Golden Fried Flounder Fillets With Onion Recipes

FRIED FLOUNDER WITH TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• For the tartar sauce, mix everything in a bowl and set it in the fridge. Salt the fish lightly on both sides and set aside.
• Set up a breading station. You will want plates or shallow bowls or somesuch. The first has the flour in it -- and if you want more seasoning than I am suggesting in this recipe, this is where you add it -- then another basin with the eggs, milk and mustard all beaten together, then the final basin with the breadcrumbs.
• Dredge the flounder in the flour first, pressing it into the fish and making sure you get it totally covered. Now sweep the fillet through the egg wash, again making sure you get it totally coated. Finally, set it in the breadcrumbs and press them in to make a good coating. Set each fillet on a plate or tray in the fridge and let it rest 1 hour, and up to all day.
• When you are ready to fry, pour in enough oil to get to a depth of about 1 inch in a large frying pan. If you happen to me making the fries to go with this, make them first and hold them in the oven. Heat the oil over high heat. Set a rack over a baking sheet and put that in the oven. Set the oven to "warm."
• When the oil hits 350F, fry your fish, right from the fridge. This works because they are very thin, and you want a pretty golden crust without overcooking the fish. Room temperature flounder fried this way will overcook. It take about 3 to 5 minutes per side to get golden brown. Move each finished fillet to the rack in the oven. When they're all done, serve it up with the tartar sauce.

PAN-FRIED FLOUNDER

Steps:

• 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.

FLAVORFUL FLOUNDER FOR THE OVEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Prepare a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Season both sides of flounder fillets with salt. Place into the prepared baking dish. Brush 1 tablespoon lemon juice over fillets.
• Mix remaining lemon juice, Parmesan cheese, melted butter, mayonnaise, and green onions in a bowl; spoon over the fillets.
• Bake flounder in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Switch oven to broil; broil fillets until the tops are just browned, 3 to 5 minutes.

EGG BATTER PAN-FRIED FLOUNDER WITH GREEN GARLIC

Steps:

• Season the fish fillets with salt and pepper. Make the egg batter by whisking together the eggs and milk in a shallow bowl, along with a pinch of salt.
• Put the flour on a plate. Coat each fillet lightly on both sides, then submerge the fish in the egg batter. (This can be done up to 30 minutes ahead.)
• Pour about 1/4 inch oil in a wide skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil looks wavy, lift the fish from the egg batter one piece at a time, allowing excess batter to drip off. (Discard remaining batter.) Carefully lay each fillet in the pan and let fry gently until golden, about 2 minutes per side. Remove and blot briefly on paper towels, then transfer to a warmed serving platter.
• Pour off any remaining oil and return the pan to the heat. Melt the butter in the pan and add the green garlic, and a little salt and pepper. Let cook without browning for about 1 minute, then add the lemon juice.
• Spoon the green garlic butter over the fish. Sprinkle with parsley, garnish with lemon wedges and serve immediately.

GOLDEN FRIED FLOUNDER FILLETS WITH ONION

Steps:

• About 45 minutes before serving, in a 12" skillet, over medium heat, in 2 tablespoons butter, cook the onion until tender, about 5 minutes; remove to a plate and keep warm.
• Meanwhile, cut fillets in half crosswise.
• On waxed paper, combine flour and salt, pepper, paprika; coat fillets with mixture.
• In same skillet, over medium heat, in 1/4 cup butter, fry the fish, turning once, until fish is browned and flakes easily when tested with a fork. Put fish on a platter. Fry until all fish are done.
• To mixture left in the skillet, add lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce and bring to just boiling, stirring. Pour over fish. Top with cooked onion and garnish with watercress.

FAIRFIELD FLOUNDER FILLETS AND LEGAL SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees F. Reduce wine in saucepan over high heat. Mash mushrooms into a paste, add to wine reduction. Add lemon juice and season with salt and cayenne. Fry for 1 minute and add egg yolk. Stir together well.
• Combine olives, shrimp, dill and mayonnaise. Season with pepper.
• Dry fish fillets, season with salt and pepper, dip in flour and spread with mushroom paste. Coat fillets lightly with grated cheese and finally with bread crumbs. Deep fry fish for 2 1/2 minutes. Serve with shrimp sauce.

BAKED FLOUNDER WITH ONION AND LEMON

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange lemons and onions in a 9-by-13-inch Pyrex baking dish. Dot with butter; add wine and 1/4 cup cold water. Sprinkle with chopped thyme; season with salt and pepper. Bake until onions are soft and translucent, about 40 minutes.
• Remove baking dish from oven. Arrange fish fillets over lemons and onions. Season fillets with salt and pepper. Scatter fresh thyme sprigs over fish. Baste fish with a little cooking liquid. Bake until fish is just opaque and cooked through, 16 to 18 minutes. Do not overcook. Serve fish with cooked onions and lemons.

FLOUNDER WITH NEW POTATOES AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• For each serving, grease a shallow 2-cup baking dish or gratin dish with /2 tsp of the butter or margarine.
• In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the remaining butter or margarine; stir in the bread crumbs and set aside.
• Slice the potatoes and onion as thinly as possible and arrange them in alternating layers in the prepared dishes. Pour the cider or apple juice over the vegetables and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for 20 minutes.
• Reduce the oven temprature to 350 degrees.
• Spoon the liquid in the baking dishes over the vegetables to baste them, then arrange the fish over the vegetables, folding the tips of any long, thin fillets under if necessary to fit them into the baking dish. Sprinke the buttered crumbs over the fish and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the fish is opaque and firm to the touch and the crumb topping is golden brown.

BAKED FLOUNDER WITH ONION AND LEMON

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400°F. Arrange the lemons and onions in a 9 × 13-inch Pyrex baking dish. Dot with the butter; add the wine and 1/4 cup cold water. Sprinkle with the chopped thyme; season with salt and pepper. Bake until the onions are soft and translucent, about 40 minutes.
• Remove the baking dish from the oven. Arrange the fish fillets over the lemons and onions. Season the fillets with salt and pepper. Scatter the fresh thyme sprigs over the fish. Baste the fish with a little cooking liquid. Bake until the fish is just opaque and cooked through, 16 to 18 minutes. Do not overcook. Serve with the cooked onions and lemons.