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Fish fillet

Also called fish filet

A fish fillet is fish that can include muscle, fat, and skin. Cooks use it as fish.

  • Fish
  • Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Made from
Fish
Part used
Fat, muscle, skin
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Finland
Fish fillet, cut

Photo: François Nguyen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use fish fillet

Preparing it

Remove any scales before filleting. Carefully separate the stomach contents from the fillet. Pin bones can be removed with a J-shaped cut.

On the table

Dishes made with fish fillet

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.
  • Kalakukko

    Finland

  • Tel'noe

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include fish fillet.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: fish fillet in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: fish
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
fish
A kind of
fish

Around the world

What fish fillet is called

Names in 22 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Italian

    filetto di pesce

  • German

    Fischfilet

  • Greek

    φιλέτο ψαριού

  • Turkish

    Balık filetosu

  • Russian

    рыбное филе · Филе рыбы · Филе рыбное

  • Arabic

    سمك فيلية

  • Persian

    فیله ماهی

  • Hebrew

    פילה דג

  • Chinese

    魚塊

  • Japanese

    三枚おろし · 三枚卸し · 三枚下ろし · 二枚おろし

  • Korean

    생선 필레

  • Vietnamese

    Phi lê cá

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  • Armenian

    Ձկան ֆիլե

  • Basque

    arrain xerra

  • Cantonese

    魚柳

  • Czech

    rybí filet · rybí filé

  • Esperanto

    fiŝfileo

  • Galician

    filete de peixe

  • Kazakh

    Балық сүбесі

  • Slovenian

    ribji file

  • Swedish

    fiskfilé

  • Ukrainian

    філе риби

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q15944430

Photos

Photo: François Nguyen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons