Freshly fried, grilled, or baked salmon with a crispy exterior and tender interior is a culinary pleasure when it's done right. Cooking salmon perfectly can be tricky: Undercooked, and it's mushy.

This is a homemade fast-food dinner because I only needed to broil the fish for a couple of minutes on each side. Below you'll find step-by-step photos to guide you through this recipe. Alice Currah ...

Note: If the only available fillets are large, cut two of them in half to make four servings. For testing purposes, we used Kraft Zesty Italian dressing. 4 boneless, skinless fish fillets (about 6 oz.