Applewood Baked Flounder
You will need:
4 servings of skinless, boneless flounder fillets
4 large slices applewood smoked bacon
1 can condensed tomato soup
1 lemon
½ cup water
2 small bay leaves
salt & pepper
1 sliced white onion
fresh herbs
To start:
Arrange the four skinless, boneless flounder fillets with tails tucked under in a greased broiling pan. Pyrex dishes work best.
Cut bacon into smaller pieces, and sprinkle over each fillet.
Next, combine tomato soup, water, bay leaves, salt & pepper (to taste), and sliced onion.
Now pour this tomato soup mixture over the fillets, and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Once it’s finished cooking, place the fillets on plates. Then drizzle sauce from the baking dish over each piece of fish. Be sure not to forget to remove the bay leaves.
Finish the dish with fresh chopped herbs (thyme, basil, etc.).
Finally, serve with fresh squeezed lemon.
I recommend serving with pasta and garlic bread, but this dish may also be accompanied very nicely with a garden salad.
Eat fresh & buy local.
Chef Danny H.
Danny Hieronymus was born and raised in Wrightsville Beach into a commercial fishing family and has been catching fish throughout NC all his life. He has also been cooking with his mother since he was 8 years old in the family restaurant. He can be reached at capefearcookin@yahoo.com.
