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Crispy salt and pepper fish fillets with tartar sauce

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  • 3 whole cod fillets
Pat the cod fillets completely dry on paper towels.
Crispy salt and pepper fish fillets
  • sea salt
  • black pepper
Season both sides with sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, then cut each fillet into two evenly sized pieces.
  • 60 g all purpose flour
  • 3 g garlic powder
  • 2 whole eggs
Mix the flour with the garlic powder in one bowl. Whisk the eggs with salt and pepper in a second bowl.
  • 110 g panko breadcrumbs
  • sea salt
  • black pepper
Mix the panko breadcrumbs with sea salt and a generous amount of cracked black pepper in a third bowl.
  • 150 ml sunflower oil
Heat a large fry pan over medium heat with the sunflower oil, 6 to 8 minutes.
Coat each piece of fish fully in the flour, then the egg, then the breadcrumbs.
Fry in a single layer, evenly spaced, 3 to 4 minutes per side until golden and crispy and just cooked through.
Transfer to a wire rack over paper towels and let sit about 5 minutes.
  • 120 g mayonnaise
  • 5 g Dijon mustard
  • 20 g finely chopped onion
  • 35 g chopped dill pickles
  • 10 ml fresh lemon juice
  • sea salt
  • black pepper
Whisk the mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, chopped onion, chopped dill pickles, lemon juice, sea salt and black pepper together for the tartar sauce.
  • lemon wedges
  • fresh parsley
Spoon the tartar sauce into a serving dish, add the fish and garnish with lemon wedges and fresh parsley.
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