COPPERCoconut crusted fish recipe
White fish fillets dipped in egg, pressed into shredded coconut and breadcrumbs and pan-fried in coconut oil, served with lime and white rice.
Ingredients
- 600 g white fish fillets
- 60 g shredded coconut
- 60 g breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 2 limes
- 60 ml coconut oil
- 300 g white rice
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
How to make Coconut crusted fish
- Cook 300 g of white rice and keep it warm.
- Pat 600 g of white fish fillets dry, season with salt and pepper and, if you like, squeeze the juice of 1 lime over them and leave for 10 minutes.
- Mix 60 g of breadcrumbs and 60 g of shredded coconut on a plate. Beat 1 egg in a shallow bowl.
- Dip each fillet in the egg, then press it into the coconut mixture on both sides and shake off the excess.
- Heat 60 ml of coconut oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and fry the fillets for about 3 minutes per side, depending on thickness, until golden and just cooked through.
- Keep the first batch warm in a 95 °C oven while you fry the rest.
- Serve with the rice and slices of the second lime.
What is Coconut crusted fish?
Coconut crusted fish is a traditional dish from Nauru, baked in the oven, and takes about 35 minutes from start to finish. It is built around white fish fillets, white rice and shredded coconut. The recipe below uses 9 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Coconut crusted fish take?
At 35 minutes it is quicker than 92% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 4 dishes built on white fish fillets. The method runs to 7 steps, the longest being 10 minutes.
Any tips for making Coconut crusted fish?
Press the crumb firmly onto the fish and keep the heat at medium: shredded coconut browns much faster than breadcrumbs and burns if the oil is too hot.
How Coconut crusted fish compares
Hard to find elsewhere: shredded coconut (1) and coconut oil (3).
Cooked with the same thing elsewhere
Other traditional dishes built on white fish fillets, from other countries.
- Fish chowder 🇧🇲 Bermuda
- Fish amok 🇰🇭 Cambodia
- Nom banh chok 🇰🇭 Cambodia
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