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🍽️ Flounder with Leek and Rice
520 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 4 sole fillets (4 double fillets, 160-180 g each)
- butter (for the dish)
- 1 untreated orange
- 1 untreated lemon
- salt
- white pepper (from the mill)
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 2 spring onions
- 200 g long-grain rice
- 1 tbsp oil
- 600 ml vegetable broth
- 400 g leek
- nutmeg
- chives (for garnishing)
Instructions
- 1. Rinse the flounder fillets under running water.
- 2. Then pat the fillets dry with a kitchen towel.
- 3. Use a sharp knife to pierce the skin side of the fillets several times.
- 4. Place the fillets skin-side down in a buttered baking dish.
- 5. Rinse the orange and lemon under hot water.
- 6. Dry the fruits.
- 7. Finely grate the zest of the orange and the lemon.
- 8. Squeeze the juice from both fruits.
- 9. Mix the juice with the grated zest.
- 10. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
- 11. Wash the spring onions.
- 12. Shake them dry.
- 13. Remove the root ends.
- 14. Slice the spring onions into thin, diagonal rings.
- 15. Distribute the marinade with the spring onions evenly over the fish.
- 16. Drizzle some olive oil over it.
- 17. Cover the dish.
- 18. Let the marinade infuse into the fish overnight in the refrigerator.
- 19. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat the next day.
- 20. Cook the fish in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
- 21. Sauté the rice in oil.
- 22. Deglaze the rice with the broth.
- 23. Bring the liquid to a boil.
- 24. Turn off the stove burner.
- 25. Cover the pot.
- 26. Let the rice swell for 20 minutes on the warm stove burner.
- 27. Wash the leek.
- 28. Remove the green tops and the root.
- 29. Slice the leek into rings.
- 30. Sauté the leek rings in butter.
- 31. Season the leek with salt and pepper.
- 32. Add some ground nutmeg.
- 33. Place the cooked fish fillets on the rice.
- 34. Top the fish with the sautéed leek.
- 35. Garnish the dish with fresh chive tips.
- 36. Serve the meal hot.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 520
- Protein: 33 g · Fett/Fat: 21 g · Carbs: 48 g