How to Cook and Clean a Flounder

Step 2 Clean your fish

If you purchase your fish, have the fishmonger do the scaling for you to avoid mess. If you caught it yourself, do the scaling outside. My fish came from Berkeley Bowl, so they'd already taken care of that for me.

Cut the head off, making sure to leave as much of flesh as possible on the body, but cutting the gills and pectoral fins off with the head.

Remove the guts through the forward opening. If you have problems getting everything out, cut a slit along the fish's length for better access.

Rinse the fish, and pat dry.