Prepare fish without a Deba knife!
- 1 Yellow striped butterfish
- After removing gills and guts, clean the bloody part of backbone where my finger is.
- This will remove the fishy smell.
- Remove the scales and get ready with a knife you have at home.
- Make sure to sharpen your knife first.
- Chop the head off by placing the knife from the side of pectoral fin.
- Use the heel of the knife and press with the your palm to break off the backbone.
- Insert the knife from where the head was and cut along the backbone.
- (This style is supposedly called Daimyo Oroshi)
- Do the same to other half!
- Make sure you can feel the bone with the edge of the knife.
- Use the tip of the knife to remove rib bones.
- There are pin bones between where my thumb and index finger are.
- Carefully debone with a pair of tweezers.
- Use your index finger and middle finger to hold down the fish and avoid breaking up the fish!
- The photo is dark, but here I am removing the skin.
- Cut into sashimi pieces it and serve on a plate.
- Clean the knife and cutting board every time.
- You can prepare sashimi without fishy smell.
butterfish
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/148696-prepare-fish-without-a-deba-knife (may not work)