Give Me Back My Filet of Fish!

Today I stayed home from work to take advantage of the somewhat quiet week of spring break.  Earlier, I told Heather that I would make dinner tonight and suggested baked fish and chips.  At the time I didn’t have a recipe or any experience making this dish, so I went to the internet.  I found two recipes and merged/altered what they said to create my dish.  Recipe 1 is Oven Baked Fish and Chips from fitnessandfreebies.com, Recipe 2 is Baked Fish and Chips with Oikos Tartar Sauce from MyKitchenAddiction.com.  It’s amazing what a quick Google search will give you!

I started with recipe 1 - I was intrigued by the corn flakes as part of the recipe.  This morning I went to the Fish Market and bought some freshly caught cod.  Both recipes used a typical flour then egg dredging process.  I went with the corn flakes in recipe 1 instead of the bread crumbs in recipe 2. The fish baked at 450 degrees for about 8 minutes then I flipped the pieces of fish and cooked another 6 minutes.  I thought it was really good.

The small dish is the Oikos Tartar sauce.  Personally, I wasn’t a fan.  I didn’t actually follow the recipe though (this was from recipe 2).  It calls for Dill Relish, I used sweet relish.  I’m not a fan of sweet relish (Heather is though). I also did not use Old Bay seasoning.  After I mixed the oikos and relish, I tasted it and then added a lot of things (garlic powder, dill, salt, onion powder) in the hopes it would taste less like sweet pickles.  It didn’t work.  Heather only tasted all the things I listed in parentheses, so she didn’t really like it either.  I probably wouldn’t try to make it again, I’d rather just eat pre-made tartar sauce.  Heather made her own using Miracle Whip (which shouldn’t even be considered a food!).

Next came the “chips”! Again, I used a combination of the two recipes.  I used recipe 1 for most of my inspiration, but I added a little olive oil to my mixing bag based on what recipe 2 listed.  Both recipes understated the amount of cooking needed, these were in the oven for almost 25 minutes.  I did flip them once after about 10 minutes.  Even though I seasoned generously, I though they were a little plain. 

Overall, not a bad dinner.  Would definitely make the fish again, would probably find a different way to make the potato.  Baking potato will never be as good as frying it, but our hearts are thankful for the choices that were made tonight! 

Have you ever done a baked fish and chips?  Any thoughts or suggestions for a future attempt?  Have you used corn flakes in your cooking before? I was surprised by the other recipes they had on the back of the box.