Deep-fried Flounder Fish Made in a Frying Pan. To make crispy fish, coat flounder fillets with breadcrumbs before you pan-fry it in a little butter and olive oil. If you prefer, cover the fish with cornmeal and then fry it in vegetable oil. For even more flavor, coat the fillets with dried herbs and deep fry them to get an extremely crunchy coating.

Dip the flounder fillets first in the milk, letting any excess drip off. Using a colander, drain the fish. Frying in a pan, a cast iron skillet, is the only way to go. You can cook Deep-fried Flounder Fish Made in a Frying Pan using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Deep-fried Flounder Fish Made in a Frying Pan

Prepare 2 fillets of Flounder fish.
It's 1 dash of Salt and pepper.
It's 1 of Katakuriko.
It's 1/8 of Lemon (optional).
You need 2 tbsp of Oil.

Just enough to fry the dredged batter and make it crispy in not time at all. For this recipe, you're going to want a nice mild white fish, flounder, grouper, catfish, trout, cod. Now a Southern fried fish recipe is all about the spices. Pan-fry the flounder fillets until the coating begins to turn brown and the fish pulls away easily from the skillet, about three to four minutes.

Deep-fried Flounder Fish Made in a Frying Pan step by step

Season the fillets with salt and pepper and coat with katakuriko..
Pour the oil into a heated frying pan and fry the fillets over medium heat for 2 minutes..
Turn them over, making sure they don't break up, and fry for another 2 minutes..
Turn down the heat to low, and fry each side for another 2 minutes..
Turn up the heat again to medium, and fry both sides until crispy..

Use a fish spatula to turn the fish gently. Cook for another three to four minutes until the other side has browned and pulls away easily. Make fried flounder just like they make at Red Lobster - only better! Skin fillets and cut into serving size portions. Place flounder in cast iron skillet preheated with oil.