Fried Walleye and Mashed Potatoes
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This is a unique fried walleye recipe that belongs in the same family of comforting meals such as fish and chips or bangers and mash. It’s the perfect, hearty meal for a cold winter’s day that is sure to fill you up. I love a fried walleye sandwich as much as the next person, but when you want a change from the regular, go ahead and give this one a try! There is truly nothing complicated to this recipe; rather, it is simply a unique combination of some tried and true foods. If you have a favorite mashed potato recipe you prefer or a different way to fry up the fish, go for it!
Serving Size: 2 Servings
Time to Make: 1 hour
Also Works With: Any flaky white fish
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Fried Walleye and Mashed Potatoes
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Ingredients
2 medium walleye filets
¾ cups Flour
1 egg, beaten
¾ cups Bread crumbs
½ cup frying oil such as vegetable, canola, avocado, etc.
Approximately 6 medium Russet potatoes
⅔ cups of Milk
4 tbs Butter
Salt and Pepper to taste
6 oz Cheese curds
1 cup Brown Gravy
Preparation
- Peel potatoes and cut them into even sized chunks. Add potatoes to an empty pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil until a fork pierces through easily.
- While the potatoes are cooking, rinse and dry the fish filets.
- Make the mashed potatoes by draining water from the pot. Then add in milk, butter, salt and pepper while mashing the potatoes.
- Dredge the fish filets in flour, followed by an egg wash, and then coat in bread crumbs.
- Heat your frying oil in a pan until it begins to ripple and add the coated fish filets to the pan cooking each side until golden brown.
- To plate: spread the mashed potatoes first, followed by the cheese curds. Top the curds with one walleye filet, and top everything off with a coating of brown gravy.
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