Easy Sole Recipes

There are hundreds of different types of sole, and the flesh is so firm you can salt it like a steak. Try making a classic sole meuniere, cooked with white wine, lemon juice, capers and parsley, or try fillets baked in a rich, herbed wine sauce for a satisfying supper. Here, five ways to cook sole.

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Brown Butter Sole  with Herb Salad 

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This elegant dish is incredibly simple. If your fishmonger doesn't have smaller grey sole fillets, buy two larger 8- to 10-ounce fillets and halve them crosswise.

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Sole Meunière 

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In this classic French dish from Andrew Zimmern, a buttery sauce made with white wine, lemon juice, capers and parsley tops delicate sole fillets.

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Sole Fillets with Herbed Wine Sauce

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A simple vermouth- and herb-spiked cream sauce is incredibly delicious over tender, flaky pieces of fresh sole.

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Seared Sole With Lime Sauce

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This quick Thai-inspired sauce is a weeknight miracle for any flaky white fish. Chef Kuniko Yagi of L.A.'s Hinoki & the Bird prefers making the sauce with spicy Thai bird chiles; for less fire, you can remove the seeds or substitute serranos.

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Lemon Sole with Tomato-Olive Risotto

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This dish is packed with fresh, healthy Mediterranean flavor.

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Pilaf Rice and Sole Meunière

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Here, star chef Ludo Lefebvre's easy version of the classic French dish sole menuniere. For a step-by-step guide to making this dish, see this video.

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Easy Sole Recipes

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Brown Butter Sole  with Herb Salad

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Sole Meunière

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