These fried fish fillets are nutritious and quite tasty! Seasoned with simple ingredients, breaded in egg and flour and fried until golden brown!

Fish is part of a balanced diet and essential for any family meal! This fried fish fillets recipe is a great option for a simple family dinner! It's a great way to get your kids to eat fish—they'll love it!
It's a very nutritious and simple meal to prepare. Just season the hake fillets with lemon juice, salt, pepper and sliced garlic, dip in egg and flour and fry in vegetable oil. Serve with Carrot rice, French fries, or Tomato rice with peppers.
These fried hake fillets are the perfect example that with just a few ingredients you can prepare a simple, quick, and delicious recipe! It's a different and easy way to prepare your fish meals!
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INGREDIENTS FOR FRIED FISH FILLETS
Here you'll find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:
- Fish fillets - Hake fillets breaded with egg and flour.
- Lemon juice, salt, pepper and sliced garlic - To season the fillets.
- Eggs and all-purpose flour - To bread the fillets.
- Vegetable oil - To fry the fillets.
Below you’ll find the correct measurement of all ingredients and the step-by-step guide for this recipe.
HOW TO MAKE FRIED FISH FILLETS
Step 1: Season the fillets with lemon juice, salt, pepper and sliced garlic. Let marinate for about two hours.
Step 2: Beat the eggs in a deep dish and in another dish add the flour.
Step 3: Dip the fillets in the beaten egg and then dip in the flour.
Step 4: Heat the oil in a skillet. Once the oil is shimmering, carefully place the fillets in the fryer. Fry on both sides until golden brown.
Step 5: Transfer the fillets to a paper towel-lined plate to drain the excess oil.
Step 6: Season the fillets with lemon juice and serve.
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Fried Fish Fillets

These fried fish fillets are nutritious and quite tasty! Seasoned with simple ingredients, breaded in egg and flour and fried until golden brown!
- 600 grams (1 1/3 pounds) hake fillets
- Juice of one lemon
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 2 eggs
- All-purpose flour
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Season the fillets with lemon juice, salt, pepper and sliced garlic. Let marinate for about two hours.
- Beat the eggs in a deep dish and in another dish add the flour.
- Dip the fillets in the beaten egg and then dip in the flour.
- Heat the oil in a skillet. Once the oil is shimmering, carefully place the fillets in the fryer. Fry on both sides until golden brown.
- Transfer the fillets to a paper towel-lined plate to drain the excess oil.
- Season the fillets with lemon juice and serve.