Whole baked flounder in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake a flounder in the oven entirely? First of all, prepare all the necessary products according to the list. If you have frozen fish, then take it out of the freezer in advance and leave it at room temperature until it completely thaws.

2. Step 2:

   

   Prepare the marinade. Pour soy sauce, vegetable oil and juice of freshly squeezed lemon (about 1 teaspoon) into a deep small container. Peel the garlic, pass it through a garlic press or chop it by hand as finely as possible. Mix all the liquid ingredients and garlic. You can add your favorite dry spices to the marinade to taste, a pinch of dry Provencal herbs was used in the recipe. Separate one teaspoon of marinade and set aside.

3. Step 3:

   

   Gut the flounder and wash it well. Next, there are two options to cook fish. First: remove the head, fins and cut off the skin. Second: clean the fish from the scales on both sides, remove the gills and bake in this form. I prefer the second option, so more often I bake a whole carcass cleaned of scales.

4. Step 4:

   

   Make several shallow incisions on the flounder, so the marinade will maximally saturate the fish meat with flavors. Using a silicone brush, apply the marinade to the flounder.

5. Step 5:

   

   Do the same on the other side.

7. Step 6:

   

   Leave in this way for 10-15 minutes so that the flounder is marinated.

8. Step 7:

   

   Place the carcass on a baking tray, pre-greased with vegetable oil or covered with baking paper. If you have vegetables at hand, I recommend that you also send them in small quantities to the flounder. Baked vegetables perfectly complement fish.

9. Step 8:

   

   Pre-sprinkle the vegetables with spices, lightly salt and sprinkle with olive or vegetable oil. I used cocktail tomatoes and unpeeled garlic cloves. Green asparagus, small bell pepper, zucchini slices and so on are perfect.

10. Step 9:

    

    Bake the fish in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes. Please note that the time and temperature may differ from the one indicated in the recipe, it depends on the capabilities of your oven. Remove the finished flounder from the oven, pour over the marinade that you left and sprinkle with finely chopped herbs on top. Ready!