Flaky, delicately sweet flounder is a quick and easy fish to cook for weeknight dinners (weekends, too!). Its flavor and firm texture make it the perfect base for a variety of delicious dishes. Its mild taste tempts picky eaters—especially when made into fish sandwiches and tacos—and makes it a foil for strong ingredients like Dijon mustard and fresh ginger. Our favorite flounder Recipes show how versatile this widely available fish is. They include baked, broiled, breaded and pan-fried, sautéed, and steamed preparations—there’s even one entree that cooks in the microwave. So when you need to get dinner on the table fast and want it to be Healthy, turn to flounder. It’s sure to become a staple in your weeknight rotation.
Flounder in Parchment With Asparagus and Shiitakes
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.
Fish Po'Boys
There's nothing quite like a po'boy, the favorite New Orleans sandwich made on baguette-style bread and dressed with lettuce and tomatoes. In the Big Easy, they are made with all kinds of fried seafood, but when we make po'boys at home, we opt for fried fish—and cornmeal-crusted flounder is quite simply the best choice.
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.
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.
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.
Broiled Mustard-Crusted Flounder
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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.
Fish With Lemon-Parsley Relish
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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.
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.
Fish Cakes With Peach Dipping Sauce
These fish cakes are shaped like fish! You can form them into rounds if you prefer, and you can use flounder or another white fish such as cod, sole, or halibut. Don’t skip the peach sauce, it's a revelation. Sweet and unexpected it makes a superb pairing with the delicate fish.
Flounder With Tomato-Onion Ragout
Cherry tomatoes cook in no time at all, so do the flounder fillets for this easy dinner—it's on the table in 25 minutes, so start some rice or couscous before you make the entrée.
Breaded Fish Tacos
Tempt picky eaters who aren't big fish fans with these mild-flavored breaded flounder sticks served in flour tortillas with a sweet pepper sauce.
