to make a weak brine.. Cover your fish with the weak brine.

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1

Cut your fish into chunks.

Step 1

Cut your fish into chunks.

2

Use salt and water to make a weak brine.

Step 2

Use salt and water to make a weak brine.

3

Cover your fish with the weak brine.

Step 3

Cover your fish with the weak brine.

4

Refrigerate the fish in brine for 8-24 hours.

Step 4

Refrigerate the fish in brine for 8-24 hours.

5

Drain the brine from the container.

Step 5

Drain the brine from the container.

6

Cover pike and strongly flavored fish with white vinegar for up to a day.

Step 6

Cover pike and strongly flavored fish with white vinegar for up to a day.

7

Boil your pickling brine.

Step 7

Boil your pickling brine.

8

Add different flavors to your brine depending on the fish.

Step 8

Add different flavors to your brine depending on the fish.

9

Simmer the fish in the brine for 5-10 minutes.

Step 9

Simmer the fish in the brine for 5-10 minutes.

10

Refrigerate the fish and brine in a shallow pan.

Step 10

Refrigerate the fish and brine in a shallow pan.

11

Pack the fish in sterile glass jars.

Step 11

Pack the fish in sterile glass jars.

12

Strain the vinegar brine.

Step 12

Strain the vinegar brine.

13

Cover the fish with the strained brine and seal the jars.

Step 13

Cover the fish with the strained brine and seal the jars.

14

Refrigerate the jars immediately.

Step 14

Refrigerate the jars immediately.

15

Eat the fish straight from the jar for a snack or quick meal.

Step 15

Eat the fish straight from the jar for a snack or quick meal.

16

Make a pickled fish smørrebrød.

Step 16

Make a pickled fish smørrebrød.

17

Add pickled fish to a deli salad.

Step 17

Add pickled fish to a deli salad.

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