Basic Codfish Recipe

Directions

Before cooking with salt cod, place it in a large bowl in the sink and fill the bowl with cool water, covering the fish entirely. About an hour later, dump out the water and refill the bowl again with more fresh water.

Repeat this process for the next 24-hours, leaving the fish to soak for increasing periods of time and making sure you've changed the water at least 4 times. You'll notice as you go through these steps how the salt will be leaving the fish -- first from its surface and then from the fish itself.

The fish will also absorb some of the water and take on weight so that a fillet that may have weighed 12 ounces to begin with will be about a pound by the time you're done. The pieces of salted cod often have bones, which are easy to remove after the fish has been completely soaked.

Notes

Serve with a fresh arugula salad or kale salad.