Bone Removal for Cleaned Fish and Filleted Fish

While the terminology is often interchanged and loosely used, a cleaned fish and a filleted fish are actually two different things. It is important to point that out before describing simple methods for bone removal. A cleaned fish is essentially a whole fish carcass, while a fillet is the whole meat that has been separated from the rib bones of one side of the fish. If the fish is to be cooked whole, you would obviously clean it first. Begin by slitting the fish from the lower belly to the gills, and remove the entrails. The gills and membrane should also be removed. Scale the fish, rinse, and wipe dry, washing it as little as possible. On the other hand, to fillet a fish, you do not actually have to cut into the body cavity. Simply cut around the top of the head to View the rest of this article