I am a nutritionist and needed a healthy fish fix. Moist inside and crunchy outside, these are great with oven fries or roasted veggies and low-fat homemade tartar sauce. &mdash;Jennifer Rowland, Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Homemade Fish Sticks

dry bread crumbs

salt

paprika

lemon-pepper seasoning

all-purpose flour

egg,

cod fillets,

Butter-flavored cooking spray

33g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat

This is a great recipe to get people who don't love fish to eat it.  Perfect for weeknight ease. Btw, don't get hung up on the cod it calls for.  I used catfish because I already had some in the freezer - cheaper and it turned out great.

Halibut is much higher in mercury than cod! Actually cod is in the "moderate" level as far as mercury is concerned, along with chunk light tuna and lobster. It does not have high levels of mercury, unlike other fish like swordfish and orange roughy. Recommendation is no more than 6 meals a month of moderate level fish for pregnant women and children. However, Other fish with a lower level are tilapia, flounder, and haddock - all of which can be substituted for cod. I would not hesitate using any of these fish for this recipe - or even cod on occasion if that's what i had on hand.

Quick, easy and yummy!  We drizzled with melted butter rather than cooking spray.

This is a healthy and excellent way to fix a firm-fleshed fish; we have whitefish easily available up here in the UP and that is what I used. Dredging the fish in flour first lets the batter stick .... great tip! Like one reviewer said, I also added Parmesan cheese to my crumb mixture.Easy tartar sauce: One tablespoon of mayo or Miracle Whip, one tsp. of sweet pickle relish, a dash of lemon juice, and a dash of Old Bay if you like it to zing. Use these ratios to make as much as you need.

This was very good but I did a couple of things differently. I used flounder instead of cod, I buttered the pan instead of using cooking spray and I added grated Parmesan cheese to the bread crumb mixture to give it more flavor. I will be making this again, thanks!

My husband and I enjoyed this recipe.  I left the fish fillets whole and used a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature since the fillets were thick.  The only change I will make the next time I cook these will be to decrease the amount of salt.  Thank you for sharing your recipe, Jennifer!

The recipe in general is okay; however, you never want to use Cod.  It is a fish with high levels of mercury.  But, it is less expensive.  I use hallibut instead as it doesn't have as high of a level of mercury.  I know it is more expensive, but if you can't afford good health, you certainly can't afford illness.  I wonder why a nutritionist would suggest cod!  Instead of a cooking spray out of a can, a mister with olive oil is much better.  To make it even healthier, homemade with organic bread is the best, but Panka could be a better choice than canned crumbs.  Check label for high fructose corn syrup and MSG.  All in all, not a bad recipe.

I used a combination of panko and wheat germ because I was out of breadcrumbs - my picky kids loved them thank you!!!

These were GREAT! SO easy and tasty! I added some Parmesan cheese to the breading. Kids loved it! MUCH better introduction of fish sticks to the kiddos than the boxed stuff!

This recipe is good. I used Cod and it smelled really fishy during the baking process. However, the taste of the fish was not at all fishy. Picky toddlers and husband like the dish. I will try it with tilapia next time.

Disappointing.  Bland in taste and had to remove breading to check for flakiness (doneness).  Glad only made 2 servings

They are the best we ever had and easy, too. I also did not use the butter spray. They were good without it.

I added zest of 1 lemon too then bread crumbs (and I used panko) and I added lemon juice of said lemon to the egg mixture came out amazing and now my 5yr old won't eat frozen fish sticks any more lol

by the way, I agree, I skipped the fake spray and just drizzled with a little melted butter--great

Awesome!  A sophisticated version of a childhood treat!  We loved them!

First recipe that I have been able to keep the coating on the fish. This is a quick, easy and delicious recipe.  I made it into fillets instead of sticks. Sides were asian rice and california vegetable blend.

A quick and easy dinner. Thank goodness for another totally kid-friendly recipe!

Very good and easy way to make fish. I definitely recommend it and have made it a few times.

While the process to make them was easy, I found the coating to be lacking in flavor. They were bland and boring.

I use tilapia filets, and skip the butter flavored spray. I tried this with smoked paprika which gave these a wonderful depth of flavor. These turn out crisp and wonderful. A keeper recipe.

Good but seemed a little lacking in flavor...I even used smoked paprika like another reviewer suggested. The addition of low fat tartar sauce fixed that though. Also--I completely forgot about the butter spray and it turned out that they didn't need it anyways.

homemade fish sticks

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total: 25 minutes

Servings: 2

Cost: $17.76 /serving

Author : Taste of Home

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