Fish Sticks

[Mowing4aLiving]

I saw this done on a TV show recently and tried it out last night with a couple of fresh northerns and thought it was very good!

Yield: 4 to 6 servings (about 33 pieces)

Ingredients:

2 cups panko

2 12-ounce pieces of fresh or defrosted frozen cod filets

Salt & white pepper to taste

3⁄4 cup olive oil

3⁄4 cup lightly beaten egg whites (5-6 whites)

Pinch Creole Seasoning

Method:

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Place the panko on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until lightly browned, stirring occasionally, 3 to 4 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Cut the cod into 1 1⁄2 to 2-inch fingers. Lightly season with salt and pepper and set aside. Place the olive oil, egg whites and panko in separate pans and line them up next to one another in the order given. Sprinkle the Creole seasoning into the egg whites. Dredge the fish fingers in the oil first, the egg whites second and the toasted panko last. Line the fish fingers up on two separate sheet trays, placing the big pieces on one and the smaller pieces on the other.

Transfer to the oven. Cook the fingers until just firm, 8 to 9 minutes for the big pieces and 5 to 6 minutes for the small pieces.

I did not know what panko was until I looked it up on the web so we just sliced some bread up and baked it in the oven and made our own bread crumbs for that part. We used Northern with the Y-Bones taken out instead of the cod like used obove.

I thought it turned out great.

[mrfish1991]

is that three quarter cup???

[Mowing4aLiving]

yes, that is 3/4 cup of olive oil.

sorry about that