Turn Fish Bones into Salt and Boost Your Food?s Flavor

Fish is great for you, but once you're finished eating, there's no reason to throw out the bones: they're great for a lot of things. In this case, keep the fish bones from your last meal and use them to make a delicious savory salt that'll add umami flavor to any dish you sprinkle it over.

Making salt from your fish bones is easy: just scrape off as much meat as possible, boil the bones until the rest of the meat between the bones falls off. Let the bones dry for a day or two, then grind it up as fine as possible in a spice or coffee grinder. The result should be extremely powdery, and you can mix it with an equal amount of salt. That's all there is to it, and the video above even shows you how to clean the grinder when you're finished, a method we can vouch for.

When I hang on to fish bones, I usually keep them in order to make stock or to add a little richness to a seafood stew or soup, but this tip from the folks at CHOW is a different but equally fun application of what many people trash without a second thought.

Why You Should Turn Fish Bones Into Salt | CHOW

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