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Easy Sea Fare: 14 Fish Fillet Recipes

Seafood lovers will flip over the following easy fish fillet recipes.
<p>A simple, flavorful salmon dish perfect for date night, entertaining, or any old weeknight.</p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/salmon-parchment-olive-butter-recipe-opr0213" target="_blank"><b>Salmon in Parchment with Olive Butter</b></a></p>
Chris Court
Seafood lovers will flip over the following easy fish fillet recipes. Fish fillets are generally sold deboned and skinned, reducing the prep work to virtually nil for everything from pan-frying to roasting and steaming. These fish fillet recipes may even turn certain seafood shunners into full-on fish-fillet addicts!Looking for more fish recipes? Check out these fresh and fantastic fish ideas.
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Salmon in Parchment with Olive Butter

<p>A simple, flavorful salmon dish perfect for date night, entertaining, or any old weeknight.</p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/salmon-parchment-olive-butter-recipe-opr0213" target="_blank"><b>Salmon in Parchment with Olive Butter</b></a></p>
Chris Court

A simple, flavorful salmon dish perfect for date night, entertaining, or any old weeknight.

Recipe: Salmon in Parchment with Olive Butter

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Farro Salad with Smoked Trout

<p>Filmmaker and chef Daniel Klein created this colorful smoked-fish and whole-grain salad after fishing for gray mullet for an episode of his web series, "The Perennial Plate." Instead of smoked mullet, the smoked trout here is easier to find and equally delicious. </p>
<p><b>Recipe: <a href="/recipefinder/farro-salad-smoked-trout-recipe-fw0212">Farro Salad with Smoked Trout</a></b></p>
Pernille Pedersen

Filmmaker and chef Daniel Klein created this colorful smoked-fish and whole-grain salad after fishing for gray mullet for an episode of his web series, "The Perennial Plate." Instead of smoked mullet, the smoked trout here is easier to find and equally delicious.

Recipe: Farro Salad with Smoked Trout

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Trout Schnitzel with Lemon-Chile Butter

<p>Marcia Kiesel ingeniously substitutes trout fillets for the usual veal or pork in this schnitzel, an iconic Austrian dish. If you can't find large enough trout fillets, you can use half-pound butterflied trout instead. </p><p><b>Recipe: <a href="/recipefinder/trout-schnitzel-lemon-chile-butter-recipe-fw0112">Trout Schnitzel with Lemon-Chile Butter</a></b></p>
Constantine Poulos

Marcia Kiesel ingeniously substitutes trout fillets for the usual veal or pork in this schnitzel, an iconic Austrian dish. If you can't find large enough trout fillets, you can use half-pound butterflied trout instead.

Recipe: Trout Schnitzel with Lemon-Chile Butter

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Fish Fillets with Cucumber Raita

<p>Raita, a traditional Indian condiment consisting of cucumber and yogurt, makes a quick topping for simple sautéed fish fillets.</p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/fish-fillets-cucumber-raita-recipe-ew0911" target="_blank"><b>Fish Fillets with Cucumber Raita</b></a></p>
Ken Burris

Raita, a traditional Indian condiment consisting of cucumber and yogurt, makes a quick topping for simple sautéed fish fillets.

Recipe: Fish Fillets with Cucumber Raita

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Salmon with Red Wine–Balsamic Sauce

<p>Chef Alfred Portale of New York City's Gotham Bar and Grill serves salmon with a peppery riff on beurre rouge (a French butter sauce made with red wine).</p>
<p><strong>Recipe:</strong> <a href="/recipefinder/salmon-red-wine-balsamic-sauce-recipe-fw0511" target="_blank"><strong>Salmon with Red Wine–Balsamic Sauce</strong></a></p>
Petrina Tinslay

Chef Alfred Portale of New York City's Gotham Bar and Grill serves salmon with a peppery riff on beurre rouge (a French butter sauce made with red wine).

Recipe: Salmon with Red Wine–Balsamic Sauce

6

Steamed Wild Striped Bass with Ginger and Scallions

<p>We sass up steamed bass by cooking it in ginger-and-sesame soy sauce and topping it with frizzled jalapeños and scallions. </p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/steamed-wild-striped-bass-ginger-scallions-recipe-fw0910" target="_blank"><b>Steamed Wild Striped Bass with Ginger and Scallions</b></a></p>
John Kernick

We sass up steamed bass by cooking it in ginger-and-sesame soy sauce and topping it with frizzled jalapeños and scallions.

Recipe: Steamed Wild Striped Bass with Ginger and Scallions

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Pan-Fried Trout with Red Chile Sauce

<p>This chile sauce is lighter than one you'd pair with enchiladas or burritos, but goes perfect with the delicate trout.</p>
<p><b>Recipe: <a href="/recipefinder/pan-fried-trout-red-chile-sauce-recipe-ew0910">Pan-Fried Trout with Red Chile Sauce</a></b></p>
Ken Burris

This chile sauce is lighter than one you'd pair with enchiladas or burritos, but goes perfect with the delicate trout.

Recipe: Pan-Fried Trout with Red Chile Sauce

8

Five-Spice Tilapia

<p>Chinese five-spice powder, soy sauce, and brown sugar make a quick glaze for tilapia. You'll need a skillet that is 12 inches or larger to accommodate the pound of tilapia fillets — if you don't have one large enough, use 2 smaller skillets instead or cook them in two separate batches, using more oil as necessary.</p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/five-spice-tilapia-recipe-ew0710" target="_blank"><b> Five-Spice Tilapia</b></a></p>
Ken Burris

Chinese five-spice powder, soy sauce, and brown sugar make a quick glaze for tilapia. You'll need a skillet that is 12 inches or larger to accommodate the pound of tilapia fillets — if you don't have one large enough, use 2 smaller skillets instead or cook them in two separate batches, using more oil as necessary.

Recipe: Five-Spice Tilapia

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Provençale Arctic Char

<p>This healthy meal combines Artic char fillets (similar to salmon) with healthy summer veggies and heart-healthy olives.</p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/provencale-artic-char-recipe-rbk0610" target="_blank"><b>Provençale Arctic Char</b></a></p>
Jim Franco

This healthy meal combines Artic char fillets (similar to salmon) with healthy summer veggies and heart-healthy olives.

Recipe: Provençale Arctic Char

10

Caesar-Glazed Flounder with Pesto Linguine

<p>Lemon, anchovy, and garlic flavor a delicate mayo-based glaze in this easy flounder recipe.</p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/caesar-glazed-flounder-pesto-linguine-recipe-rbk0610" target="_blank"><b>Caesar-Glazed Flounder with Pesto Linguine</b></a></p>
Jim Franco

Lemon, anchovy, and garlic flavor a delicate mayo-based glaze in this easy flounder recipe.

Recipe: Caesar-Glazed Flounder with Pesto Linguine

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Grilled Salmon With Peaches

<p>Cooking salmon on the coals is a delicious way to get heart-healthy omega-3s. Nutty-tasting quinoa and peaches deliver additional flavor — and fiber.</p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/grilled-salmon-peaches-recipe-ghk0610" target="_blank"><b>Grilled Salmon with Peaches</b></a></p>
Kate Mathis

Cooking salmon on the coals is a delicious way to get heart-healthy omega-3s. Nutty-tasting quinoa and peaches deliver additional flavor — and fiber.

Recipe: Grilled Salmon with Peaches

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Fish and Chips

<p>Perhaps the most well-known of all UK comfort foods, crispy fried fish and chips are traditionally accompanied by sea salt and vinegar.</p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/fish-chips-recipe-opr0310" target="_blank"><b>Fish and Chips</b></a></p>
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Perhaps the most well-known of all UK comfort foods, crispy fried fish and chips are traditionally accompanied by sea salt and vinegar.

Recipe: Fish and Chips

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13

Cod with Tomato Cream Sauce

<p>This silky tomato sauce with a touch of cream makes mild-flavored cod sing. Serve with farro or rice and a salad of mixed greens.</p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/cod-tomato-cream-sauce-recipe" target="_blank"><b>Cod with Tomato Cream Sauce</b></a></p>
Ken Burris

This silky tomato sauce with a touch of cream makes mild-flavored cod sing. Serve with farro or rice and a salad of mixed greens.

Recipe: Cod with Tomato Cream Sauce

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Tilapia with Tomato-Olive Sauce

<p>Top tilapia fillets with a savory tomato-olive sauce that comes together in just 5 minutes. Look for tapenade near jarred olives in the supermarket. Serve with sautéed broccolini and farro tossed with toasted almonds.</p><p><b>Recipe: </b><a href="/recipefinder/tilapia-tomato-olive-sauce-recipe-ew0712" target="_blank"><b>Tilapia with Tomato-Olive Sauce</b></a></p>
Peter Ardito

Top tilapia fillets with a savory tomato-olive sauce that comes together in just 5 minutes. Look for tapenade near jarred olives in the supermarket. Serve with sautéed broccolini and farro tossed with toasted almonds.

Recipe: Tilapia with Tomato-Olive Sauce

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