How To Clean Snapper (When Cooking Them Whole)

Up until recently, I always threw back mangrove snapper that were just barely over the limit.

I only wanted to keep the big ones because I didn’t think the small ones were worth filleting.

And I was right… sort of.

After seeing a few videos about cooking fish whole, I decided to give it a try with some smaller (but still legal) snapper and I was blown away.

It’s a delicious way of cooking them, plus you don’t have to fillet them and miss out on some of the delicious meat.

In this video, I’m going to show you how I cleaned this snapper and prepared it to cook it on the grill whole.

It's only four steps, takes just a few short minutes, and you don't have to worry about wasting meat as you fillet it.

Have any questions about cleaning fish to eat it whole?

Let me know in the comments below!

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