Fry the whole flounder for 7 minutes on each side in a skillet over medium heat without a lid.
In a slow cooker, fry the flounder for 30 minutes in the “Frying” or “Baking” mode.
How to fry flounder
Flounder
– 1 fish weighing 500 grams
Flour – 5 tablespoons
Onion – 1 piece
Pepper – to taste
Salt – to taste
Vegetable oil – 3 tablespoons
Preparation for frying
If the flounder is frozen, it must be thawed at room temperature. If the fish is fresh, immediately proceed to cutting. Put the flounder on the board with a light belly up, cut along and gut. Rinse thoroughly under cold running water. Place the fish on a cutting board and cut off the tail, head and fins. The fins must be cut very carefully as they are very sharp. Peel the small scales from the skin of the flounder, rub it with salt and pepper, leave it in a marinating plate for 20 minutes. Cut the fish into pieces and roll in flour. Peel the onion, finely chop.
How to fry flounder in a pan
Heat vegetable oil in a pan. The temperature must be high, otherwise the flounder may stick to the pan during frying. Place the fish pieces in the pan.
To avoid an unpleasant smell when frying, sprinkle the fish with chopped onions. Fry for 7 minutes over medium heat without a lid. Turn the fish over, fry for another 7 minutes on the other side. When frying, occasionally shake the pan, then the fish will not stick to the bottom.
Cooking fried flounder in
a multicooker Pour 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil into the multicooker bowl, put the fish there. Turn on the “Frying” mode (if there is none, turn on the “Baking” mode) for 30 minutes.
Fry on each side for 15 minutes.
Tasty Facts
The calorie content of flounder fried in sunflower oil is 162 kcal / 100 grams.
As a side dish for fried flounder, boiled potatoes, rice are perfect.
It is recommended to serve fried flounder with slices of lemon and finely chopped parsley.
If flounder with caviar, caviar can also be fried.
When frying, you can sprinkle flounder with 0.5 teaspoons of ground coriander.
Shelf life – 3 days in the refrigerator.
A sign of readiness of fried flounder is the appearance of a golden crust.
The price of flounder – from 200 rubles. for 1 kilogram of frozen fish, from 230 rubles. per 1 kilogram of chilled fish (on average in Moscow as of June 2016).
Before frying, flounder can be marinated in lemon juice with mustard (for 2 hours in the refrigerator).
Fried flounder can be served with sour cream sauce.
Marinade for flounder
per 500 grams of flounder
Lemon juice – 2 tablespoons
Table mustard – 0.5 teaspoon
Marinating flounder
Mix the ingredients, marinate flounder caviar for half an hour.
Sour cream sauce for flounder
per 500 grams of flounder
Sour cream – 3 tablespoons
Horseradish – 1 teaspoon
Dill – 5 sprigs
Salt – to taste
Sugar – optional
Preparation of the sauce
Mix horseradish and sour cream, chop the dill, add to the sauce. Add sugar as desired. Salt. Serve cold.