- [Chef] So to prepare a sardine, you're gonna open up that gill plate, grab it from the gills, and pinch them out.
Sardines require no tools to prepare, any scales that you see on here are totally edible, and are always served whole if they're fresh.
I think people kind of think of sardines as something grandpa has in a tin tucked away, and hasn't touched in like 10 years.
You can use your fingers, sort of like a knife, and just run it straight down.
Pick the spine up from the center, you'll sort of slip the tail through, pull these up, and take them out, and then you will have a butterflied sardine.
