Crispy Oven-Fried Cod

Name: Crispy Oven-Fried Cod
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons cayenne; 177 milliliters dry bread crumbs; 2 larges eggs, lightly beaten; 680 grams center-cut cod or scrod fillet (3/4 inch thick); 1 teaspoon salt; 4 servings Accompaniment: lemon wedges and tartar sauce; 6 Tbsps vegetable oil; 177 milliliters yellow cornmeal

Need a dairy free and pescatarian main course? Crispy Oven-Fried Cod could be an outstanding recipe to try. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 549 calories, 39g of protein, and 27g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 minutes. If you have salt, cornmeal, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 500°F.

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Oven

Combine bread crumbs, cornmeal, salt, and cayenne in a large sealable plastic bag and shake to mix.

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Breadcrumbs

Cornmeal

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Shake

Salt

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Ziploc Bags

Season fish with salt and pepper on both sides and, working with 1 piece at a time, put fish in bag and shake to coat well with crumbs. Dip fish in eggs, then shake in crumbs again to coat.

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Salt And Pepper

Dip

Egg

Fish

Transfer fish to a plate.

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Fish

Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy ovenproof skillet (preferably cast-iron) over high heat until hot but not smoking, then fry fish until undersides are golden brown, about 1 minute. Turn over, add remaining 3 tablespoons oil, and cook 1 minute more. Put skillet in upper third of oven and bake until fish is just cooked through, about 5 minutes.

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Fish

Cooking Oil