Easy Pan Fried Sole Fish With Lemon-Butter Sauce

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This is a pretty basic recipe but it is just delicious! You can use lemon pepper in place of black pepper.

  • 1
  • 5 mins
  • 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 8 sole fillets
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt (or use white salt, or to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper (or to taste)
  • 7 tablespoons butter
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Step 1

1 Mix the flour with seasoned salt and pepper in a shallow dish. 2 Dredge the fish fillets in the flour mixture. 3 Heat a large skillet over high heat. 4 Add in about 3 tablespoons butter to the hot skillet. 5 Saute the fillets in 2 batches, cooking on each side (on high heat about 2 minutes per side) or until just cooked through; transfer the fish to a plate to keep warm. 6 Add in the remaining 4 tablespoons butter and cook until golden in colour; add in lemon juice, bring to a boil and add in the parsley. 7 Season the sauce with salt and pepper. 8 Pour the warm sauce over the fish. 9 Serve immediately.