How to cut and clean flounder for frying in a pan?
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Flounder is very popular in cooking: it is fried, boiled, stewed, baked, dried and smoked. This fish has white, tasty, tender and juicy meat.
Many people do not eat flounder because of the specific smell that appears when frying, but this drawback is easy to deal with. You will find out how to do this in the recipe itself. So, let's figure out how to cut and clean flounder for frying in a pan.
Ингредиенты
Flounder - 1 pc.
Flour - for deboning
Salt and pepper - to taste
Рецепт
1. First, rinse the fish under running water and lightly wipe with a napkin. Then cut off the fins and tail, this is conveniently done with culinary scissors. If you plan to fry with the skin, then scrape the scales with a knife. But it is the skin that gives the specific smell.
2. Next, use a sharp knife to make cuts along the spine on both sides.
3. Then cut through the leather along the edges as shown in the photo.
4. Starting at the spine, use a sharp knife to fillet the fish. This way you will have four fillets on the skin. The frame can be used to prepare fish stock.
5. Now you need to separate the meat from the skin. To do this, place a piece of fillet, skin side down, with a sharp knife, starting from the tail, pulling the skin towards you, cut the fillet with a knife along the entire length.
6. That's it, now you know how to clean and cut flounder for frying in a frying pan. The fish is ready to cook. It’s up to you to decide how to cook it; I’ll show you how to quickly and easily fry flounder. Cut the fillet into medium pieces of the same size. Salt and pepper on both sides.
7. Roll in flour or breadcrumbs. Place in a heated frying pan with vegetable oil and fry on both sides until golden brown over medium heat.
8. Bon appetit!