10 Fin-Tastic Flounder Recipes

From bright, caper-studded piccata to crunchy fried fish tacos, this flaky white fish has range.

Floundering on the internets for new ways to prepare this delicate white-fleshed flatfish? Here are our ten go-to methods for getting flounder on the table, ranging from simple pan-seared, lemon-kissed treatments like meunière and piccata to battering and deep-frying for sandwiches and tacos.

Sole Meunière

This classic preparation is quick, easy, and arguably one of the best ways to serve delicate fillets like flounder.

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West Lake Soup

This comforting soup is often made with ground pork or beef, but we really like using chopped and marinated white fish, which allows the cilantro, white pepper, soy, and rice wine to shine through.

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Fried Fish Sandwiches With Creamy Slaw and Tartar Sauce

Flounder takes especially well to being fried, making it a perfect substitute for cod in this delectable sandwich. The beer-batter coating, made with a combination of flour and cornstarch, is light, airy, and crisp.

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Fish Piccata

The ender, pan-fried flounder fillets in this recipe are smothered with a creamy caper-studded lemon-butter sauce.

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Planked Whitefish With Cilantro-Lime Butter

Planking is one of the most foolproof ways to grill fish. The cedar acts as a "baking sheet" of sorts, making the process of transferring the fish on and off the grill a snap while subtly perfuming the fish with woodsy aromas.

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Kung Pao Fish With Dried Chiles and Sichuan Peppercorns

Here, chunks of white fish are seasoned with soy sauce and white pepper, then battered, deep-fried, and smothered in a mouth-tingling mixture of stir-fried scallions, garlic, Sichuan peppercorns, and dried chiles.

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Pan-Fried Whitefish With Corn, Avocado, Lime and Basil Relish

Pan-fried flounder is the perfect blank canvas for a medley of fresh and bright flavors: sweet corn, red onion, avocado, tomatoes, and basil, all tossed in a bright lime vinaigrette.

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Grilled Fish in Parchment

As grilling methods go, fashioning parcels from parchment paper (or, for the more nervous among us, foil) is one of the most convenient and foolproof techniques out there. Lemon and dill sprigs perfume the fish as it steams atop shingled slices of summer squash.

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Crunchy Fried Fish Tacos

There's nothing quite like the combination of warm corn tortillas, freshly fried fish, cabbage, spicy mayo, and pickled onions.

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Chả Cá, Seared Fish with Turmeric Over Rice Noodles

In Chichi's take on this classic Vietnamese noodle dish, white-fleshed fish fillets like flounder or catfish are marinated in a mixture of buttermilk, turmeric, freshly grated galangal, and savory fish paste. The fillets are briefly seared on both sides and transferred to bowls piled with rice noodles.

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