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Plaice Fish Recipe Millers Wife Style

Modified: May 12, 2025 by Judith E. Coates · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

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A perfect recipe for white fish like plaice, flounder, halibut, and sole, to make an easy, quick lunch or dinner.
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Large brown cooked fish fillet with green garnish on white plate.

Filets De Poisson A La Meunière

This is a simple fillet of plaice recipe that is so nutritious, yes, and delicious! Plaice is a mild-tasting fish with delicate white flesh. What could be easier than this plaice recipe to make a delicious and nourishing fish lunch or dinner! You will also love these fish recipes Sole à la Meunière, Haddock Meal, or Fish Pie!

Large brown cooked fish fillet with green garnish on white plate.

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  • Filets De Poisson A La Meunière
  • ❤️About This Recipe
  • 📝Ingredient List
  • 🔢Instructions
  • How To Make Seasoned Flour For Fish
  • 🤔What To Serve With White Fish Fillets?
  • More Great Fish Recipes
  • ❔FAQ
  • 📖 Recipe
  • How To Make Seasoned Flour For Fish

❤️About This Recipe

I love white fish like plaice, flounder, halibut, and sole, so I can recommend them for an easy, quick lunch or dinner. All of these types of fish have a mild flavor, with white meat making them good substitutes for one another and easy to dress up with various flavors.

They can all be substituted in this recipe and other fish recipes on this website.

Plaice is high in protein, and low in fat and carbohydrates. It is a good source of healthy omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D, and it has a high content of selenium.

If you have asked, "How do you fry fish?" then just follow this recipe for a quick and easy scrumptious meal for the whole family.

📝Ingredient List

  • plaice fillets, flounder, halibut, or sole
  • butter and olive oil
  • lemon juice
  • parsley
  • seasoned flour - directions for mixing up this delicious accoutrement are included below

🔢Instructions

  1. Wipe and dry the fish fillets. If the fillets are not dry, the flour dredge will not adhere to the fish.
  2. Dip the fish in the seasoned flour, covering the fillets lightly.
  3. Heat the butter and oil in a heavy-bottomed pan. The butter adds flavor and the oil prevents the butter from burning.
  4. When the butter is foaming, turn the heat down and put the fish in the pan.
  5. Cook for about 3 minutes, then turn the fish over and cook the other side until golden brown. This is also a similar pan-fry method to cooking scallops.
  6. Put the fish on a hot dish, drizzle with lemon juice, and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
  7. At this stage, quickly wipe out the pan, add 1 ounce butter to the hot pan, and heat until it turns brown.
  8. Quickly pour over the fish and serve!

How To Make Seasoned Flour For Fish

Place all ingredients in a bowl, and combine with a whisk to ensure even distribution of all the flavors. Store in an airtight container. Herbs can make a dish truly special, learn more from my French Herbs Capture The Flavor. Add and omit any item in the list that you like.

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (or a flour of your choice, such as rice flour, or a combination of wheat, rice, potato, or corn flour; or make it vegan with a flour blend replacement)
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon crushed celery seed
  • 1 tablespoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons dry mustard
  • 4 tablespoons paprika
  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoons onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon basil
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
  • ¼ cayenne pepper

🤔What To Serve With White Fish Fillets?

Serve with a simple green mesclun salad and fondant potatoes, French fries, or baker's potatoes, delicious! Alternatively, serve with your favorite vegetables such as small broad beans or French beans.

More Great Fish Recipes

  • Haddock In Tomato Basic Sauce
  • Mediterranean Fish Pie With Vegetables
  • Bouillabaisse Soup
  • Poached Salmon
  • How To Make Fish Broth

❔FAQ

What other fish can be used instead of plaice?

There are other varieties of flat fish that substitute well for plaice in recipes like flounder, sole, and halibut. All four types of fish are excellent choices for battered fish and chips.

What is seasoned flour?

In this recipe, all-purpose flour is mixed with a chosen variety of herbs and spices to enhance the flavor of this mild-tasting fish dinner. For a gluten-free version, simply substitute the wheat flour with a gluten-free flour blend or one flour of your choice, such as rice flour.

Can seasoned flour be used for other foods?

Yes, seasoned flour can be mixed in many different combinations of herbs and spices to enhance beef, chicken, and pork dishes. It is often used to give gravies and sauces a more intense flavor as well.

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Large brown cooked fish fillet with green garnish on white plate.

Yummy Plaice Recipe

Judith Coates
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A perfect recipe for white fish like plaice, flounder, halibut, and sole, to make an easy, quick lunch or dinner.
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Prep Time 7 minutes mins
Cook Time 7 minutes mins
Total Time 14 minutes mins
Course dinner
Cuisine French
Servings 2

Ingredients

  • 2 fish fillet large fillet, per person, plaice, sole, flounder or halibut
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon parsley Italian or flat, chopped
  • ¼ cup seasoned flour for dusting/dredging fish
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Instructions
 

  • Wipe and dry the fish fillets.
  • Dip the fish in the seasoned flour and cover lightly.
  • Heat the 1 tablespoon butter and oil in a heavy-bottomed pan.
  • When the butter is foaming turn the heat down and put the fish in the pan.
  • Cook for about 3 minutes then turn the fish over and cook the other side until golden brown 3-5 minutes. (Fish is cooked when it easily flakes with a fork.)
  • Put the fish on a hot dish, drizzle with lemon juice, and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
  • At this stage quickly wipe out the pan add 1 tablespoon butter to the hot pan and heat until it turns brown.
  • Quickly pour over the fish and serve!

Notes

How To Make Seasoned Flour For Fish

Place all ingredients in a bowl, and combine with a whisk to ensure even distribution of all the flavors. Store in an airtight container. Herbs can make a dish truly special! Learn more from my French Herbs Capture The Flavor. Add and omit any item in the list that you like.
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (or a flour of your choice, such as rice flour, or a combination of wheat, rice, potato, or corn flour; or make it vegan with a flour blend replacement)
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon crushed celery seed
  • 1 tablespoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons dry mustard
  • 4 tablespoons paprika
  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoons onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon basil
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
  • ¼ cayenne pepper

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Nutrition

Calories: 200kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 3gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 1517mgPotassium: 27mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 0.2gVitamin A: 535IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 10mg
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  1. Mr Anthony cook says

    October 04, 2024 at 3:35 pm

    Simple & delicious,thank you.

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    • Judith Coates says

      October 05, 2024 at 8:48 am

      Mr Anthony, thank you for letting me know that you enjoyed it!

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  2. Bonnie says

    May 21, 2024 at 6:31 pm

    Parfait

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    • Judith says

      May 22, 2024 at 9:41 am

      Thank you Bonnie! 😍

      Reply
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