Chef Morimoto’s Knife Techniques
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Chef Morimoto shows off his traditional yanagi, the knife used for slicing fish fillets in the preparation of sushi and sashimi.
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Chef Morimoto begins to remove the red snapper's head by scoring the fish behind its gills.
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Chef Morimoto removes the red snapper's head by cutting behind its pectoral fin.
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Chef Morimoto begins to split the red snapper's head in two by inserting the tip of the deba, or pointed carving knife, into its mouth.
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Chef Moritmoto breaks through the red snapper's skull.
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Chef Morimoto splits the red snapper's head in half.
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A look inside the head of the red snapper.
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To remove the whole fillet, Chef Morimoto begins cutting at the tail-end of the red snapper.
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Chef Morimoto carefully extracts the whole red snapper fillet.
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The cleaned red snapper after fillets are removed.
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Chef Morimoto trims bone and cartilage from fillet.
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Chef Morimoto cleans the fillet by removing the belly lining.
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Chef Morimoto's deba knife and fish parts: The head, two fillets, and cleaned backbone.
Techniques

Chef Morimoto’s Knife Techniques

httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_2.jpg
Chef Morimoto shows off his traditional yanagi, the knife used for slicing fish fillets in the preparation of sushi and sashimi.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_3.jpg
Chef Morimoto begins to remove the red snapper's head by scoring the fish behind its gills.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_4.jpg
Chef Morimoto removes the red snapper's head by cutting behind its pectoral fin.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_5_480.jpg
Chef Morimoto begins to split the red snapper's head in two by inserting the tip of the deba, or pointed carving knife, into its mouth.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_6_480.jpg
Chef Moritmoto breaks through the red snapper's skull.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_7_480.jpg
Chef Morimoto splits the red snapper's head in half.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_8_480.jpg
A look inside the head of the red snapper.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_9_480.jpg
To remove the whole fillet, Chef Morimoto begins cutting at the tail-end of the red snapper.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_10_480.jpg
Chef Morimoto carefully extracts the whole red snapper fillet.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_11_480.jpg
The cleaned red snapper after fillets are removed.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_12_480.jpg
Chef Morimoto trims bone and cartilage from fillet.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_13_480.jpg
Chef Morimoto cleans the fillet by removing the belly lining.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2008images2008-04634-112_morimoto_knives_14_480.jpg
Chef Morimoto's deba knife and fish parts: The head, two fillets, and cleaned backbone.

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