Easy Sole Meunière
Easy Sole Meunière is a delicious fish dish that comes together in minutes. Sole fillets are lightly browned and then served with a simple brown butter lemon sauce.
Servings: 2
Calories: 374kcal
Ingredients
- 4-6 fillets of sole about 8 ounces total
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter divided
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley to serve
Instructions
- Rinse your fish fillets gently and pat dry, then sprinkle with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Put 2 tablespoons of flour into a shallow dish. Press fish fillets gently into the flour on both sides to coat, brushing off any excess.
- Heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat in a large nonstick skillet.
- When butter melts, add sole fillets and cook until bottom is golden-brown, about 2-3 minutes.
- Flip carefully and then add another tablespoon of butter.
- Cook, basting fish with the butter, until it is just done (another minute or so).
- Remove the fish fillets.
- Add the rest of the butter and continue to cook the sauce until butter is lightly browned (take care not to let it burn) and smells nutty, about 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in lemon juice.
- Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper.
- Pour over fish fillets to serve. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Notes
Recipe Tips:
Sole Meunière is best prepared à la minute (just at the time you want to eat). However, you can and should prepare all your ingredients in advance. Prepare your flour, chop your parsley, squeeze your lemon juice, measure out your butter. You should have it all ready to go because this dish cooks extremely quickly. You can easily double this recipe for 4 people, but note that you will need to cook your fillets in two batches. You may want to have warm plates waiting in a low oven to keep the first batch warm while the second is cooking. You won’t need to double the sauce, but you might add just a little more butter.
Sole Meunière is best prepared à la minute (just at the time you want to eat). However, you can and should prepare all your ingredients in advance. Prepare your flour, chop your parsley, squeeze your lemon juice, measure out your butter. You should have it all ready to go because this dish cooks extremely quickly. You can easily double this recipe for 4 people, but note that you will need to cook your fillets in two batches. You may want to have warm plates waiting in a low oven to keep the first batch warm while the second is cooking. You won’t need to double the sauce, but you might add just a little more butter.
Nutrition
Calories: 374kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 125mg | Sodium: 575mg | Fiber: 1g
