Tortilla Crusted Fish

My husband and son are big fans of fish.  I know how good it is for you, I just haven’t been able to get on board with liking it.  Every time my husband orders it out I try his, hoping this will be the time I like it.  I finally like shrimp, so it only seems like a matter of time before fish follows, right?

Well, I finally decided to suck it up and just make it at home for the guys.  Mild, white fish, like Cod or Tilapia have always been borderline for me.  I don’t strongly dislike them, but I don’t really enjoy them either.  So Tilapia seemed like a good place to start.  I like tortilla chips and Mexican spices, so I used that as a coating, and baked it.  When I told my 8 year old we were having tortilla crusted fish for dinner, he was not excited.  Then I explained that was just fish with crushed tortilla chips on it.  He got a lot more excited.

This tortilla crusted fish was super easy to make on a weeknight.  You make it similar to you would chicken tenders.  Dust each filet in flour, dip in egg wash, and then press into the tortilla chip mixture.  The Tilapia filets I used were pretty thin, so they baked in less than 15 minutes.  Cod, Halibut, Flounder or even Haddock would all work really well with this recipe.

Tortilla Crusted Fish

Ingredients

• 1½ cup crushed tortilla chips

• 1 tsp chili powder

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• ¼ tsp black pepper

• ½ tsp salt

• ½ tsp ground cumin

• 1 tsp onion powder

• 4 Tilipia filets (or other white fish)

• 1 egg white

• 3 Tbls water

• ? cup flour

• Lime Wedges for serving

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. In a bowl mix together tortilla chips with all of the seasonings. Whisk together the egg white and water in a separate bowl. Place the flour in a third bowl.

3. Dredge 1 filet in the flour, dust off any extra. Run the filet through the egg white. Press into the tortilla chip mixture, to evenly coat.

4. Place on a baking sheet lined with foil. Repeat with the other filets.

5. Bake for 12-14 minutes until fully cooked. The fish will be white and flaky.

6. Squeeze a wedge of lime over fish for serving.