10 Flounder Recipes For Quick, Easy Dinners

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Flounder is a deliciously delicate fish known for its swift cooking time, making it an excellent choice for weeknight dinners. Its mild, flaky nature allows for culinary creativity, adapting well to various preparations from baked to broiled and even microwaved. With its ability to complement strong flavors like Dijon mustard and fresh ginger, flounder is perfect for a variety of meals that are both quick and healthy.

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Flounder in Parchment With Asparagus and Shiitakes

Flounder en Papillote with Asparagus and Shiitake Mushrooms on decorative plate — Ryan Liebe

Easy yet elevated, we love the French technique of cooking en papillote, steaming food in a parchment packet in the oven. It's quick, hands-off, and mess-free—and even better, you can prep the parcels up to a day ahead.

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For best results when using parchment paper to cook en papillote, ensure that the paper is cut large enough to fold over the food completely and seal the edges tightly to trap steam effectively.

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Sauteed Fish With Lemon

This recipe uses any flat fish, such as sole or flounder. It's a simple preparation that's easy yet elevated. The lemon and almonds complement the delicate flavor of the fish.

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Steamed Flounder With Vegetable Couscous

Here is a colorful and quick microwave meal of flounder with couscous, bell pepper, and zucchini. The couscous and vegetables cook first, then the fish is seasoned with Dijon mustard, and each fillet is rolled up and steamed atop the couscous.

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Broiled Fish With Summer Salad

Dinner will be ready in just 15 minutes when you make this colorful and delicious broiled entree. The thin fillets of flounder cook in a flash, giving you just enough time to make the salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, and corn to go with them. Serve with crusty bread for the quickest meal around.

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Broiled Mustard-Crusted Flounder

Another 15-minute entree! The combination of quick-cooking flounder and the speedy broiler is hard to beat. A yogurt-mustard-caper mixture is spread on the top side of the fish before it goes under the broiler.

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Fish With Lemon-Parsley Relish

This healthy meal comes together in just 25 minutes. Thin filets of flounder are steamed in white wine and served with wilted spinach and a quick relish of chopped lemon, parsley, and capers.

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Baked Flounder With Roasted Tomatoes

A crunchy breadcrumb coating is a great contrast to the delicate flesh of flounder filets in this easy recipe. Dijon mustard flavors the fish and helps the breadcrumb coating stay in place as the fish cooks. Roasted plum tomatoes cook in the oven—but they take longer than the fish so you need to start them first.

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Lemon-Parsley Fish Cakes

These tasty fish cakes are made with any white fish—flounder, sole, cod, or other. They are packed with flavor from parsley, Dijon mustard, scallions, Tabasco, and lemon juice, and can be made ahead and kept in freezer until you need them.

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Panko-Breaded Fish Sticks

Make your own homemade fish sticks with this super simple recipe that breads fillets and fries them to perfection. The recipe calls for sole, but you can easily swap in flounder, a similar flat white fish. Serve with dipping sauce or tuck into wraps, tacos, or put atop salads.

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Beer-Battered Fish

Beer batter creates a light and crispy crust for any firm white-fleshed fish, but flounder is particularly nice. A pale lager does the job nicely in this easy recipe.

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10 Flounder Recipes For Quick, Easy Dinners

Flounder in Parchment With Asparagus and Shiitakes

Sauteed Fish With Lemon

Steamed Flounder With Vegetable Couscous

Broiled Fish With Summer Salad

Broiled Mustard-Crusted Flounder

Fish With Lemon-Parsley Relish

Baked Flounder With Roasted Tomatoes

Lemon-Parsley Fish Cakes

Panko-Breaded Fish Sticks

Beer-Battered Fish

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