How To Make Sole Meunière With Chef Ludo Lefebvre

When it comes to classic French dishes, Chef Ludo Lefebvre will never shy away from the butter. And this sole meunière recipe is no exception. After watching Ludo make this lightly fried fish, finished with a healthy dose of brown butter and parsley, get in the kitchen and create this French favorite for yourself.
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[@jfkesq]

First, add butter. Then, melt butter over the top. Next, cook in butter. Then, add more butter.

[@nubianqueen45]

Lol that all the technique

[@whosRickeh]

don’t forget the butter.

[@gvnady8380]

1:53

[@bouchonaise124135]

french cooking in a nutshell. lol jk, this looks great!

[@cavalli821]

Oh.. and you forgot to mention... dont forget buttering the bread as an app. LOL

[@yuhboris304]

Fresh butter topped with fish

[@rajeenasabharwal4241]

M

[@mdogzino]

Lol.

[@aaronfriedmann2488]

Don't forget the butter.

[@gethinthomas5135]

@asad asadolahi because the butter there can genuinely be that good, I didn't get it until I went there myself

[@watsonfung6752]

@@aaronfriedmann2488 don’t forget the fish

[@ransackededen]

1:16 "I'm gonna put my soul to rest"

[@fullmoonsociety7463]

Kek

[@belawamonajulie3964]

😂😅😂😂🤣😂😂😅😂

[@lilyt6457]

Knew this would be in the comments

[@ellalena1873]

Yeah… might have that on my tombstone

[@christopherbako]

I love that tip for the tail technique!

[@ahpadt]

This is one of the greatest fish dishes ever.

[@ARCSTREAMS]

yeah only one ingredient ,,well ok 3 different kinds of butter

[@PaulinaMedina-dl6eh]

Absolutely ❤

[@sireugenethunderfuck9229]

please more ludo content....there is absolutely not enough on youtube

[@NVH-hi7wp]

Eric Pratt Eric...you're gay

[@mb9607]

He actually started his own KZbin channel where he makes recipe, you should check it out!

[@s1234pro]

I first saw this beautiful dish in the movie " Julie and Julia ". I have to have it!

[@TheDarwiniser]

I would imagine this is one of those dishes that would be subjected to the most maddeningly high quality expectations.... simple, yet the required standard balances on a knife edge combination of ingredients, temperatures and timings.

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

Ingredients !!!!

[@PaulinaMedina-dl6eh]

I love your wording your awesome, and your well worth it I can tell❤

[@Tol1as]

Which country is this guy from again

[@rctheman5758]

Tol1as fwanz

[@TheDarwiniser]

Cornwall. Clearly.

[@rotemharel9436]

Italy, obviously.

[@JAJones-qz4vv]

Like you Tol1as, this chap's origin was vague - I just wish people would state clearly, where they're from.

[@lordmurphy4344]

Pakistan

[@micntr]

I don't think he added enough butter in this dish.

[@fishtherapy100]

have you ever eaten food like this. its amazing. try before you run off at the mouth...if you can afford to eat in these places...that is?!

[@fashionovawigs]

@@fishtherapy100 it's a joke

[@barbapoupokin7425]

😆😆😆

[@RK-ep8qy]

@@fishtherapy100 jeez calm down dude

[@ARCSTREAMS]

fish was swimming in it

[@mickypful]

Wonderful instruction. ! Many thanks. Can't wait to cook. ☺

[@terrysilverstein6675]

So cute your teaching. Thank you I will try now as I went online for best cooking for sole. Cheers!

[@zekelucente9702]

One of my all time favorite dishes and this video is wonderful. I had this dish in Paris that was filleted table side and it was so good that I went back the next night and had it again. It was safe to say I wasn’t going to get the same experience at home and I’m so glad I went back.

[@RonRicho]

Chef Lefebvre makes turning the fish over look easier than it will be for most us us. I will still try this recipe though. Merci!

[@zekelucente9702]

One of my all time favorite meals especially when it’s Dover sole deboned and served table side. Something about the cartoon like head and bones removed from a perfectly cooked pice of sole is so satisfying.

[@rajatchakrabarty9525]

Looks simple but wonderful bon travail, Chef.......

[@samymai5555]

Beautiful, it reminded me the culinary school many years ago,,,, I had sole meuniere in my final exam with 2 other dishes ( stuffed beef shoulder, and Mille feuille desert,,,,) I just don't remember putting that much butter but it is always a great classic of the French cooking,, very delicious,,,, ❤️

[@francisrockstar2000]

Your My New Maestro.... I'm a Filipino Commi Chef working In Dubai... !!! Thanks for uploading more Power !!!!

[@suelifossey7710]

I try that recipe and love it Thank you

[@russellmoore7564]

Fantastic well done!!

[@iakazul]

Thank you for sharing for this tutorial helped me make a great meal with this delicious fish.

[@Chameleam]

I don’t think he mentioned enough that he is French

[@anteversus8471]

His accent is recognizable among all: the French don't make any effort to pronounce. I'm a French speaker, so I had to put the subtitles in English to be able to understand what he said, although the pictures are enough.

[@wendyholdenpierrepicot5473]

This is the best video on how to make sole meuniere anywhere! I live in France and I had to watch TheMind of a Chef with LA's beloved Ludo to finally learn how to do this! He has gotten to be a wonderful teacher!

[@EGOCOGITOSUM]

surely is the best of all the others online.... but at the same time it overlooks some essential steps for making this dish, 1 first how to clean the fish before cooking that is very important to make it, second the technique he uses to debone is rather poor, in Brittany we debone it without taking apart the fillets so that the fish looks untouched

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@EGOCOGITOSUM you debone it before cooking or after?

[@aidantrojan3710]

@ARCSTREAMS I believe the way they do it in French restaurants is to fillet it/debone it table side. It adds to the appeal and charm of the dish. Look up videos of it being served in France :)

[@apachedisco]

Get Ludo and Ripert in a room together would fish heaven.

[@inesramirez5950]

Looks divine!!

[@melmerc40]

Everything Ludo does is perfection!

[@givonelli5239]

Naaaahhh...

[@b.lloydreese2030]

I made salmon meuniere, because of breath of the wild and yes...butter on butter on butter. Its the same reason escargot tastes so good. You put that much butter and garlic in almost anything it will taste great

[@laurasalva7256]

The best thing I have ever eaten was sole meuniere at a restaurant in Montparnasse, Paris. I tried to recreate it in the states, but it was not the same. Now I know why. (Later on, I learned that the first thing that Julia Child ate in France was sole meuniere in Rouen, and it changed her world.) I am now raw vegan, but I will always have fond memories of that meal I had in Paris...

[@fulpakru]

Do you remember the name of the restaurant? :)

[@evyf857]

J’adore vous voir cuisiner Ludo! Je suis aussi Française de Marseille et j’ai beaucoup de mal à trouver du bon poisson! Décourageant! Même les viandes n’ont pas le même goûter qu’en France! Je râle mais bon c’est dans notre culture! Merci🙏

[@francois-xavieresperance5007]

Et où habitez-vous ? Parce qu'à la lecture de la seconde phrase, j'ai eu de mal à comprendre: une Française de Marseille qui ne trouve pas du bon poisson !!

[@rupalimathur2297]

Yummy can’t wait to come to France to eat this fish 👌👌👌👍👍👍😋😋😋

[@willemichelleorilla3594]

Prefect so delicious !

[@markchristopher4165]

Simply amazing

[@alrohabonbon2692]

I love it !!! 😀

[@Galainthekitchen]

Love the tail technique! Thank you, chef!

[@Harta23]

Wooo so look delicious 👍👍 dear friend 🌺🌺 Thank you for great sharing

[@brianhudson7822]

Les francais sont les maitres de la cuisine! Merci, Ludo. Je trouve ici les recettes de ma grand-mere et de mes ancetres.

[@givonelli5239]

it seems you only eat at Mac donalds

[@khaoulamazouzi7021]

J Tai vu pour la première fois vous êtes un artiste U did create an Masterpiece now

[@marcellina70]

Thanks you so delichious!

[@ShaunaMarieSings]

Gorgeous...bon appetit!!!! 💗💗💗

[@the5gen]

The butter from Normandy (Rodolphe Le Meunier) is amazing goes well with pan fried delicate fish like this.

[@seausblue125]

I've been a fan of Chef Ludo since L'Orangerie...!

[@trueleyes]

Chef, every time I watch you and listen to talk, I miss My France I call France my Home but the U S A is my country. I have eaten here in many very fine restaurants and they just don't know how to make Escargot like you and I do because we are French.

[@redjones8010]

A fine dish from Mr. Lefebvre.

[@merilynfernandez]

I want to try that one day look yummy

[@sbrownson6155]

I would love to see Ludo do a DNA 23 n me test. Watch him be like 50 percent English. Man his world would be crushed.

[@jeffwang6460]

Scott Brownson Isn't it just "Western European"? Too much mixing around to define what is genetically "French" or "British"

[@865TN]

😂😂😂

[@mightisright]

I thought you were going to say he's 50 percent butter.

[@guillaumegenet4248]

@@frankkolton1780 A DUCK.

[@misottovoce]

@@frankkolton1780 Screaming hilarious!

[@RachealUnderGrace]

OH MY GOSH! Such a beautiful exquisite dish! Hope to try it someday!

[@davidrobert1229]

I can cook like this, Blind~ Only the French . Love it made this tonight with some Asparagus

[@pellarin]

Love the subtitles for this

[@lourdesmedina2842]

Beautiful absolutely good performance in the cooking method... it's like a signature of a french kiss of culture. I'm not much of a heavy meat lover, I prefer FISH AND CHICKEN. Are there more of these fish or chicken recipes

[@saadishtiaq1661]

Ludo's veins don't have blood- they have butter.

[@lorelei1761]

“I’m going to put my sole to rest”😂

[@allandamian2059]

Mouthwatering

[@pauloamw]

Very nice

[@DanWebster]

I sure wish I could taste this I think I will use this method on a talapia and see

[@SONIA-ey1cj]

Super❤

[@ipsitachattopadhyay1458]

I really like your style of cooking and talking, love from India, kolkata.

[@PaulinaMedina-dl6eh]

Mmmmm dudddddddde I’m in love with your channel I subbed ty❤

[@ReallyFilthyToad]

0:51 "se flewfair es just amazing"

[@Friaspordias]

WOW!

[@lmhvfd]

You've got some fish in your butter.

[@ZDES178]

So funny!

[@stooge81]

C'est si bon! I just meunièred in my underwear!

[@ohhgod2291]

stooge81 Ques'ce que vous dessirés en vous tremende fantasià avec vou derriér?

[@yahedakara8745]

❤️

[@flowstardash]

What a great Chef and what a great recipe, I will try it myself today but with less butter 😂

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

You should do well to eat Burger King instead ! Butter is the basis of meandered sauce & Only Butter from Normandy, i.e. Isigny ! Anything less is a vile sacrilege !

[@amyberthod]

Merci😁

[@KinkyLettuce]

Clarified butter in pan. Added a spoonful of butter while frying. Butter in tray underneath the fish, more butter on top of the fish in thr oven. Finished with brown butter. This dude added butter 5 times to cook a fish

[@brysonstevens1431]

What would you think about doing a little white wine reduction with some shallots before you brown your butter?

[@FrancisNortonLondon]

I came here because I recently had a memorably delicious sole meunière while travelling through Belgium, and all I can say is, I wouldn't mess with it. It's a classic for a reason - simple and delicious. It looks do-able (I'm in England, so have access to decent sole) and I've got to have a go - wish me luck!

[@colleenpine2187]

Would love to be at your table

[@SuzanneBaruch]

I'm not sure, but I think he's French.

[@bnredeye999naveen8]

S

[@bnredeye999naveen8]

Plz msg me in insta yar

[@JohnWilliams-ey6ku]

Of course he is; couldn’t be anything else!

[@protopigeon]

droooooool!

[@714milky]

Where is this guy from?

[@Nocturnal808]

714milky China

[@fishtherapy100]

angola

[@SuzanneBaruch]

The Bronx.

[@alexandermethven]

well done ,from commis chef.👍👍👍

[@mr.5545]

This guy is one of the best chef in the world 👍

[@cistina5554]

what temperature the oven?

[@missnobody6165]

I need a bypass just by watching this

[@yuhboris304]

Ayy this chef was in the Apple commercial with Dwayne Johnson 😂😂😂

[@tamara8908]

So I have California sole and butter. I think it will still taste good.

[@sundok1]

It is a freaking work of art. Thank you somuch chef Ludo. Man, I first enjoyed this when i was a 7yrs old boy, i still remember that first taste.

[@merrq1]

Damn would it have killed you guys to put some captions? Lol

[@larrybethune3909]

Relax your mind, breath deeply and let your ears do what they do. You will hear sounds that are familiar and you'll soon recognize them as ESL versions of english...oops sorry, American vowel and consonant sounds. He is speaking a language you know after all.

[@sramirez777]

What type of butter should be used for this recipe? Anyone knows? Thank you.

[@phillyb8347]

The best quality you can afford

[@aun8556]

What kind of fish that can be use for this recipe if I don't have sole?

[@JohanHarmide]

Put my soul to rest!

[@Toast-wl1ik]

laughed so hard

[@chefnigeltv8580]

Battle anytime anywhere

[@katdeluxy9608]

Saw Julia child talking about this being her first French dish and had to look it up

[@226karthik]

Baked butter with sole fish topping

[@mezanine10]

The people making fun of him for using so much butter are the same people eating Quarter pounders with fries.

[@Croisette81]

👏👏👏

[@bjkarana]

And for a lighter version, you can use applesauce in the place of butter! :-p

[@irmadewi]

What butter did he use?

[@MaitreClayton]

Beurre de baratte . A clarified one and then an hazelnut butter which is a butter heated until it develop a hazelnut taste when it is Brown

[@nirupamroy3941]

Can soomeone please add the CC.

[@simplynazou]

I'm salivating! ❤

[@pg6917]

Title: English Video: French Me: wtf

[@jamievanhorn3904]

The Calorie content of this dish, however I would eat the heck out of it!!

[@noritanorita2478]

Ive try to cook like this but i just can't seem to get it right, maybe I'm using the wrong butter because is to much grease for me 😫

[@bobduisters3747]

Does anybody knows the brand of the 2 pans he uses?

[@Nocturnal808]

Bob Duisters Apple and Adidas

[@EGOCOGITOSUM]

Mauviel .....All-clad.....search oval frying pan

[@priyankap4978]

We can do it any fishes?

[@hossskul544]

Out of all the different techniques and recipes I saw on KZbin yours is the best

[@denisinparis8927]

Parfait

[@ARCSTREAMS]

what kind of sole though?

[@alainmax7696]

tu parles bien l anglais dis moi !! bravo et aussi pour la sole :-)))

[@joefazio4995]

Ca. certainly DOES have good sole. In a blind test, I'm betting he wouldn't know. Just like that famous blind wine tasting where Ca. wines beat out the French wines. ;) Zut Alors!😁