Oven Fried Fish

After a hard day at work I wanted to make a dinner that was quick and easy, and I had taken fish out of the freezer. So, last night I whipped together a quick and easy oven fried fish dish! I served it up with the Trader Joe’s Mushroom Risotto.

Ingredients
4 tilapia filets
flour
salt and pepper
2 eggs
seasoned bread crumbs
1/4 cup of butter
1/4 cup of shortening

Take the fish from the refrigerator and let this sit out while you prepare the flour mixture.

Tilapia filets

I do this in a ziplock bags as it easy and lessens the mess in the kitchen. Add the flour and salt and pepper to the bag. Shake. In another ziplock bag add the bread crumbs. Beat the eggs until well blended. In a baking pan add the butter and shortening. Take out a cooling rack and lay this over a piece of foil on the counter. Everything is ready to go.

Shake a piece of fish in the flour bag. Remove the fish shaking off the excess flour while still in the bag. Next dip the fish into the egg making sure that the entire surface of the fish is coated with the egg. Then drop the fish into the bread crumb bag and shake. Remove the fish from the bag shaking off the excess crumbs, and lay the fish on the cooling rack. Do this with the remaining pieces of fish until all are coated with the bread crumbs.

The breaded filets

Let this sit for a half hour. This ensures that the crumbs have “settled” on to the fish and will not come off easily.

After the half hour, turn the oven on to 350 degrees. While the oven is heating place the cooking pan into the oven so that the butter and shortening melt. When this has melted tilt the pan in several directions so that the butter and shortening are combined.

Melted butter and shortening

Then add the fish flat side up.

Fish added to the pan

Cook this for about 10 minutes, then turn.

Turn the fish

Cook another 10 minutes. During this time I started on the risotto. When the fish was done, so was the risotto.

Dinner is served!

Serve this with a bit of lemon and enjoy the wonderful gentle flavors of the fish! Oh, you can do this with any type of fish that you want. I usually use tilapia, but have also prepared this using rock cod, snapper, and sand dabs.  Enjoy!