Yield: 4 servings

Constance Ann Lafayette Nowell

My Mom and Aunt Joan made this.  It was my child-hood favorite.

Use other white fish if you have to, but there’s really no substitute for haddock. I use cod now, haddock isn’t available in San Diego or Colorado.  Use two hands for dipping and breading fish, a dry hand and a wet hand. This will keep the mess down a little. Use regular or Panko breadcrumbs as desired.

• 1½lb boneless haddock fillets
• salt & freshly ground pepper
• 1egg
• 1TBS milk
• ¼cup flour
• 1cup bread crumbs
• butter
• paprika (optional)

Prep:

Preheat oven to 500 – 525°F. While hotter is better, you can reduce the temperature to as little as 425°F, but it will take longer. We do this to bake fries in the same pan.

Cut fish into serving portions.

To prepare pan in the original way, put it in the oven for 5 minutes to get it hot. Remove and drop a small chunk of butter on the pan and swirl it around to coat pan. You can use a little cooking spray if you’d prefer, but you sacrifice some flavor.

Set up a standard breading station or use plastic bags for the dry ingredients.

Place flour in another shallow bowl or bag. Season with ¼ tsp salt and a few grinds of pepper. Mix.

In a shallow bowl, beat egg and milk lightly. Season with pinch of salt and a couple of grinds of pepper.

Place breadcrumbs in another bowl or bag and mix with ½ tsp salt and pepper to taste.

Dip or shake fish in flour on both sides. Shake off excess.

Place floured fish in egg mixture with dry hand. Turn to coat with the wet hand. Lift and drain excess.

Place or shake fish in breadcrumb mixture and coat well on both sides with dry hand. Put coated fish on prepared sheet pan. Thin tail pieces may be folded to make them the same thickness as other pieces.

When all fish is on pan, dot fish with small pieces of butter (optional: sprinkle with paprika for color).

Bake on the top rack of oven for 10 to 15 minutes depending on thickness of fish and how well you want it cooked.

Serve with:
Two schools of thought on this.  I prefer mashed potatoes and green beans.  Gayle prefers fries and coleslaw, so we usually have fries and coleslaw.  Either works, but the mash and beans is better, IMHO 🙂