squirrel cut

Definition

Food

• A method of preparing fish for frying by cutting at an angle to the vertical in a cross hatch pattern from skin to bone for whole fish or from fish to skin for fillets so that it looks like a pine cone. The cuts are opened out with the fingers and dusted with corn flour to prevent them closing up.

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