Crispy Tilapia

"Crispy! Serve with tartar sauce. You can cut into small pieces before breading so the kids can eat like nuggets. You can also deep fry! Stays crispy for packing in a lunch or picnic! A major importance in artisanal fishing in Africa and the Levant, and are of increasing importance in aquaculture around the world."
 
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Ready In:
16mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Salt and pepper fish.
  • Dust fillets with 1/3 cup of flour.
  • Mix egg with buttermilk in one bowl.
  • Mix flour, corn meal, baking soda and baking powder, Old Bay in another bowl.
  • Dip all floured fish into egg then flour mixture.
  • Heat oil medium-high in large pan.
  • Fry, turning after 2 minutes on each side.
  • Salt as soon as you take out of pan.
  • Should be done in three batches.

Questions & Replies

  1. I'm not much for frying, can I bake it instead?
     
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Reviews

  1. In an attempt to remove fried food from my diet I tried this. VERY GOOD! Everyone loved it and we will be making it again, Thanks.
     
  2. Absolutely wonderful! My son would not stop raving about this fish. The coating was cruchy and the fish was moist. My parents came over the next day after I made this fish and it was still crispy. My mother said it was like something from a restaurant. Thank you so much for posting.
     
  3. This is a wonderful recipe. It was crispy and no fishy flavor. I put it in the oven @ 350 just to make sure it was cooked through for 10 min. Kids didn't even whine that it was fish.
     
  4. Love this yummy tilapia recipe. I prefer to half the Old Bay and 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper.
     
  5. My new favorite fish recipe. I've decided that we need to start eating more fish so I bought 3 1/2 pounds of tilapia at Costco. Just didn't know what to do with it! Well, this recipe caught my eye, so I made it tonight and my entire family absolutely loved it!! I did everything exactly the way it was written, except that I didn't add more salt at the end. We had it with rice and asparagus, and my two 10-year-olds ate every bite. The crust stayed on the fish, it was moist and flaky on the inside and crispy on the outside. Perfect! Thank you very much!
     
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Tweaks

  1. I didn't use baking soda or baking powder.
     
  2. It's hard for me to rate it, as I just used this as a base recipe, as I found out i didn't didn't have a few of the ingredients midway through. I used breadcrumbs instead of corn meal and a random seasoning instead of Old Bay. One thing i just wanted other people to watch for was salt. I kind of forgot there would be salt in the seasoning and I still seasoned more on top of That and it got pretty salty.
     
  3. super easy and yummy! I used milk with a splash of lemon juice instead of the buttermilk and a table blend spice for fish instead of the Old Bay.
     
  4. Very good & easy. My family has already requested this again. I couldn't find my cornmeal, so I substituted 1 Cup of Jiffy Cornbread Mix in place of the cornmeal & flour. I also sprinkled some lemon juice over the fish before dusting it with flour. Thank you for posting!
     
  5. This was really good. I enjoyed how crispy the outside became and I didn't have to deep fry. I ended up using bread crumbs instead of cornmeal--mine ended up needing to be thrown out. It was fast and very good. Thanks for a really great fish recipe!
     

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