How To Fillet a Fish with an Alaskan Fisherman
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Jeremy Woodrow of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (and lifelong fisherman), is in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen to show us how to properly clean and fillet a fish. He cuts up several salmon steaks and fillets from one big sockeye salmon, removing pinbones while keeping the flesh of the fish intact.
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@Alex-bf7mc 5 жыл бұрын
No idea why i watched this but it was really interesting thank you
@Potato-wz4ke 5 жыл бұрын
me either
@ryantidwell9335 5 жыл бұрын
dude same
@vash347 5 жыл бұрын
There's something really gratifying about being able to fillet fish... When you get good and you see how nice the cuts come out you feel proud! Because trust me, you will butcher plenty and end up with a lot of spoon meat!
@J0NJONSON 4 жыл бұрын
Isn’t that the KZfaq motto?
@halfstrike721 5 жыл бұрын
Damn I was trying to see him filet this fish but now I wanna start a salmon fertilized garden
@melvincollins8104 5 жыл бұрын
He left so much behind, now imaging all the fish he wasted in his lifetime. Idiot probably throws away the skin and deep fries fresh fish.
@tedtraeger3344 5 жыл бұрын
@@melvincollins8104 wait what
@LOLletsallfreakout 5 жыл бұрын
@Melvin Collins not sure you realise how much of a huge douchewad you sound like. the fact that he even mentioned fertilising your garden with it means that he’s encouraging people not to throw away or waste any of the fish. he also said that when grilling he keeps the skin on. stop commenting on videos you don’t watch, you moron.
@jaydowd2351 5 жыл бұрын
@@LOLletsallfreakout end of the day he would make a shit fish monger
@granadosb63 5 жыл бұрын
*_vanessa_* we need more people in this world like you🥺
@football75able 5 жыл бұрын
Props to anyone who actually goes out and fillets a fish
@camiloordonez4906 5 жыл бұрын
There could be fishmongers watching the video
@RubyJamez 5 жыл бұрын
I do it is way cheaper and you can make a soup with bones, head and belly and than you basically go zero waste on that fish.
@RobinLundqvist 5 жыл бұрын
Burby Lee my family is very traditional swedish and we fished pretty often. dad and granddad taught me everything I need to know about fish hehe.
@RobinLundqvist 5 жыл бұрын
shlomo kikebherger people become less independent as they move into cities. call it useless if you want but it’s a privilege imo.
@jaymartinez2197 5 жыл бұрын
@shlomo kikebherger look at u all useful talking senseless crap pn the internet! Youre a real contribution to society! Thanks for always letting other know theyre useless what would the world do without your services
@polak.7144 5 жыл бұрын
I actually expected to see an old bearded man skinning a salmon with a hunter knife in front of a frozen lake
@AB-xi9im 4 жыл бұрын
Red Dead Redemption 2
@paulayasuy434 4 жыл бұрын
johnny sins fillets salmon on his free time
@obnxis 4 жыл бұрын
Well as someone leaving for the Russian River tomorrow night... that's usually what actually happens, beards, cussing, a filet knife, a running river and it happens about 8 min faster, LOL
@eertikrux666 5 жыл бұрын
Me: I don’t need to know how Me 1 second later: maybe I do, just in case
@MikeTrieu 5 жыл бұрын
That salmon steak being held together with the skin idea is brilliant! Perfectly even thickness with minimal effort.
@motsach5397 5 жыл бұрын
But the skin will not be seared and I think seared salmon skin is extremely good on salmon steak.
@MikeTrieu 5 жыл бұрын
@@motsach5397 The nice thing about this technique is that you can always fold the steak back again to expose the skin and finish the skin on a smoking hot skillet to crisp it up without adding too much additional heat to the meat. Best of both worlds.
@motsach5397 5 жыл бұрын
@@MikeTrieu have you tried doing it yet? I believe that you cannot fold it that easily since it will break the fish when it's even slightly cooked. I havent tried doing it, just my speculation.
@MikeTrieu 5 жыл бұрын
@@motsach5397 You fold it while it's raw, cook it, and then unfold it with the skin side now down. You just have to use a spatula to guide it back.
@motsach5397 5 жыл бұрын
@@MikeTrieu I'm convinced you have never done this before lol
@billypilgrim1 5 жыл бұрын
This guy has the same timbre of voice as Jeff Goldblum
@spoonballs 5 жыл бұрын
YOU have the same timbre of voice as Jeff Goldblum more like it
@benilak 5 жыл бұрын
*as Jeff Goldblum
@plataoplomo9018 5 жыл бұрын
Speak English
@billypilgrim1 5 жыл бұрын
@@plataoplomo9018 I am?
@billypilgrim1 5 жыл бұрын
@@benilak Thanks Ben, I was pretty dosed up when I wrote it
@Fillkarre 5 жыл бұрын
The spoon meat got my appetite really going, looks amazing.
@shaqtalksstocks 5 жыл бұрын
Filleツ when he said salmon burgers i lost it! can you imagine
@RodrigoTambara 5 жыл бұрын
I will never fillet a salmon in my life, but there's something oddly pleasing in seeing someone good in his craft explain it so well. Great video
@jostanvallis3564 5 жыл бұрын
4:56 holy, that’s way more satisfying that those slime or ASMR videos
@Shahroz9658 5 жыл бұрын
I work as a part time driver for a seafood company in sydney, we deal Alaskan salmon. The 60+ year old pacific islander guy that works there and i see every day, he fillets a whole salmon in less than a minute or so. Makes me appreciate his skill a lot more.
@rizzathegreat 5 жыл бұрын
I'm definitely not going to do that but it was fun to watch 😊
@brothersalt5827 5 жыл бұрын
Rizza The Great lmao basically everyone who visits a mychannel 😂
@rizzathegreat 5 жыл бұрын
@dark lord It's not that it's hard. I just can't finish that much fish.
@rizzathegreat 5 жыл бұрын
@dark lord I don't have a family, so buying large quantities ends up being a waste.
@tysonseafoot7834 5 жыл бұрын
Rizza The Great cut The filets into a size that you like then vacuum seal and freeze it.
@tysonseafoot7834 5 жыл бұрын
Rizza The Great that’s what I do when I catch one. Or just invite all your friends and family for dinner lol
@MickyM07 5 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to when I worked at Tesco and they put me on the fish counter, I hated the idea of it at first but once I was filleting whole salmons it was actually quite fun and technical 🙌🏼
@RudieObias 5 жыл бұрын
Did Vice fly this man from Alaska down to Brooklyn just to shoot this video?!
@dumdumdumbest834 5 жыл бұрын
Best question asked for this video
@brohymn2620 5 жыл бұрын
he said he was from some public office in alaska. maybe its a government promotion thing
@MrYouarethecancer 5 жыл бұрын
@@brohymn2620 it's not a public office lmao he's a marketer.
@BetheWainaina 5 жыл бұрын
Am assuming the communication director might not be based out of Alaska if his job is to promote the products to Chefs and all that, probably based in their primary market
@Majorvino 5 жыл бұрын
he doesn't have a beard.. so I think he just know an Alaskan Fisherman.
@beccadee0935 5 жыл бұрын
He was genuinely happy and passionate about filleting this fish. I want to learn how to fillet a fish, good voice, very informative, thank you. Nice watch!
@Avetarx 5 жыл бұрын
Next time: How To Fillet an Alaskan Fisherman with a Brown Bear.
@ilyaelric9539 5 жыл бұрын
Kodiak Bear *
@worldofwatii7366 5 жыл бұрын
Avetarx with maple syrup seasoning
@cashyman1941 5 жыл бұрын
@@ilyaelric9539 Kodiak Brown Bears only exist on the Kodiak Island. There are other brown bears in Alaska
@James-wd9ib 4 жыл бұрын
I knew I wasn't alone when I saw the confusing subject-object sentence construction.
@67johnfrag 5 жыл бұрын
This is perfect, I'm actually going to be fishing in Alaska very soon. I will definitely be using these techniques, thank you!!
@b.c.c.7088 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, very well explained. The Idea to "butterfly" the Steak to achieve the same Thickness is a total Winner for me and to Spoon the Fishbones for minimal Waste is awesome. I salute to you Mr. Woodrow
@r.s.marcus3043 5 жыл бұрын
That was fantastic to watch. I don't break down salmon as much as you, but I'm not a novice. I use a flex knife to skin a side, but your solid blade did a much better job. Thanks
@Bingus_Bangus 5 жыл бұрын
This MAN kinda sound like Chef Goldblum lol
@dreadwing01 5 жыл бұрын
Grest video, I spent three years processing sport fish in Valdez Alaska as one of my jobs growing up. The owner taught me just as you shown great blade work.
@egorrukin6426 5 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful fish!
@adembayraktar3860 5 жыл бұрын
Now I really want some salmon. You're clearly skilled and very knowledgeable about your fish filleting. Thanks for sharing.
@leemartin2978 5 жыл бұрын
What a great tip at the end, I’d have spent the rest of my life messing about with a piece of fish of differing thickness trying to get an equal cooking time. Nice job and very professional
@official_surge 5 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but this feels satisfying
@poppajay4968 5 жыл бұрын
Watching this because some older lady got mad at me for not knowing how to fillet a salmon for her. I fill in at the fish department sometimes at work while the guy that runs the section is on his break. (I was hired on as a cashier/stocker and have only been cutting fish a couple days a week for a few months) The guy that runs our seafood department is a former sushi chef and he tried to show me how to do it. You guys make it look so easy!
@bushmanj85 5 жыл бұрын
Wow....the first video i have ever seen on KZfaq fillet a salon right. Leave it to us Alaskans to show everyone. I have seen so many salmon fillet videos on KZfaq that are just complete butcher jobs. Finally a video the exact way I was raised to fillet a fish
@Cre8ive07 5 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@joshmore7175 5 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. The skill and insight here is great
@Tobias.d 5 жыл бұрын
Yo this video was super insightful! Props to the host!
@pooperdrop 4 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this guy all day - awesome how-to video
@azaroarazenka 5 жыл бұрын
I have no idea who this man is but his attitude and skill invested into his trade is absolutely phenomenal. Would want him to be my cool uncle. 11/10
@danandco.452 5 жыл бұрын
Great breakdown - thank you! I love filleting fish, not that we have alot of sockeye Salmon over here, will try this on a trout
@lsimon4127 5 жыл бұрын
8:45 just changed my life 😱 great vid 👏🏻
@NewVenari 3 ай бұрын
Whole salmon was on sale today. I bought one, and now you've shown me how to deal with it. Thanks!
@Sonny1065LV 5 жыл бұрын
Watching this in the back of an Uber on the way to Pike Place to get some salmon! Maybe I'll opt to fillet it myself, great video.
@pandadorable82 5 жыл бұрын
i love him he explained how to use every part of the salmon :')
@AZ-gs6hj 5 жыл бұрын
Needed this. Salmon season has just started where I am at and so far caught one.
@brentmillsop6355 5 жыл бұрын
Great technique, and info Method presents the end results well! Looks Great!
@theuniquebean 5 жыл бұрын
This was SO informative! I’ve been wanting to start buying my fish whole but was nervous on how exactly to break it down.
@carpediem5232 5 жыл бұрын
Defiantly use a more flexible knife with a finer tip than that in the video, it is much easier at first.
@AllTheArtsy 5 жыл бұрын
You'll save so much buying fish whole!
@nickyang1143 5 жыл бұрын
Start with a bigger fish, unfortunately bigger is easier and you will stuff up a few times before you get it right. Choose something cheaper, a large snapper is good practice
@ghalibbakhtiar1300 5 жыл бұрын
If you still can't break it down try bringing up the fish's childhood trauma or pass judgement on its looks
@Unflushablepiss 5 жыл бұрын
most excellent video my dude, thank you!
@andrewhamilton7864 5 жыл бұрын
Munchies, you the real MVP.
@Bigjam22 5 жыл бұрын
Very good video. You did a great good explaining
@jdxsea 5 жыл бұрын
Great technique!
@bliickyyy_ 5 жыл бұрын
This man looks like he’s always on the verge of laughing 😂
@bai2111 5 жыл бұрын
Love these videos
@ImHankMardookis 5 жыл бұрын
That salmon looks so good!!
@UssyMustyYS 5 жыл бұрын
This video relaxes me
@RayStewart11 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this!
@RobRuiz805 5 жыл бұрын
This guy is the Alton Brown of fish!! Great camera presence and easy to follow with interesting facts thrown in!
@fardincardin1478 5 жыл бұрын
no
@Titaniumnerve 4 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video! Thank you so much for sharing :)
@lennoxbeharry5004 5 жыл бұрын
you are an inspiration to young fishermen well done
@devanharripersad5730 5 жыл бұрын
This was soo cool thanks man
@prestonooi8317 5 жыл бұрын
I cant be the only one who read "how to fillet an alaskan fisherman"
@xp3r670 5 жыл бұрын
Nah i did dw
@arun4705 4 жыл бұрын
me too wtf
@mattikallio4812 3 жыл бұрын
Very Nice! Well-presented!
@MrAwsomeshot 5 жыл бұрын
that butterfly fold over technique at the end is brillant
@marionmatthias5608 5 жыл бұрын
“Y’alls”- this beautiful beautiful guy
@JayLeePoe 4 жыл бұрын
salmon skin cooks about the same speed as regular cut bacon in a raised cooking pan in the oven
@cisco00079 5 жыл бұрын
Good stuff man!
@ArtAndPrevailing 5 жыл бұрын
great video!!
@rusu8721 4 жыл бұрын
I'm proud of you Jeremy! good job processing that salmon!
@droogii1142 5 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@TheHenchmen69 5 жыл бұрын
Great vid, that thumb hole idea is going to save me a fortune lol
@J.5.M. 5 жыл бұрын
Learned a lot, thanks
@TigesTheWinemaker 5 жыл бұрын
Mad skills - so cool to see
@Jason1067 5 жыл бұрын
I use a pretty similar technique with walleye. I’ll start behind that pectoral fun cut done to the spine and follow it down to the tail but instead of cutting the fillet off at the tail I just flip it over with my knife leaving it attached to the fish and then proceed with the same skinning technique used in this video except I’m holding on the the head and gills as I skin the fillet flip the fish over and repeat!
@belindakho 5 жыл бұрын
That was a super helpful video!
@eliasmarius 5 жыл бұрын
I really like this man. Great guy
@feynmansnudge9621 5 жыл бұрын
That was a Masterclass in Salmon filleting !
@rm4250 5 жыл бұрын
I love the way the knife just glides across the red
@ULTIMATEGODZ1996 5 жыл бұрын
I like the way you say it and do it from an average point of view , although you’ve done it many times instead of doing it and that’s it you explain it to the point we’re I could do it 🤙🏻😎 I probs can’t still but I feel I can now , nice video
@zubzero304050 4 жыл бұрын
I've never thrown away a fish head or tail there both great for stew and soup and the head has bits of meat you can cut off and use in other dishes the only thing my family ever recycles are the guts
@BBQandBottles 5 жыл бұрын
Growing vegetables in Alaska year round? Salmon really is a miracle fertilizer!
@amandavolker6613 5 жыл бұрын
BBQ and Bottles yep! Alaska has one of the most world records for growing big vegetables since during the summer we have sun 24/7
@SUSHIANDDESSERTS 5 жыл бұрын
Very good explained video :)
@justaskme7563 5 жыл бұрын
Where is Matty Matheson ? I want to see him making cooking videos again. The energy and passions he is pouring is just IMMENSE. 😊
@sofiacookiemonster9786 5 жыл бұрын
that last salmon steak « hack » just blew my mind
@eldormido8a 5 жыл бұрын
Yumm! Thanks for the video!🙌🏽
@Cre8ive07 5 жыл бұрын
I knew how to fillet but the part about spooning was an eye opener. I always wondered how to use that meat. Thank you.
@Yehi_0r 5 жыл бұрын
or you can just cut all the thing in 3 part , oignon carrots celery and hop to the pan , sauté , pour water Salt, bouquet garni. 1h Filter it and you got a delicious soup full of collagen and Omega 3 ^_^ the good for the skin and for the heart :)
@Cre8ive07 5 жыл бұрын
@@Yehi_0r Usually by the time it's filleting time after fishing, I'm just trying to process and get it canned, vacuum sealed...so never really any time or space to use the carcass for things. It just really never crossed my mind to boil it or spoon it.
@nomeaknat 5 жыл бұрын
@@Cre8ive07 All the bones are pretty good boiled. I do that as I am cutting up my salmon for a tasty treat.
@swisski 5 жыл бұрын
If you are interested, check out how to butcher a whole tuna by Bon Appetit on You Tube. Its 20 minutes long but its a thing of beauty. At 18:00 the japanese guy shows what de does with the spoon meat and the bones of the fish. Highly recommended!
@tonyflamingolindsay4984 5 жыл бұрын
props to you tasty, you picked a great guy. im from alaska and this was spot on
@bighardflip 5 жыл бұрын
This is a weird Johnny Sins scene...
@classyjohn1923 5 жыл бұрын
LOL beat me to the comment!
@calrndown 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome ! Thanks !
@Chinchilla_in_the_Villa 5 жыл бұрын
Very informative!
@wipeoutdogg 5 жыл бұрын
I’m going on a lake trip tmrw and going fishing for the first time, this video seemed relevant
@fullmindstorm 5 жыл бұрын
Well, as salmon goes, you guys got the best in the world to teach, an Alaskan commercial fishermen.
@Hansruedi00mc 4 жыл бұрын
As a fishmonger of 20 years, i gotta say he did it absolutely beautifully
@dangerriff8304 5 жыл бұрын
I love how he spare that little bit of the belly! True master!
@Mishka_101 Жыл бұрын
Still one of My fav videos ❤️😅
@TheJensPeeters 5 жыл бұрын
we actually learned a technique in culinary school, where you end up with significantly less "spoon meat", but other than the two long cuts surprisingly similar
@-Anjel 5 жыл бұрын
the folded piece with the skin in the middle is a common way of cutting salmon in Finland. If you by a single serving of salmon in a supermarket it's cut like that and restaurants serve their salmon like that. I've worked in a supermarket after school and foreigners were always bewildered by it.
@nrsolja1022 5 жыл бұрын
Damn Steve Wilkos knows how to handle a fish
@igotsomecuddylastnight7116 5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@iamjaysaul1169 5 жыл бұрын
read this comment, literally right before buddy appeared on screen. LOL thanks for the laugh Fred
@modiggady 5 жыл бұрын
You a fool😂😂😂
@dirkdiggler4843 5 жыл бұрын
Idiot
@prussiangamer 5 жыл бұрын
Man I graduated from High school and I'm still learning stuff
@jamesken6182 5 жыл бұрын
You never stop learning!:)
@sergeykopylov652 5 жыл бұрын
Nice fish! In my place we have only frozen fish... Local river fish not frozen at summer time, yes.
@akev9075 5 жыл бұрын
Im a commercial fisherwoman in Alaska, and I approve of his technique👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼👌🏼
@TheGunnCat 4 жыл бұрын
I have never seen a commercial processor of salmon use a method like this. If you're interested to see how hand filleted salmon is done by commercial fishmongers elsewhere, the only footage I've found is on shutterstock, named, 'Asian man slicing a fillet of salmon at table in a fish shop.' As far as steaks go, I scale, butterfly, and pinbone, for a completely bone free experience.
@kell2883 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This was very informative! I’ll have to show this off to my girlfriend!
@sayakgupta3068 5 жыл бұрын
Something about the fish is extremely satisfying
@LichlordKazam 4 жыл бұрын
Videos like this makes me miss sharp knives. I've been working with damaged/blunt knives for years now.
@sb76117 5 жыл бұрын
Good dude and good vid!
@josephhuntley6104 5 жыл бұрын
lol this actually gunna help me cook it better first attempt i didn't cook it even now i can cut it up in a way that looks beautiful and will taste good
@solelygripped 5 жыл бұрын
Solid video
@jerryyang1299 5 жыл бұрын
Spooning the excess meat is brilliant!!
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