By EasyHow
How to clean a flounder
Flounder, like any saltwater fish, is rich in iodine. It is: the bones are easily separated from the white meat. Most flounder are taken as the basis for soup, and also fried and baked. However, at first the fish need to properly clean: most of her skin.
You will need
- fresh or frozen flounder
- knife
- cutting Board
- hard sponge
Instruction
Rinse the flounder under cold running water. Most often this fish is sold gutted. If it wasn't so clear the sole from the inside and again wash well with water. Scales from
flounder without peeling it. But the fins are cut off.
On a cutting Board, place a flounder. Along one side of the fish with a knife make the cut.
Pry out the cut with a knife. Thumb gradually tear off the skin from the meat. Need to move from tail to head.
Left hand firmly press the fish to the table, holding it by the tail. The right hand separate the skin from the pulp. If necessary, cut off the fish's head.
Note
If flounder is a small, it can be fried without removing the skin. If the fish is large, or you don't like the specific smell of the sea, the skin of the flounder better off.
To cook fish without removing the skin, you need to do the following. Washed place the fish on a cutting Board with the tail towards yourself. At the head of a knife make a V-shaped incision. Then a vertical incision along the back of the flounder (from head to tail). Pry with a knife cut the head, walk to the bottom, separating one half fillet. Also separate the second part of the fillet. Cut off the head, remove the vertebral bone would be a piece of the abdomen of the fish.
Useful advice
To boiled or stewed flounder turned out delicious, while cooking add 1-2 teaspoons of mayonnaise.
