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Don Weston Memorial Deep Fried Rock Cod

Ingredients

  • 6 pounds of rockcod fillets cut into 2" pieces
  • halibut and bass work also
  • 10 oz.box Sunshine Cheez-It
  • 8 oz parmesan cheese
  • 8 oz seasoned Italian bread crumbs
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • salt & pepper to taste

1/2" cooking oil in the bottom of your pot heated til oil is active (not quite smoking).

    Instructions

    • Puncture Cheez-It bag with a needle and squeeze out the air. Without opening the bag, crush crackers, rolling with a empty Corona bottle until crackers are dust. Add parmesan cheese and bread crumbs to the cracker dust.
    • Salt and pepper chunks of fish and place in plastic shaker bag with flour, half dozen at a time, and coat with flour. Let sit for ten minutes to absorb moisture from fish to form a glue.
    • Wisk milk and eggs together, dredge fish in egg mixture,covering completely. Coat fish with dry Cheez-It mixture and add to hot oil, about 6 pieces at a time. After about one minute, turn and add 6 more pieces. Fry to golden brown, about one minute per side. Drain on paper towels.