Melanie Brown, a Bristol Bay fisherman of Yupik/Inupiaq ancestry, shared this recipe for salmon soup. It’s based on her great-grandmother’s fish-head stew.
- 1 bouillon cube, or 1 teaspoon bouillon paste
- 1/2 small onion, cut into rings or half-rings
- 1 celery heart, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick crescents
- Sea salt
- Onion powder
- 1/4 cup uncooked rice
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
- 1 salmon head
- Tail end of salmon

Ingredients for salmon soup. Misha Dumov, MB Commercial Photography