How to distinguish between rainbow trout and salmon: look at the appearance, look at the thickness of the fillet, look at the luster, look at the taste, look at the texture of the slices.

1, look at the appearance

Rainbow trout usually has speckled dark stripes or spots, and the body is silvery white or light brown. Mature salmon have distinctive maroon spots, especially on the chin and pectoral fins that show distinct coloration, while immature salmon can also appear silvery white.

2, look at the thickness of the fillet

Salmon is generally cut into thick pieces; and rainbow trout because of the hard meat, can not be cut very thick, otherwise the bite is difficult, generally very thin.

3, look at the luster

Salmon looked at the oil shiny, while the rainbow trout in the light is dull.

4, look at the texture

Quality salmon meat is delicate and soft, so you can cut a very thick, firm and full meat, fish oil, elasticity, taste is very q elastic and smooth, salmon meat and a special aroma. Rainbow trout fish meat is harder, do not have this characteristic.

5, look at the slice texture

Salmon sashimi is more fat, white, fat texture coarse, diffuse, obvious, meat color orange-red bright; and rainbow trout white texture is harder, fine, the color of the fish is light orange, fat line is not obvious.