Are frozen salmon fillets ok?

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Much to my joy, my 6 yo DS now likes salmon!! Except it’s bloomin expensive to buy fresh. If I buy frozen does it still have the same ‘goodness’? Or is pumped full of rubbish?

I think as long as you look at the ingredients to see what's in them you will be fine. In my experience they are a bit drier once cooked compared to fresh.

They're really gross.

I don’t think there’s much difference between fresh and frozen. The big difference is between wild and farmed.

Even so, salmon is a very good food for your DS to be eating and contains omega 3 I believe, so go for it!

They are fine. Just check the ingredients, it should just be salmon and water!
Sometimes it works out cheaper to buy from the fresh fish counter, especially if they have offers on.

They're excellent & great value. Most supposedly 'fresh' fish was frozen at some point.

I was watching a programme the other day saying how 'fresh' fish can actually be about 20 days old by the time we buy it, and frozen tends to be frozen on the boat when it's been caught. Therefore theoretically frozen fish should be much nicer. I think you just have to cook it very gently as it isn't very robust as a result of the added water.

absolutely fine
also try tinned (different texture though)

It's fine, most fish sold "fresh" in the U.K. has been previously frozen!

Fantastic. Thanks for the replies everyone. Now just need to find some veg he’ll eat alongside it

Why is it gross?

It’s lovely.
I buy roasting bags and sprinkle lemon an dill in with them or soy sauce/honey.
I watched same programme as @surlycurly and in theory frozen should be fresher so full of the goodness.If you roast in a bag for 30 mins all the juices keep it moist and tasty

I was watching a programme the other day saying how 'fresh' fish can actually be about 20 days old by the time we buy it, and frozen tends to be frozen on the boat when it's been caught

I caught that too: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006p3j

If you can put up with the cutesy "how to pack 30 minutes into an hour" approach, there is some interesting information. Certainly DW and I have been put off the "fresh" fish counter and will go frozen from now on.

They're really gross

In what way? We always have them in our freezer. Popular with small DC in a risotto with spinach and broccoli. Frozen fish pie mix is handy for this too.

Yay. I’m going to buy some this afternoon for the freezer. Bet they’re lovely in a risotto,

Just make sure you get the boneless AND skinless ones to make it easier. Most are boneless but not all are also skinless and they are a bit of a pain

@dappledthings- you can eat the skin if it’s cooked though.
I eat it when I cook in the bags because it goes really soft

Oh I do Thecrown. This was more for fussy DC. Who won't eat the skin on mew potatoes let alone fish!

Frozen fish is always ‘fresher’ than unfrozen but you might not get the same cuts in all fish. Salmon should be okay though.

A cheap alternative, however, is to get the huge salmon fillets from costco, slice it yourself and freeze in individual portions.

you can eat the skin if it’s cooked though.

Best bit ... well maybe not, but I'll happily finish of DWs ...

Costco are probably everything g that's wrong with the western shopping world but I can't help but renew my membership every year. And I buy nearly all my fish there. Or Morrisons.

Ooooh are the Costco salmons good value? I’ve just started getting their chicken goujons which are delicious.

Very good value. Their frozen prawns too.