Adapted from the way I used to pan-fry the fish I used to catch from the lake as a child in Northern Wisconsin, I made this dish by combining a delectable sole fish with a cracker crumb coating.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 1 cup crushed saltine crackers
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 pound Dover sole
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, or more as needed
- 1 pinch fresh dill, or to taste
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Spread crushed crackers onto a plate. Pour eggs into a shallow dish.
- Place fish in a 1-gallon resealable plastic bag and add flour; gently shake until completely coated.
- Heat oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
- Dip each flour-coated piece of fish in egg, allowing excess to drip back into dish, then press coated fish in cracker crumbs until evenly coated.
- Fry fish in hot oil until lightly browned and fish flakes easily with a fork, about 5 minutes per side. Season fish with dill and salt.
- Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of breading ingredients. The actual amount of breading consumed will vary.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 303 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 153 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 27 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 355 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
A solid four, I’ll up the cooking temp just a bit next I make the dish, but it was a crowd pleaser
Excellent
I used Pablo seasoned and regular bread crumbs as well. I also used dill, parsley and garlic powder. I sautéed in butter and olive oil.Delicious !
Delicious and light.
Good recipe. I followed the suggestions from others and used panko crumbs. I didn’t have enough so I added some regular bread crumbs. For flavor I used some parsley, garlic and onion powder and a little salt. I also fried the fish in a mixture of butter and oil. Very yummy!
This was great ! I followed anther reviewers suggestion and added garlic salt and fresh parsley. I also used more oil and cooked only 2 or 3 minutes each side. Nice and crispy. Picky husband andv2 year old granddaughter loved it!
Instead of egg I dredged them in silk creamy cashew milk. I used gluten free bread crumbs instead of salted crackers. I used pure virgin Olive Oil to fry. Served with Rice and Shiitake mushrooms sautéed in Olive Oil with 2 cloves of garlic when almost completely sautéed. It was freaking yum !
I made this with panko bread crumbs and it was a huge success! Easy to prepare, light flaky fish, delish!
It was delicious. Tender inside and slightly crispy outside. Even my finicky non-fish eater liked it.
great!
DIdnt have saltines so I used Ritz crackers. I added 1/4 cup fresh Parmesan , fresh parsley and 1 tbsp dried dill & 1 tsp garlic salt. Dredged the sole in Wonder Baking flour ( out of regular) and the finely sifted flour stuck to the egg perfectly. All purpose flour always clumps unevenly for me. Dipped back in the egg and then the crumb mixture then immediately into the preheated olive oil & butter. My nonstick skillet was well coated with olive oil & I added a generous pat of butter for more flavor. Fried till crispy on the bottom and then flipped. I didn’t time it but it probably took each side 3 minutes. To get nicely browned. Was delicious and looked great plated.
Light and delicious my family gobbled it up!
This is a terrific recipe. Even the five year old liked it. My wife said, “home made fish and chips”! A couple of changes: I cooked it 2 minutes per side, not 5. Sole cooks very quickly! Also, I used a mixture of butter and oil, not just oil, for the flavor.
So easy to make and tastes great.
Thank you for this new Dover recipe for me! Gave me a great base. I used egg substitute. I added dill, garlic, dried parsley to the flour and flax seed meal mixture. (Just about 2 tbsp of flax seed meal). I used avocado oil to fry the fish after sprinkling salt and pepper. It was delicious and I’ll be making this again.
I used both butter and olive oil in the skillet. Instead of ground crackers, I used plain panko crumbs and added seasonings. Next time I’ll try seasoned panko crumbs. Really loved the crispiness of the outside.
I followed the recipe exactly and was really disappointed in the result! Two tablespoons of oil for a pound of sole wasn’t enough. Using a cat iron skillet, med-high heat caused the coating to burn immediately
This is so easy to make and really delicious.
Five stars for anything my kids will eat, and they devoured this! I added a pinch of dried parsley and a pinch of onion powder to the cracker crumbs just to give it a little more flavor than just the saltines.
I have never seen Dover Sole in my grocery stores so I used Tilapia instead. First let me say that I am not a fan of the double coating but it really worked nicely in this recipe. I probably used more saltines than the recipe called for because the coating ended up much thicker than I had anticipated. It stuck perfectly though and also browned up so much nicer than bread crumbs. I can promise you that you will need much more oil for frying than the recipe calls for. My Tilapia required quite a bit more because it is not near as flat as Dover Sole but even 2 tablespoons isn’t nearly enough to fry a pound of fish in. Loved the dill in here even though it accidentally went in with my saltine crackers and my only suggestion is that you give it a good squeeze of lemon after you take it out of the skillet.