3 Easy Sole Recipes

Seared Sole With Lime Sauce
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© Fredrika Stjärne

There are hundreds of 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, three ways to cook sole.

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Brown Butter Sole with Herb Salad

Brown Butter Sole with Herb Salad
© John Kernick

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 Fillets with Herbed Wine Sauce

Sole Fillets with Herbed Wine Sauce
© Oddur Thorisson

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

Seared Sole With Lime Sauce
© Fredrika Stjärne

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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