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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Seafood
French
Seven Fishes
Servings: 2

Equipment

  • skillet

Ingredients

Fish Fillets

  • 2 sole or haddock filets, ½ lb total
  • cup flour
  • coarse Kosher salt
  • coarse ground black pepper
  • 1 Tbsp. light cooking oil
  • 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter

Beurre Noisette

  • 2 Tbsp. flat leaf parsley, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 1 Tbsp. capers, drained
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon juice

Instructions 

Prep

  • Heat saute pan over medium-high heat.
  • Sprinkle salt and pepper over both sides of the filets.
  • Dredge each filet in flour and shake off any excess flour.

Sauté

  • Heat oil in the pan and add butter until it is melted and stops foaming.
  • Saute filets until brown (3-5 minutes), then flip and brown the other side (3-4 min).
  • Transfer filets to the serving plate.

Sauce

  • Sprinkle filets with fresh chopped parsley.
  • In a light-colored sauce pan, melt 2 Tbsp of butter, stirring until brown.
  • Remove browned butter from the heat and toss in lemon and capers.
  • Pour beurre noisette over filets to sizzle the parsley.