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Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade

Name: Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade
Prep time: 1 h 12 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 1 h 21 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 fillets of red mullet; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; Parsley; Salt; Pepper

For this recipe, the marinade is made in a jiffy: oil, lemon, parsley, salt and pepper.

The red mullet fillets are marinaded for an hour, then pan-fried quickly.

They are served with plain white rice.

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Duration

1 hour 25 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 27^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 8 fillets of red mullet
2 4 tablespoons olive oil
3 2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 Parsley
5 Salt
6 Pepper
Total weight: 890 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

15 min.

Resting

1 hour

Cooking

9 min.

All in all

1 hour 25 min.

Preparation 15 min.

Resting 1 hour

Cooking 9 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade : Stage 1

Ask your fishmonger to fillet the red mullets for you.

Wash and dry the fish.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 4 min.

Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade : Stage 2

Use tweezers to remove any remaining bones down the centre of the fillets.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade : Stage 3

Prepare the marinade by mixing 2 tablespoons lemon juice, salt and papper, 4 tablespoons olive oil and the chopped pasley.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 hour

Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade : Stage 4

Put the red mullet fillets into the marinade, mix well and cover with plastic film. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

Stage 5

After marinading, you will see that the fish has turned slightly opaque. This is the effect of the lemon juice.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.

Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade : Stage 6

Put a frying pan on high heat, then add the fish fillets with the skin downwards. Cook for about 3 minutes until the skin is nicely browned.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.

Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade : Stage 7

Turn the fish over and cook for a further minute on the other side.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade : Stage 8

You can also make a very easy sauce by pouring the remaining marinade into the frying pan and leaving it to reduce slightly.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade : Stage 9

Serve 2 fillets per person with white rice, for example.

Remarks

Be careful not to cook the fish too long with the skin downwards. It needs to be fried, but make sure it is not burnt, as this tends to happen rather quickly.

Keeping: Should be eaten immediately once plated up.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	18 g RDI=28 %	0 g	9 g RDI=13 %	162 kcal RDI=8 %	679 kJ RDI=8 %
Per person	40 g RDI=62 %	0 g	21 g RDI=30 %	358 kcal RDI=18 %	1,502 kJ RDI=18 %
Whole recipe	160 g RDI=247 %	2 g RDI=1 %	87 g RDI=119 %	1,435 kcal RDI=72 %	6,010 kJ RDI=72 %