Lemon Butter Fillets of Sole

Name: Lemon Butter Fillets of Sole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 4 fillets sole (totaling about 3/4- 1 lb); 2 tbsp butter (or olive oil); 1/2 lemon; 2 pinches dried parsley (for garnish)

Lemon Butter Fillets of Sole are quick, easy, healthy and real good. What more could you ask for after a busy day?

Growing up back in New Jersey there was always fish stores handy that had fresh flounder and Sole available. Where we live here in Texas we get them frozen at the local grocery store. If you have to thaw yours out, like we do, just put them in a bowl of water. They will be ready to go in about 5 minutes. You can get the carbs and the veggies together while the Fillets thaw out.

This dish is one of the many that we go to to stay on our Mediterranean Diet. Which by the way is working out great for us. We are keeping the weight off and feeling real good. AND, the recipes are real good. If you want to see all of them on our website just go to the “Search our recipes” widget on the right hand side of the home page and search for Mediterranean Diet. You will see lots of easy meals that are healthy and good.

Ingredients

These amounts are for 2 servings. To change the number of servings just scroll down to the recipe card at the bottom of this post. You can also change the amounts to metric

4 fillets of sole (or flounder) totaling about 3/4 to 1 pound
2 tablespoons of butter (or olive oil)
1/2 lemon
2 pinches dried parsley for garnish

Directions for your Lemon Butter Fillets of Sole

The butter in this recipe is a little bit of a cheat but once in a while is okay. Just don’t tell the Mediterranean gods on us.

Let’s get our Fillets ready

Put a large skillet on the stove at medium high. Put in the butter and squeeze in the lemon juice. Pat the fillets dry with paper towels. When the butter has calmed down lay the fillets out in the skillet with the gray side up.

Just about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes a side depending on the thickness. Garnish with a little of the liquid from the skillet and some dried parsley and enjoy your Lemon Butter Fillets of Sole. Here is another easy and very good flounder recipe

I put together some tortellini with olive oil and grated parmesan. And, a salad of avocado and tomato slices with some chunks of fresh mozzarella.

Now wasn’t that easy?

This also works real well with just about any other fish fillets. Just adjust the cooking times to suit the thickness of your fillets.

And here is another tasty fillet of sole recipe

and a fried fillet of sole recipe.

and another fillet of sole recipe