fish filleting
Preparing boneless portions
Fish filleting is the process of removing the bones from a fish to produce boneless pieces of flesh.
The technique requires cutting along the backbone and rib cage to separate the meat cleanly: She learned fish filleting from her grandfather, a commercial fisherman.
A fillet knife—thin, flexible, and sharp—is the essential tool.
- codCold-water food fish
- deboningRemoving skeletal structure
- pin bonesSmall intramuscular fish bones
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
- cutting boardSurface for slicing food
cutting technique · skin · bones · catfish · fresh catch · knife · flesh · sharpening stone · scraping · scales · slicing · Japanese cuisine · tweezers · raw · gut · blade · haddock · trout