Fried Horn Fish

Name: Gebratener Hornhechte (Fried Horn Fish)
Ingredients: 4 prepared Hornfish (about 1-1/2 lbs); 1 lemon (juiced); 1-2 cups flour; pepper; salt; 3 tbsp butter

Gebratener Hornhechte

This fried dish is one of many welcoming summer to the Ostsee Coast.

Course Entree

Region Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Ingredients

4 prepared Hornfish about 1-1/2 lbs
1 lemon juiced
1-2 cups flour
pepper
salt
3 tbsp butter

Instructions

Thoroughly wash the hornfish, cutting them into fourths. Pat dry and drizzle with the juice of one lemon.
Spread out flour on a large plate. Dredge each fish piece in flour, tapping off excess flour. Flavor the fish with salt and pepper to taste.
Heat up butter, until it starts bubbling, in a large skillet. Cook the fish, giving each side only about 2 ½ minutes to prevent the fish from drying out.

Recipe adapted from beef.de

Notes

Serve with any vegetable side.

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