• Salmon

  • We will introduce how to fillet a salmon. You can see the whole process from pre-processing to how to use a Japanese knife with explanations.
    Master the art of salmon preparation with precision Japanese knife skills, detailed in our comprehensive guide.

How to fillet Salmon:

  1. Remove the scales using a scale knife (barahiki).
  2. Use a kitchen knife to remove any remaining scales.
  3. Put the head on the right-hand side, insert the knife from the stomach, and remove the innards.
  4. Insert the knife into the dark red meat, wash the dark red meat from the scales and stomach, and remove any moisture.
  5. Insert the knife diagonally so that the pectoral fins point towards the head, and cut along the backbone.
  6. Turn the fish over, insert the knife diagonally again as before, and remove the head.
  7. Put the tail on the left-hand side and insert the knife from the stomach along the line of the backbone.
  8. Insert the knife just short of the tail, rotate 180 degrees, and cut along the backbone to remove this part of the body.
  9. Insert the knife from the back just between the backbone and the meat, rotate 180 degrees, and remove the backbone.
  10. Cut off the dorsal fin and anal fin.
  11. Insert the knife against the front side of the body, slice up with the knife, and scoop out the abdominal bone. When it is hanging off, stand the knife up and cut.
  12. Insert the knife against the back side of the body, slice up with the knife, and scoop out the abdominal bone. When it is hanging off, stand the knife up and cut.
  13. Remove any small, fine bones.

Video Provided: Sabakeru Channel (part of the Nippon Foundation's "The Ocean and Japan Project")

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