How to Fillet a Flatfish (Sole, Flounder, Fluke)

Removing the Guts from the Fish

Removing the guts

Hank Shaw

Now you can remove the guts. This is one of the few waste products of a filleted fish -- unless the fish has eggs, called roe. If you find the orange sacs of roe in your fish, remove them gently, wash them and fry them with a little flour in bacon fat. You will thank me later.

You remove the guts by cutting in the arc of the back of the fish's paunch and tossing it in the trash. Use the point of your knife for this.

• Getting Started
• Placement of the Flatfish
• Cutting a Whole Fillet
• Removing the Guts from the Fish
• Removing the head
• Cutting a double fillet
• Releasing the Fillet
• Skinning the Fillets
• Cleaning up the fillets