Crispy Tilapia Fillets with Tartar Sauce

 

Ingredients

1-2 pounds of Tilapia fillets (or other “white fleshed fish” of your choice)
2 cups fresh bread crumbs (4 slices of fresh bread processed in food processor or blender)
16 saltine crackers (crushed into crumbs with a rolling pin)
1/ 2 cup all-purpose flour
2 large eggs
1 cup whipped salad dressing or mayo
1/ 4 cup dill pickles (chopped)
1 tablespoon pickle juice
1 teaspoon capers in Balsamic (minced and rinsed- if you can’t find Balsamic use regular)
Oil for deep frying

Procedure

1. Preheat deep fryer to 350F\
2. Prepare the bread and crackers, and then mix them together in a shallow dish large enough to coat the fish fillets.
3. Place the 1/4 cup flour in another shallow dish. In a 3^rd dish using an electric mixer combine the eggs and 1/4 cup mayo or salad dressing.
4. Roll the fish fillets lightly in the flour, then the egg mixture, and then press and roll them in the bread and cracker crumbs. Set aside on a plate.
5. To prepare the Tartar Sauce, in a small bowl mix together the pickles, pickle juice, 3/ 4 cup mayo or salad dressing; set aside in the refrigerator.
6. Deep-fry the fish 3-4 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Serve with the tartar sauce.