How to fillet a fish (3-layer filleting) - For Mackerel
- 1 Mackerel or other fish
- 1 A very sharp knife
- Place the knife behind the pectoral and cut, aiming towards the head of the fish.
- Next, use the same motion on the other side of the fish, cutting the head off completely.
- Putting your fingers into the stomach via the cut hole, carefully remove the guts of the fish.
- Starting from where you removed the guts, cut the fish open along the belly of the fish.
- Once you've cut open the belly of the fish, remove the remaining guts and blood while rinsing the fish under cold water.
- Once you've finished washing the fish, place your knife along the spine of the fish, and separate the fillet from the spine.
- Tilt the knife sideways, keeping the knife pressed along the spine as you cut.
- Continue this way until you reach all the way to the tail, and remove the fillet.
- This is what you should have at this point.
- (2-layer fish fillet)
- Next, cut off the fillet still attached to the spine by slicing with your knife running along the spine of the fish.
- And here we've completed the 3-layer filleting.
- Now we need to make it easier to eat.
- Place the knife along the stomach bones of the fish, and remove the pelvic fin and stomach bones from the fillet.
- (For both fillets.)
- And here you have successfully completed a perfect 3-layer filleting of fish.
mackerel, knife
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/150738-how-to-fillet-a-fish-3-layer-filleting-for-mackerel (may not work)