King (Chinook) Salmon
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Wild King (Chinook) Salmon
Fresh wild King Salmon has the highest omega-3 oil content and most velvety texture of wild Pacific salmons. It is a delicious rich-flavored fish which lends itself to a wide variety of cooking applications. Chefs-Resources' Chinook Salmon page shows when fresh salmon is available, what it’s flavor profile and taste is like, and the butchering yield % so you can determine your yield percentage for plate costing purposes. You’ll also find an King Salmon nutrition table, the Flavor Scale, and links for further salmon research.
King Salmon Flavor Profile
King (Chinook) Salmon is a succulent full-flavored high fat content fish which has large, soft-textured flakes, and the flesh can range from almost white to pink to deep red. The color of the flesh has no bearing upon its flavor.
Chinook (King) Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) DescriptionChinook Salmon are the largest of the wild Salmon species. Average commercial weight is 11 - 20 lbs but they can reach over 50 lbs. Fish in the sea are dark greenish to blue black on top of head and back, silvery to white on the lower sides and belly; numerous small, dark spots along back and upper sides and on both lobes of caudal; gum line of lower jaw black. In fresh water, with the approach of the breeding condition, the fish change to olive brown, red or purplish, the color change being more marked in males than in females. |
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King Salmon Alternate Names
Chinook Salmon, Blackmouth Salmon, Spring Salmon (a British Columbia name).
King Salmon Availability
Fresh seafood availability chart: green areas show peak availability, light green show limited availability, gray indicates not available fresh. Frozen available all year long.
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King Salmon Yield Percentage and Recovery
| Item | To Skn/On Fillets | To Skn/Off Fillets | Notes |
| Whole 4/7, 7/11 Head/On gutted | 68% - 70% | 64% - 65% | |
| Whole 11/18, 18/up Head/On gutted | 71% - 72% | 67% | |
| Whole U/10 Head/Off gutted | 68% - 69% | 71% - 72% | |
| Whole 10/up, 18/up Head/Off gutted | 69% - 73% | 64% - 66% | |
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Range and HabitatChinook Salmon are found from the Pacific Arctic southward to southern California in the Eastern Pacific and to southern Japan waters in the Western Pacific. They stay at sea for up to 5 years before returning to their spawning grounds. Other Salmon return to their spawning grounds after 1 to 3 years. King Salmon are farmed in in the waters off Chile and New Zealand. |
Typical Wholesale Products
Whole Head/On, gutted, 12/18 lb; Whole Head/On, gutted, 18 up; Head/Off, gutted; Skn/On Filets; Skn/Off Filets; Steaks.
King Salmon (Chinook) Recipes
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King Salmon Sustainability Info
This window is a link to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program info on Salmon.
King Salmon Nutritional Informationbased upon a 6 oz (171 grams) raw edible serving
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