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Main course · Caribbean

Bajan Crumbed Flying Fish with Lime and Pepper Sauce

35 min Serves 4 ~£9.80 (£2.45/serving) Dairy-freePescatarian

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Ingredients

  • 600 g flying fish fillets or tilapia fillets
  • 100 g fine dried breadcrumbs
  • 50 g plain flour
  • 1 large eggs
  • 2 lime
  • 1 scotch bonnet chilli
  • 150 ml sunflower oil, for frying

Method

  1. 1

    Season the flying fish fillets, dust in the plain flour, dip in the beaten egg, then coat in the breadcrumbs.

  2. 2

    Heat the sunflower oil in a large frying pan and fry the fillets for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden and cooked through.

  3. 3

    Blend the finely chopped scotch bonnet chilli with the juice of 1 lime and a splash of water to make the pepper sauce.

  4. 4

    Drain the fried fish on kitchen paper.

  5. 5

    Serve with the pepper sauce and the remaining lime cut into wedges.

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