How to fillet, skin and debone New Zealand snapper (tāmure)

Ready to learn how to fillet a New Zealand snapper (tāmure) from scratch? Ken has 30 years of industry experience under his belt and will show you how to make the most of your beautiful fish (ika).

There are two common methods to fillet this fish. The first method is the one typically used by knifehands employed in the fishing industry. This method goes over the top of the rib cage of the fish, keeping the gut cavity intact. The second method Ken will perform involves cutting through the rib cage and gut cavity.

Once cut into fillets, Ken will demonstrate how to skin the fillets and finally how to effectively debone snapper.

Remember to always use a filleting knife when cutting fish. Filleting knives are flexible and will go over the bones nicely.

[bigdog]

There are so many vids on youtube about how to fillet a snapper. A lot of them have no bloody idea and are little more than butchers with blunt knives and woeful technique. You sir are an artist.

[kentito]

Thanks to everyone who liked my video's I've been working for Moana new Zealand

[rhundy]

Thank you for uploading this video, my daughter caught her first decent snapper and your video helped me fillet it, as usually my dad does it for us :)

[classofize]

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[eliset]

The 9inch blade is quiet long but it's a strong and sharp knife. My husband used this fillet knife to cut up venison and it worked well!

[kimkwangryeol]

beautiful fresh snapper fillet! definately super nice quality! look that fat on the fish :D it would be perfact fish for my frying pan! thanks for uploading master filletting lesson!

[rayc]

Nice one! That’s the first fish I’ve filleted and skinned. Very helpful clip!

[joedennehy]

Thank you exactly as i do it. Autumn fish, plenty of fat in the fillet, at least 12 hours old though. So lucky catching them.ourselves and filleting an hour or two after capture. Just set

[kalstar]

What’s your filleting knife? Victory 7”?

[tumainathan]

Any chance you can do a gutting video?

[wotsupoo]

I have one it's so big no knife can go through it's bones had to use an axe. Good video.

[馬場元-ke]

Come on man, Skin is the best part of the fish it’s cooked nicely.
Take scale off, do as you fillet, score around the center bone just before skin, then pull the whole bone out.
You will have nice chunk of fillet with skin on

[realifehaps]

When you want to cut through the rib cage, DONT HOLD ON THE MEAT... HOLD ON THE SKIN... So the meat remain nice and perfect... wrong skinning handling... wasting the meat... if you think I don't know what I'm talking about, check my channel.. I don't show how to fillet, but may find a video that I happen to fillet fish

[Reza-nzre]

The meat is broken. This is good for fried or anything besides sashimi and sushi