How to Clean, Descale, and Gut a Fresh Fish

betterbook.com/knifeskills Real Simple Food Director Sarah Copeland shows you how to clean, descale, and gut a fresh fish.
This video is an excerpt from the iPad/iPhone book Kitchen Knife Skills: Essentials for the Confident Cook. For more tips: betterbook.com/knifeskills

[@LauraMartinezMMG]

if you want to prevent cleanup of the scales then just simply submerge the fish in water while you scale it :)

[@impostrip]

Also, you can use a peeler instead of using a knife to descale the fish.

[@TheBrennaSings]

Great tips!

[@jamesburk8145]

That's a great tip, thank you! Seems like common sense but here I am for like 10 years just waiting for them to dry on the floor and sweeping them up later.

[@user-gy4ev6rs1k]

Thanks for the advice! Great job!

[@RayGalactic]

Thanks!

[@timmytimmymit5607]

I never cooked fish in my life. But I’m excited to try this!

[@mrshonestopinion]

U made it look so easy. I'm ready to try it. Thanks.

[@user-gy4ev6rs1k]

You helped me a lot! Thank you very much!

[@devivinod]

can u tell the brand of your scissors and knife,thank you

[@RayGalactic]

Thanks! This is helpful!

[@ikarly2898]

In my country we have a specialized tool that looks like a comb, which is soley for descaling the fish. Not sure if such an item exists in the west.

[@Seargent_Scraps]

Of course it does. It's a fish descaler and can be bought on any major online retailer

[@bananafischl]

thank you using these steps for my project on cleaning fish

[@Vera-xu3xw]

Great Video thanks.....

[@jackwebb3336]

Love you so much!!

[@emceeOkuZ]

Boy did she edge me with that “we’re going to begin to fillet” part. 😭😭

[@keithlittlebury2986]

Clear, concise and practical. Also great face makeup.

[@Chewy504Chewy]

U found scales popped all the way across the room doing it like that. Lol. I put it in a bag first or underwater in sink or outside

[@greenlantern129]

whats that slimy stuff

[@scott-soul-cough]

This was the perfect length. Well-explained. Loved it. Thanks. A little bizarre for people who are used to buying their fish filleted or in a can. That’s why the strange comments from some others.

[@violettracey]

Thanks!

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

That was was gut wrenching

[@josephdelagarza]

"it's okay to eat fish cause they don't have any feelings"

[@aurora2083]

Fish eat other fish so it will be food regardless. And fishing is fun.

[@brotheraracon3646]

Something in the wayyyyyy

[@Seargent_Scraps]

@@aurora2083 It's only fun if you can catch something. Otherwise very boring

[@sharw9621]

All healthy food is living, whether plant or animal. Whetther it has feeling sor not is irrelevant. All food with nutrients is alive at some point. Only manmade processed crap is lifeless.

[@lapieuvreoptimale]

Why didn't you fillet on camera?

[@Vera-xu3xw]

LaPieuvre Optimale who said she was going to fillet It? I cook my bass whole. Meat falls off the bone no waste.

[@ricewinner2596]

LMFAO

[@Yapmeister10]

Clean scales under water 1:48

[@Alf_4]

there are much more efficient and easy ways to do this.

[@mmott3432]

Alphonse Faure make a video, then.

[@TheBrennaSings]

Seemed pretty simple and efficient...

[@Alf_4]

@@TheBrennaSings take a look around RUclips. There are techniques that remove guts and gills in one piece. This is the only video I've seen that messes around with shears to trim off fins.

[@ClairenParkerontheRoad]

Yeah great make a video

[@AutumnLeavesChristmasTrees]

Nooo leave the fins and gills on!!! They are delicious and crunchy if your frying your fish whole!

[@Chism_Music]

This is the way

[@peestrem31]

@@Chism_Musicthe truth, and the light

[@Chism_Music]

@@peestrem31 Amen

[@SpicedRumFLHXSE]

Holy Jesus those crazy eyes! 🤩

[@avizueta]

There something dark about watching this video

[@galliontrillion]

+avizueta lol thats what i thought allso ..lol ...... she has them eyes xx

[@kudzaii]

Right !!!! But we still watch

[@puapucuve6643]

You're probably used to eating fillets.

[@ThaKing313]

I thought it was just me.

[@jakeyates946]

Tim Burtonesque she looks so 50s stepford wives and the fish looks like something out of Beetlejuice it's the juxtaposition lol

[@boredfive3001]

You didn't show how to clean it

[@zoranreljic6541]

Looks like you are doing it first time too lol

[@Boymandudeguy]

O_O

[@spongebobsquarepants8084]

ugh that knife looks dull

[@paperknife]

ok crazy eyes

[@dailydamage8842]

I was looking forward to learning how to do this cause I caught a fish today, but I clicked and instantly said "Heyl' mama would you like to be my sunshine?"

[@EccentricWorld]

Lady in video looks crazy :s I'm scared for me, the fish and fellow you tubers

[@puapucuve6643]

You seem like you're a bully. It's quite rude of you to insult someone who made a video to help people out. Didn't your parents or whomever raised you teach you how to be polite?

[@kevin-sd2wh]

No Fresh fish lol

[@Seargent_Scraps]

You should have made the video 5 minutes long and showed the fillet process and also give out some knife brand recommendations. This really didn't help me much

[@flyboi4488]

Why her eyes so wide open everytime she look up lol like look normal robot

[@Potato_salad345]

Poor fish

[@bounchofbeaners]

Whats the point of gutting the fish if u are gonna filay it? Lol.

[@fckinnonstick9919]

45 vegans disliked this :)

[@TamTran418]

This is a terribly slow and inefficient method.

[@stardust7237]

The poor poor fish

[@jessuhhh2045]

I know

[@RoadDawgLife]

[Eyes Rolling]

[@TheRAMBO9191]

Damn she's married.

[@TheRAMBO9191]

Ehhh ring won't stop me, be with me women! I need you!

[@robertlosasso4222]

Why don’t you just filet the fish and be done with all that BS .