Sesame Crusted Fish

"This is a terrific and simple fish dish. I've made it for many years. This is best with a flaky fish such as cod or snapper but tilapia will work, too. A Jeff Smith/Frugal Gourmet recipe."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

  • 1 12 lbs white fish fillets, cut into nuggets
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 cup flour, for dredging
  • 2 egg whites, beaten
  • 4 tablespoons white sesame seeds (not toasted... raw)
  • 4 tablespoons black sesame seeds (not toasted... raw)
  • oil, for deep frying
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directions

  • Marinate fish in the soy and sesame oil for 15 minutes.
  • Drain and dust the fish in flour.
  • Dip into the egg and then roll in the sesame seeds.
  • Deep fry the pieces in 360 degree oil for 4 or 5 minutes. No longer -- the sesame seeds scorch easily and will be bitter.
  • Make a simple dipping sauce with some soy sauce diluted with about a 50/50 ratio of water and some fresh grated ginger. Delicious!
  • You may need to cook this in two batches so that the temperature of the oil doesn't plummet. The oil needs to maintain a constant 360 temperature if possible.

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Reviews

  1. With the white and black sesame seeds...what a very pretty way to serve fish. The soy sauce gave an interesting flavour here. I found it almost made the fish have a slightly sweeter taste. I will admit I did bake these instead of frying, which still worked out excellent. Reviewed for RSC #4.
     
  2. We did not care much for this. The fish had a slightly burnt flavor. I went back and tasted the ingredients finding the sesame seed oil was inparting the flavor that I didn't care for. I did get busy and my fish marinaded for over an hour. This very likely caused the strong flavor. I did love the sesame crust and will try it again. Maybe next time I will not use the sesame oil.
     
  3. First, I had some time issues and I changed the recipe some. Sorry! But it was still really good! I ended up using catfish and cooking it in the oven. I know it has a different flavor, but I couldn't tend the stove. I was running short on time. I'll make this again and try to follow the directions better. I made this for Chinese New Year Tag. Thank you for sharing!
     
  4. Now these were tasy little morsels! I didn't have any black sesame seeds so went with just white and the cooking method/time left the color and texture of everything perfect. I deep fried 4 or 5 pieces at a time in a wok using a Chinese scoop to make sure the sesame seeds didn't drop off.
     
  5. Oh I love the Frugal Gourmet, I'd forgotten all about him, but grew up with my mom using his cookbooks and watching him on public television. Great recipe, thank you! I used some unknown white fish (whatever type they have here in Uruguay) and it was very yummy. I didn't have the heart to try the fish but instead pan fried and thought it turned out crispy enough and the sesame seeds didn't get too browned. Fantastic!
     
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