Main Dishes · No. 48
Air Fryer Fish Sticks
Once you make air fryer fish sticks from scratch, you’ll never deep fry them again! Perfect with homemade tartar sauce.
Serves 4Total time 34 min294 calories per servingAmericanDinner
Ingredients
Tartar Sauce
- 1/4 cup full fat Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup finely chopped dill pickles
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped dill
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
Fish Sticks
- 1 1/2 lbs skinless wild cod, sea bass or haddock fillets, if frozen thawed
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 lemon, squeezed
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons seasoned panko breadcrumbs, regular or gluten-free
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
- olive oil spray
- lemon wedges, for serving
Method
- Cut the fish into 16 sticks, about 4 x 1 inches.
- Combine the ingredients for the tartar sauce in a small bowl and refrigerate until ready to eat.
- Combine eggs, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, paprika and salt in a medium bowl.
- In a second bowl combine the Panko crumbs with Old Bay seasoning.
- Dip the fish into the egg mixture, then the panko. Set aside.
- Transfer to the air fryer basket, in batches as needed and spray both sides with olive oil. Air fry 400F about 8 minutes, turning half way, until golden and crisp.
- Serve hot with tartar sauce.
Notes
- From the family list: about 34 min, ~294 cal, 37 g protein. Cod with crispy coating and a quick tartar sauce.
- Recipe notes from the site:
- Place the sheet pan with the uncooked breaded fish sticks in the freezer for about 2 hours to flash freeze them.
- Once frozen, transfer them carefully in a freezer bag or container, squeezing out all the air.
- Freeze up to 6 months.
- Times from the recipe page: prep 10 min, cook 24 min, total 34 min.
- 294 calories per serving, from the recipe page (yield as listed: 4 servings).
- Recipe and photo from Skinnytaste (skinnytaste.com), by Gina Homolka. Saved for personal use.