How to clean and fillet a round fish - cooking tutorial

[ahtmly2k]

quick question.. would i still have to scale the fish if i was thinking of skinning it anyway..?

[yellowsaffron]

@ahtmly2k It's better to scale it anyway, because cooking with scales on the skin is not advisable

[ahtmly2k]

@yellowsaffron i understand your answer but i think you misunderstood my question. i'm sorry but let me try to rephrase it. Would I need to scale my fish if I was thinking of filleting it? I mean that way I would have just thrown away the whole skin anyway.

[yellowsaffron]

@ahtmly2k Well, if you're going to fillet it (and therefore skin it) BEFORE cooking, you don't need to scale it first... I hope I have understood your question correctly now!

[ahtmly2k]

@yellowsaffron yes! thank you very much.. now i'm going to cook that red snapper i've bought just now.. XD

[ahtmly2k]

nice.. thanks for the tip.. i scaled a 3kg fish with a knife once.. without a plastic bag.. u can imagine what my kitchen looked like afterwards.. -_-"

[jrdsoneandonly]

As much as I love fish I couldn't clean it myself I would feel wrong, it would look at me.

[monkeybars251]

dont you pronounce it like fillaye not fillit

[SuperAngryHippo]

so what was the point of cutting the fins off? scaling the fish before filleting it I can understand, because bream have fairly big scales which can make cutting it difficult. I don't even gut the fish before filleting it. i just cut over the ribcage. same result.

[classicrime2]

Thank you for this video. very informative.

[SimpleLu09]

Seems simple enough :) Thank You for the video!

[intoximacated]

Wow, that looks like a nightmare. Thank God my local fishmonger does this for me.

[BH206L3]

Gee's all you needed to do was just scale and then Fillet the thing. To much extra work unless you were going to cook whole? Maybe just saving time for instruction purposes.

[SleurKlub]

why do you have to remove the scales is you cut of the skinn in the end? isn't that double work?

[Bravo21]

@SleurKlub Yes, her initial preparation is what you would do if you intend to roast the fish whole. You do not need to remove the fins if you are planning to fillet either...in fact, I don't even gut the fish if I am filleting it. It is faster and clean-up is easier...I have cleaned hundreds of Snapper, Grouper, Mackerel, Speckled Perch and Trigger Fish in this fashion...any fish can be cleaned in this way really. Give it a try, and make he usual cuts, just do not gut the fish beforehand.

[antonb000]

the 't' in 'fillet' is silent

[streamr89]

@antonb000 in american english is it is silent, but not in british english which is perhaps what this lady has learned.

[demlikposet]

@antonb000

and the oscar goes to pronunciation doctor!!

[steggall75]

@antonb000 Maybe in your town..

[antonb000]

@steggall75 no, in my language. both of them. and french.

[SuperAngryHippo]

@antonb000 not in every country. yes i realise in french its a silent T. but if you pronounce it with a silent T in some places of the world you will just get a weird look from people.

[ahtmly2k]

@antonb000 yes! and THAT's what everyone wanted to know..! -_-'

[MiClLC]

She uses tweezers to remove the bones?? Sounds like quite the process

[Bravo21]

@MiClLC it is very fast and simply really...I use a small pair of pliers to get a better grip.

[Bravo21]

Grilled these are wonderful. If you have not tried fish on the grill, Do :) One way to grill perfectly is to gut and fillet the fish but do not remove the scales. Combine 1/2 & 1/2 Olive Oil and Butter and simply add Seasoned Bread crumbs w/ your favorite herbs, Garlic, whatever you like to make a paste. Spread the mixture over the fish and cook @ 20min scale side down in a covered grill (Med Heat) or until the fish has 'Plumped Up' & pulled away from the skin. Ummm Tasty & so very easy.

[EasyRecipesWithTwist]

Or you can go to your fish man and ask him, great video thou.

[K1MiQt]

wow that's so much work o.o