Pan-fried Fish Almondine

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
• 1/2 lemon, zest of, finely grated
• 1/2 cup almonds, sliced
• 4 (8 ounce) fish fillets
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 first make the almondine breading by placing panko breadcrumbs, lemon zest, and sliced almonds into a food processor.
• 2 pulse until it reaches a fine consistency. *the breading adheres to the fish better this way.*.
• 3 if applicable, debone the fish and remove the skin.
• 4 salt and pepper the fish, to taste.
• 5 in a small bowl, mix eggs and water together to make an egg wash.
• 6 place flour in a shallow pan.
• 7 place the almondine breading in another shallow pan.
• 8 dredge each fish fillet through the flour, dusting off any excess, dip in egg wash; place in breading, coating both sides of fish. if you aren't going to fry these right away, store them in the refrigerator at this point.
• 9 preheat saute pan using medium heat.
• 10 add the butter and melt, being careful not to burn.
• 11 place fish in hot butter and cook on each side until golden brown, about 3 minutes on each side, which is an average time. depending on how thick your fish is, you may need to either shorten or lengthen the time.
• 12 optional: sprinkle chopped parsley on top of the fish before serving.