Spanish Flounder Recipes

FLOUNDER MEDITERRANEAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Plunge tomatoes into the boiling water and immediately remove to a medium bowl of ice water; drain. Remove and discard skins from tomatoes. Chop tomatoes and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, garlic and Italian seasoning; cook until tomatoes are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Mix in olives, wine, capers, lemon juice, and 1/2 the basil. Reduce heat, blend in Parmesan cheese, and cook until the mixture is reduced to a thick sauce, about 15 minutes.
• Place flounder in a shallow baking dish. Pour sauce over the fillets and top with remaining basil leaves.
• Bake 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until fish is easily flaked with a fork.

FLOUNDER FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Sprinkle spinach in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with fillets., In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg until blended. Gradually add milk. bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Pour over fillets; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and paprika. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

BLACKENED FLOUNDER RECIPE - (3.8/5)

Steps:

• Combine paprika, parsley, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, black pepper, thyme and oregano in a small bowl and mix well. Dip fish fillets in olive oil. Sprinkle both sides of each fillet with the paprika mixture. Heat a cast-iron skillet over high heat until smoking. Arrange fillets in a single layer on the hot skillet. Cook the flounder, turning once, until blackened, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Serve immediately.

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.

SPICY GARLIC SOY BAKED FLOUNDER IN A FOIL POUCHSPICY GARLIC SOY BAKED FLOUNDER IN A FOIL POUCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a baking sheet with foil, place flounder filets on foil.
• In a small bowl mix soy sauce and herb pastes well with rice wine.
• Drizzle over fish filets, fold foil to make a pouch.
• Bake at 350 degrees 15 minutes, until fish is opaque.
• Serve immediately, top with diced scallions (green onions) if desired.

FLOUNDER FILLETS WITH SPANISH HERBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to low. Mix the flour, salt and pepper together and dip the fillets in the mixture to coat both sides. Shake off excess. Heat a large skillet very hot, add the clarified butter and when it is very hot fry the fillets quickly, turning them once, until they are golden brown on both sides (about 2 minutes or less, altogether). Remove fillets to dinner plates and keep warm in the oven.
• Pour off any remaining clarified butter or oil from the skillet, add 2 tablespoons unsalted regular butter and (still over high heat) add the garlic and saute 10-15 seconds. Add the wine and fish stock, oregano, cumin and red pepper and boil hard until the liquid is reduced to almost nothing. Add the coriander and tomatoes and boil until slightly reduced. Season to taste with salt and pepper, remove the skillet from the heat and whisk in the additional butter bit by bit, incorporating each piece almost completely before adding the next. Warm the sauce again if necessary, but do not let it boil.
• Spoon a small amount of the sauce over the fillets in the oven, return the skillet to the heat, add the chopped pasta and toss with the rest of the sauce until heated through. Spoon the pasta onto the dinner plates and serve with a tossed salad.

SPANISH FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Place fish fillets in a non-stick or greased baking dish.
• Arrange tomato and cucumber slices on top.
• In a saucepan, cook onion, green pepper, and minced garlic in butter until onion is tender, but not brown.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in parsley, wine, lemon juice, and marjoram.
• Spoon over fish.
• Bake in 375°F oven for about 25 minutes, or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
• Serve with wild rice.

LEMON MUSTARD BROILED FLOUNDER

Steps:

• 1. Place the butter in a small bowl and combine with the mustard, parsley, and lemon zest. Set aside.
• 2. Arrange the oven or broiler rack 4 inches from the heat. Preheat the broiler. Line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil. Oil the foil lightly. Evenly space 4 flounder fillets on each of the baking sheets.
• 3. Spread about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the butter mixture atop each fish fillet. Broil for 4 to 5 minutes, or until the fish is lightly browned on top and just cooked through. Do not overcook.
• 4. Serve immediately, garnished with a flourish of clover sprouts and a lemon quarter.

BROILED FLOUNDER WITH HERBS & PAPRIKA RECIPE - (3.5/5)

Steps:

• Lay the flounder fillets on a grill pan Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, basil, oregano, thyme, paprika, & garlic together. Brush the flounders with the mixture and broil for 6-8 minutes.