Pan-Fried Cornmeal Batter Fish
⏱ 30 min
🍽 Serves 4
🇨🇦 Real prices
$4–$8
per serving · Canadian grocery prices, as a range — the thing almost no recipe app shows.
Rounded up to the nearest dollar; the range reflects store-to-store pricing across Canadian grocers. Hearth shows your local number once you set your area.
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Ingredients · for 4 (scales to your household)
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2 lbs
Fish fillets
$10.87
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1/2 cup
All-purpose flour
$0.14
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1/2 cup
Milk
$0.21
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1
Egg
$0.40
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1 tablespoon
Sugar
$0.02
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1/2 teaspoon
Salt
$0.03
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1/2 teaspoon
Paprika
$0.06
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1/4 teaspoon
Cayenne pepper
$0.03
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1/4 teaspoon
Oregano leaves
$0.02
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1/2 cup
Yellow cornmeal
$0.32
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1/2 cup
Vegetable oil
$0.66
Per-ingredient cost is the amount this recipe uses at the lowest Canadian price we have on file; the per-serving total above adds the range up to the dearest price and for buying whole packages.
Method
- in 9" pie pan stir together all ingredients except cornmeal, fish and oil.
- on waxed paper place cornmeal, dip fish into batter, then coat both sides of fish with cornmeal.
- in 10" skittle heat oil until hot.
- place 3 or 4 fish fillets in hot oil.
- cook over med heat until golden brown.
- turn and continue cooking until golden brown and fish flakes with a fork.
- repeat with remaining fish, place fried fish on paper towel to drain any excess oil.
- Serve with potatoes or rice.
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