How to Use fillet in a Sentence

fillet

1 of 2 noun

• Add the cod fillets and coat both sides with the flour.
  — cleveland, 25 July 2023
• The length of the paper will vary with the fillet shape and size.
  — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
• There should be an inch or so of wood all the way around the fillet.
  — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 12 Oct. 2020
• Two fish filets and 8 shrimp, and 1 fillet and 4 shrimp.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2022
• This recipe leans back and lets the fillets do a lot of the work, flavor-wise.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
• Slice the fillet and serve with the sauce and sautéed vegetables.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2021
• With the fish still burning drag, Austin grabs his fillet knife and cuts the line.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Aug. 2023
• Take the salmon fillet and place it skin side down in the container.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
• Add fish fillet, flesh side down (the side where the skin had been facing up).
  — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
• Place the salmon fillet, skin side down, on a baking sheet with sides.
  — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022
• Sometimes the middle of the fillet is thicker than the ends.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2021
• To serve, mound the quinoa on each plate, top with a fish fillet, spoon some of the pan juices over the quinoa and fish, and add a lemon wedge.
  — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
• The broiler is switched to high and in goes the salmon, collars, and fillet portions.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2022
• Shake off excess marinade and place the fillets, skin-side down, on the hot grill.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2023
• Dip a fish fillet in the egg wash and lift, allowing the excess to drip off.
  — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
• Divide the salad among four plates and top each with a salmon fillet.
  — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
• The bears eat the most fatty, calorie-dense parts of the fish—like the brain, skin, and roe—and leave the leaner fillets behind.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
• Drizzle a little oil over the fillets, and squeeze the reserved lemon half over them.
  — Domenica Marchetti, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• This is spooned across the collars and fillet portions.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2022
• Don’t worry if the cod at the grocery store is sold as a single fillet.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
• Liberally coat the buttered side of the fillets with the spice mix.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 1 Feb. 2024
• This sheet pan fillet dressed with fresh orange, lime, and a shot of rice vinegar.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appétit, 5 Nov. 2020
• Fish Butchery showed me how to be more resourceful in the kitchen, and that there’s more to good seafood than fillets.
  — Genevieve Yam, Bon Appétit, 17 Oct. 2023
• Melt it down with a few anchovy fillets and toss with fusilli.
  — Bon Appétit, 10 Apr. 2024
• A few hours later, his final meal of the day is rare fillet steak and couscous.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2022
• The top seller is the box for two with four North Atlantic cod fillets, fries and two hush puppies.
  — Moby Dick, The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2023
• The top seller is the box for two with four North Atlantic cod fillets, fries, and two hush puppies.
  — The Courier-Journal, 12 Feb. 2024
• Expose the line of bones on the fillet by running your finger gently along the flesh toward the tail.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
• Think salmon fillet and roast chicken, not hot dogs and chicken nuggets.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
• Fish and chips is the only thing Rosey’s sells, one big crunchy fillet of swai and a double handful of crispy french fries for $15.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021

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fillet

2 of 2 verb

• He carefully filleted the fish with a sharp knife.
• The staff will not fillet the fish for you, as some restaurants do.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2019
• Next, find the bird’s breast bone with your knife tip and start filleting away the breast.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 27 Dec. 2019
• To serve, pour the sauce onto a plate and lay a walleye fillet on top.
  — Jamie Carlson, Outdoor Life, 12 Feb. 2020
• Simply fillet the meat off the thighbone and cut away the knuckle that’s attached to the meat.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 May 2020
• Fish are safe to eat as long as the flesh (only) is filleted away from the skin and washed.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 25 May 2018
• The salmon and steelhead are all filleted and sold at the market.
  — Corey Arnold, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019
• Lay a sheet of parchment on a baking sheet and place the salmon fillet skin-side down in the center.
  — Gabrielle Hamilton, House Beautiful, 14 Mar. 2012
• Our children and neighbors’ kids flocked to its sides to learn to fillet fish.
  — Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2019
• Choose from shrimp, fish (whole and fillet), crab, and more, fished straight from the Gulf or imported from around the world.
  — Reviewed Staff and Laura Jazmin Tolliver, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2019
• Think classic beef Wellington, Dover sole cooked on the bone and filleted in the kitchen and caviar, caviar, caviar.
  — Amy Carr, chicagotribune.com, 30 Jan. 2018
• Press both sides of each fish fillet into the pecan mixture.
  — Lindsay Carlton, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2018
• Knife marks and charring on the bones suggest they were filleted and cooked.
  — Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2017
• Break flesh of top fillet into large pieces and transfer to a platter.
  — Bon Appetit, 19 May 2017
• Some anglers simply nip the spines off with kitchen shears, then fillet as usual.
  — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• The Barracuda can allow as many as six fishermen at one time to fillet fish and grind the bones, heads and guts.
  — cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
• Instead of filleting and moving on, take the time to explain each part and its function.
  — Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2020
• The Muckleshoot of Washington state have hosted workshops on how to fillet a salmon and slice up an elk.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2021
• The fish—filleted tilapia in this case—is prepared in a manner that gives it an almost silky, soft texture.
  — Jim Thurman, Los Angeles Magazine, 24 May 2018
• One night five captains in five suits filleted five sole for five diners at a table next to mine.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017
• These fish need to be filleted and rinsed before eating.
  — Joe Beddia, Bon Appetit, 17 Apr. 2017
• These fish need to be filleted and rinsed before eating.
  — Joe Beddia, Bon Appetit, 17 Apr. 2017
• El Piquin offers chicken, beef or shrimp fajitas, or try the fish fillet ranchero or fish tacos.
  — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 16 May 2018
• Yes, there’s a perfect way of roasting a chicken, filleting fish, of doing all these things.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 30 June 2019
• The aircraft are already parked in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, where they will be filleted over the next two years by a specialist company and sold in parts.
  — Tom Lavell, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2018
• Here’s a linguini with salmon cream sauce recipe that makes use of the leftover, extra meat after filleting a fish.
  — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2019
• It is surgically filleted Wagyu beef and bright bags of shrimp chips.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2020
• There will be flowers, singing, men and women in white robes, and filleted human corpses flopping about.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 27 June 2019
• McDonald has proposed that the leftovers after the fish are filleted be used as bait.
  — Andrew Hetherington, National Geographic, 1 May 2019
• This is the most fit person in the history of civilization’ they’d get filleted for it.
  — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019

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