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Photos: Step-by-step: How to clean and fillet a sardine

Begin by laying the fish on a board and making a small cut on the back, right behind the head and straight down through the backbone. Make another incision on the belly side just behind the front fins.
(Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
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Cleaning sardines isn’t difficult if you follow a few simple steps. After cleaning a couple of them, the process should take no more than a minute.

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