4 fillets of white fish
1/2 cup flour
1 egg
Panko crumbs
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp. peanut, light olive or vegetable oil
1. Sprinkle 1/2 cup flour mixed with some salt and pepper in the first plate. You won't need as much as you think.
2. Break an egg into the bowl and mix it up with a fork. If you are out of egg, 1/2 cup milk is okay to use.
3. Spread the panko crumbs on the last plate. If these are difficult to find, insert about a dozen saltine crackers into a zipped plastic bag. Crush them by rolling over the plastic bag with a rolling pin. Spill cracker crumbs onto the last plate.
4. After drying each thin fish fillet with a paper towel, approach the row of plates as if it were an assembly line. Take each piece of fish and coat both sides in flour, dip or dredge in egg, then coat in panko crumbs.
5. When all fillets are coated with the three ingredients, heat 2 tbsp oil in a frying pan over medium heat. When the oil in the pan is heated, gently place coated fillets side by side in the pan.
6. Using a spatula, flip fillets after five minutes, or when the bottom sides are golden brown. After 3 or 4 more minutes, remove the fish and let it sit on a paper towel for a minute to absorb oil. Serve immediately with a lemon wedge.
We tried this last night. This is the first bit of fish that has been cooked in my house since I move in - 7 years ago. We used cod. It was pretty darn good. We cooked it longer, because the cod was partially frozen and quite thick. We are going to try it again with talapia and maybe haddock. Now, who has a recipe to get the fish smell out of my house?
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