Crunchy Oven-fried Fish

Description

This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Morgan Estate in Austin, Texas in 1982.

• Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

Ingredients

• 1 pound fish fillets
• ¼ cup all purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1 egg white
• ¼ cup fine dry bread crumbs
• ¼ cup cornmeal
• 1½ teaspoons lemon peel finely shredded
• ½ teaspoon dried basil crushed
• nonstick cooking spray

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
2. Cut fish into serving size pieces.
3. Mix flour, lemon pepper and ¼ teaspoon salt in a shallow dish.
4. Beat egg white until frothy then place in another shallow dish.
5. Combine bread crumbs, cornmeal, lemon peel and basil in a third shallow dish.
6. Dip top of fillets into flour mixture then shake off any excess.
7. Dip tops into egg white mixture then coat with crumb mixture.
8. Spray a shallow baking pan with nonstick cooking spray then place fish fillets in pan coating side up and tuck under thin edges.
9. Bake for 12 minutes.