Cleaning Dorado

It's become a new trend to find a fresh fish before each charter because... well, why not? This is one of the perks of living in the islands! Our buddy Nate who takes his fishing boat up to the North Drop brought this cow back for us. Because I've never cleaned a dorado before I bribed another charter captain with the offer of pizza to teach me how. (Jay will do anything for good food!)
Step 1: Catch the thing & get it on ice
Step 2: Find a good spot to make a mess on the dock.
Step 3: Cut along the dotted lines, rip off the skin, then cut down the spine to remove meat.
Step 4 : Poke the eyeballs and throw carcass in the ocean.
Step 5: Cut out bloodline & bones to leave nice fillets.
Step 6: Rinse fillets in SALT water to remove bits of dock & store in freezer.

After some hands on coaching I'm ready for a chance to clean my own! **For anyone at home cooking saltwater fish remember that if you are going to rinse it always use salted water, fresh water will make it mushy (because of osmosis).

Fresh Fish

I've been a little nervous to do sushi on the boat, but we came to a happy compromise and did a little chirashi for lunch a few weeks ago. I was nervous that I wouldn't have enough food, or that the colors wouldn't balance, but in the end it all worked out great! (it usually does) Above we have a bowl of tuna, salmon, and eel. We finished things off with some julienned carrots, sliced green onion, toasted nori, fresh wasabi, and pickled ginger.