Great Frying Flounders!

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by AreYouReady?

I go to Sams and buy their already breaded flounder in the frozen section. Then I bake it in the oven till done. It comes out crispy. But you can fry this just the same.

[AreYouReady?]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

My fish came out terrible.
I wasted four Flounder filets.
Thanks for all the advice.

Sorry Jermyn. I couldn't resist.

[MawMaw]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

If you want it crispy, you will probably want to use breadcrumbs, like the ones from Progresso. I never use Ketchup on my fish - yuck!

Oh, I have to have ketchup AND lots of tabasco sauce!
Occassionally, I like the tartar sauce.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Actually, I changed my mind at the last minute and instead of frying it, I tried to bake it.

Wrong decision.

I didn't even let my dog eat it.

A dog eats it's own vomit and you wouldn't let him eat the flounder? If you wasted four filets, that is why.

I don't see how baking them would have ruined them. You either didn't season them right or baked them too long (hardened). You can put lemon juice on them and they would have been great. It's hard to mess up a flounder filet. That is some good fish.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Lacey

Oh, I have to have ketchup AND lots of tabasco sauce!
Occassionally, I like the tartar sauce.

Salt, pepper, butter or olive oil and lemon. That's all I need.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Lacey

How did you do them?......oh okay, I see you
baked them. What kind of seasoning did you
put on them?

1) Defrosted four fish filets labeled as Flounder, but I guess you really don't know what you're getting when you buy fish these days.

2) Coated the filets in a pre-seasoned corn meal flour made by Zatarains.

3) Dipped the flour-coated filets in egg whites, thoroughly beaten with a tsp of lemon juice added-- and this I believe was the undoing of my meal. The recipe for crispy baked flounder called for grated lemon zest, but all I had was lemon juice.

4) Dipped the twice-dipped filets into a third mixture of crushed fried french onions, tortilla chips, crushed garlic, dried onion bits and parsely.

5) Place the tripple-dipped seafood products onto a oil-slicked pan and bake them for 15 minutes at 400 degrees.

6) After 15 minutes, I had four breaded globs of seafood product.

7) I baked the fish for an hour at 450 - 465 degrees, trying to get the seafood product to firm and flake like fish should. The coating was slightly burned-- but only slightly because I kept checking on them.

8) The seafood product never really firmed and flaked like fish is supposed to. I ate some of it, threw the rest away and ate some oodles of noodles with cheese and fresh crushed garlic added.

9) Washed it down with strawberry lemonade.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by AreYouReady?

Sorry Jermyn. I couldn't resist.

No need for apologies.

I laughed too after I re-read what I posted.

However, I wasn't laughing as all this was unfolding.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

1) Defrosted four fish filets labeled as Flounder, but I guess you really don't know what you're getting when you buy fish these days.

2) Coated the filets in a pre-seasoned corn meal flour made by Zatarains.

3) Dipped the flour-coated filets in egg whites, thoroughly beaten with a tsp of lemon juice added-- and this I believe was the undoing of my meal. The recipe for crispy baked flounder called for grated lemon zest, but all I had was lemon juice.

4) Dipped the twice-dipped filets into a third mixture of crushed fried french onions, tortilla chips, crushed garlic, dried onion bits and parsely.

5) Place the tripple-dipped seafood products onto a oil-slicked pan and bake them for 15 minutes at 400 degrees.

6) After 15 minutes, I had four breaded globs of seafood product.

7) I baked the fish for an hour at 450 - 465 degrees, trying to get the seafood product to firm and flake like fish should. The coating was slightly burned-- but only slightly because I kept checking on them.

8) The seafood product never really firmed and flaked like fish is supposed to. I ate some of it, threw the rest away and ate some oodles of noodles with cheese and fresh crushed garlic added.

9) Washed it down with strawberry lemonade.

Yep, you're right. The lemon juice was where it went wrong.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Cindy

Yep, you're right. The lemon juice was where it went wrong.

Until tonight, I didn't think it was even possible to melt fish.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Until tonight, I didn't think it was even possible to melt fish.

Fish are more delicate than you realize.