How to fillet, skin & portion salmon

Method

• STEP 1

  Lay whole salmon onto chopping board.
• STEP 2

  Make incision behind fin and cut along back of head, breaking through bones. Do the same to the other side and remove salmon head.
• STEP 3

  Run knife along back bone of fish, slicing whole salmon into two fillets.
• STEP 4

  Remove ribcage from salmon fillets.
• STEP 5

  To skin salmon, hold tail and place knife above skin and slice sideways, pulling the skin off at the same time.
• STEP 6

  Remove ribcage from salmon fillets.
• STEP 7

  Pin-bone salmon fillets.
• STEP 8

  Slice fillets into portions.