Pan-Fried Flounder
If you have approximately 15 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Pan-Fried Flounder might be a great pescatarian recipe to try. This recipe serves 4 and costs $2.07 per serving. One portion of this dish contains roughly 22g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 284 calories. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. Only a few people really liked this main course. 8 people have made this recipe and would make it again. A mixture of flour, salt and pepper, juice of lemon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. Overall, this recipe earns a solid spoonacular score of 44%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Pan-Fried Flounder with Potatoes in Parsley, Pan-Fried Flounder with Poblano-Corn Relish, and Erica's Pan Cooked Flounder With Shirataki Noodles, Garlic, Bab.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 5 minutes
Cooking duration: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons butter, divided
1 small bottle capers
4 skinless flounder-fillets
Flour, for dredging fish
1 lemon, juiced
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Equipment:
frying pan
whisk
Cooking instruction summary:
Wash fillets in cold water and pat dry. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Dredge fillets in flour. Place oil and 2 tablespoons butter in flat, heavy-bottomed skillet and heat on medium-high until butter melts. Keeping heat at medium-high, cook fish on 1 side about 3 minutes (more or less, depending on size of fillets), until deep brown and crispy. Turn fish and cook on second side, about 3 minutes. Turn fish only once. Remove fish to serving platter. Turn off heat. Into hot skillet, whisk in remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Add lemon juice. Pour in capers, liquid and all. Whisk. Pour thin sauce over fish fillets. serve at once.
Step by step:
1. Wash fillets in cold water and pat dry. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Dredge fillets in flour.
2. Place oil and 2 tablespoons butter in flat, heavy-bottomed skillet and heat on medium-high until butter melts. Keeping heat at medium-high, cook fish on 1 side about 3 minutes (more or less, depending on size of fillets), until deep brown and crispy. Turn fish and cook on second side, about 3 minutes. Turn fish only once.
3. Remove fish to serving platter. Turn off heat. Into hot skillet, whisk in remaining 1 tablespoon butter.
4. Add lemon juice.
5. Pour in capers, liquid and all.
6. Whisk.
7. Pour thin sauce over fish fillets. serve at once.
Nutrition Information:
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