How to Air Fry Lemon Sole Fillets

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Lemon sole is a delicious flat fish that's mild in flavour and super quick to cook, especially when air fried. These simple instructions make preparing and cooking the sole fillets extra easy and can be adapted for any similar flat fish fillets.

5 from 2 votes

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 7

Total Time: 12

Servings fillets

Author Chloe

Equipment

Silicone Pastry Brush

Ingredients

2 Lemon Sole Fillets - roughly 120g each
2 tsp Salted Butter - see notes
½ tsp Sea Salt Flakes - see notes

Instructions

If your air fryer requires pre-heating, Start this setting now.
Melt 2 tsp Salted Butter in a small bowl. I do this in the microwave but you could use a small heatproof bowl in the air fryer if you like. The preheat setting will likely do the trick.
Thoroughly dry 2 Lemon Sole Fillets.
Use scissors or a sharp knife to trim the frilly edges off the fillets. There is a natural line for you to follow. Use your fingers to check for any rogue bones and remove them if you find any.
Use a pastry brush to coat the flesh side of the fillets with the melted butter.
Sprinkle over half of the ½ tsp Sea Salt Flakes. Crush them between your fingers as your sprinkle for a thinner even coverage.
Turn the fillets over and brush with more butter and sprinkle over the remaining salt.
Place the fillets into the air fryer basket skin side up.
Leave a little space between each fillet so the air can circulate.
Air fry for 7 minutes at 200c/390f. There is no need to turn the fillets.
Be careful removing the fillets from the fryer as they will be delicate. Serve hot straight away.

To Air Fry From Frozen

Run the fillets under cold water to remove any surface ice crystals. Thoroughly dry then proceed with preparing them as normal.
Cook for 8 minutes at 200c/390f.

Notes

Butter - You can use an oil instead of butter but I do find that butter helps the fish skin crisp a little more and adds a nice flavour.
Salt/Seasoning - You can use any seasoning mix or sauce instead of just salt but make sure that salt is included in the mix. You can also add a little citrus juice. If you use a sauce with a high sugar content, you may want to brush this on halfway through cooking so it doesn't catch and burn.
The air fryer version of this recipe is tested in a Cosori Lite (‎CAF-LI401S) with a 3.8 litre capacity. The square(ish) shaped basket is 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
For this recipe, I can easily fit x fillets in the basket at a time. This gives plenty of room to allow air to circulate - I could probably squeeze in x more if I really needed.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time. Some models include stacking shelves which will increase capacity.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.

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