Lemon Pepper Cod with Home Made Tarter Sauce

I don’t cook a lot of fish at home mostly because I order that a fair of amount of time when we go out for dinner.  I definitely do not deep fry fish at home as I don’t like the smell it leaves in the house when frying. BUT with trying to add a little more fish into our diet, I made this shallow pan fried fish using both olive oil and butter to help get that buttery flavor.  I made some home made tarter sauce. I can tell you I will NEVER buy tarter sauce again, this is so easy and tastes so fresh  There is a HUGE difference between this and store bought! I highly recommend making the fish as well as the sauce! I served this along with roasted broccoli   That will be on tomorrow’s post!

INGREDIENTS
1 pound of cod, skin off and sliced into four even pieces
2 eggs, beaten
Lemon Pepper Panko crumbs
Olive oil
1 Tablespoon butter

Tarter Sauce
1 cup of real mayonnaise
1 Tablespoon sweet pickle relish
1 Tablespoon grated onion
2 Tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
Salt
Pepper

DIRECTIONS
For the tarter sauce mix all ingredients together and store in the fridge for a minimum of ONE hour, this can be stored for up to three days.

FOR THE COD
In a large non stick skillet add enough olive oil to just cover the bottom of the pan and add the butter and heat over medium heat. Meanwhile, beat the two eggs in a shallow bowl.   Add panko crumbs to a second shallow bowl. Taking one fish at a time dip each piece into the eggs then into the panko covering both sides with the egg and then the panko and place them on a plate.  When all four pieces are done and the oil is hot go ahead and place the fish into the pan.  It is important at this step to not touch the fish and let cook about 4 minutes, then flip the fish and let it cook about 4 more minutes on the second side or until the fish is cooked all the way through. Remove from pan and serve warm with the tarter sauce.

Enjoy,

Tarter sauce recipe can be found at www.allrecipes.com