Salmon Filleting

You ever take the skin off and the fat too?

Skin .... almost never. I cook 99% of my salmon skin on.

Fat ... are you talking about the white belly membrane or the inter muscular fat or the dark fat against the skin? Either way .... No I don't remove any fat. That is the best part and the reason that kings are one of my all time favorite eating fish!

I have been removing the line of fat between the skin and meat this year. I love a lot of meat though. I may try doing it different next year and see how I like it.

Crispy salmon skin is a HUGE favorite of mine.  Had some last night and snagged the chunk of skin off my wife's plate before she was even finished with her fish.

I have been removing the line of fat between the skin and meat this year. I love a lot of meat though. I may try doing it different next year and see how I like it.

Why?
The easiest way to remove the back fat is after you cook it. The fat just slides off.

Cause it is unsullied by the color.   My thinking was that the fat imparts a taste I am not entirely fond of... but it may all be in my head.  I shall find out next year when I try some side by side comparison... cause I hate taking the skin off and I hate trying to cut out that fat.

Skinning is very easy but completely unnecessary

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For the archives...here's a video of FG filleting a king salmon.  It's a sight to see!

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/93Z-12nj6pE&hd=1&autoplay=1

It is truly a thing of beauty. 

Hopefully, I'll get a lot of practice.  Been filleting without gutting, but my guess is the time I spend cleaning will be made up for in less futzing about and more meat.  Also, it seems one is less likely to try and fillet a finger.  DAMHIK.

Filleting with out gutting will result in less meat recovered on the belly.
The fillet technique that I used in the video is my slow cutting method for big fish. For pinks and silvers the fillet method is much faster but yields a slightly lower recovery.
I'll demonstrate next weekend for anyone who brings me a gutted clean pink that was bled right after it was caught.

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For the archives...here's a video of FG filleting a king salmon.  It's a sight to see!

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/93Z-12nj6pE&hd=1&autoplay=1

thanks for bumping this, I was planning to review the filet process in anticipation of catching some big salmon very soon, that video is great....

Is there a direct YouTube link to this? It won't open on IOS devises.

Is there a direct YouTube link to this? It won't open on IOS devises.

-Allen

Thanks! Awesome fillet skills. That's how I wanna fillet when I grow up.

Nice fillet show..

Good one Ron!  ...assuming that was intentional.  ;-)