Hake Recipes

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Easy Oven-Fried Fish Sticks

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Tasty Fish Sticks with Yogurt Dill Dip
Photo credit: Seafood Nutrition Partnership.

Ingredients

1 ¼ pounds cod filets

1 egg white

1 tablespoon prepared mustard (optional)

1 tablespoon water

½ cup bread crumbs

1 tablespoon dry mustard

⅛ teaspoon ground white pepper

2 ounces sharp cheddar cheese (optional)

Directions

  1. Cut cod filets into equal “sticks.” Coat a baking sheet with vegetable cooking spray. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. In a shallow bowl, whisk together the egg white, prepared mustard, and water with a fork until thoroughly blended. In another shallow bowl, mix together the bread crumbs, dry mustard, and pepper.
  3. Dip the fish sticks into the egg white/mustard mixture and coat on all sides, then dredge in seasoned bread crumbs, coating evenly. Place sticks on the prepared baking sheet a few inches apart. Bake for 6 minutes. Turn sticks over and continue baking for 4 minutes.
  4. Remove sticks to a serving platter. Quickly sprinkle cheddar over the tops of the fish sticks and serve immediately, with lemon wedge, if desired.

Recipe courtesy of Mariner’s Menu: 30 Years of Fresh Seafood Ideas by Joyce Taylor, 2003, North Carolina Sea Grant.

Crab Stuffed Hake

Ingredients

Fish and Stuffing

2 pounds hake (or other thin white fish)

8 ounces picked crab meat

¼ cup panko breadcrumbs

¼ cup parsley, chopped

½ shallot, finely diced

4 tablespoons butter

Pepper

Paprika

Sauce

½ shallot, finely diced

3 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon parsley, chopped

Juice of ½ lemon

¼ cup heavy cream

Directions

Fish and Stuffing

  1. Mix crab meat with breadcrumbs, parsley, and shallot into melted butter in a sauté pan until well mixed and breadcrumbs are slightly browned.
  2. Cut fish into portions long enough to wrap around the stuffing.
  3. Stuff hake (or other white fish) with the crab stuffing. Roll and place on a baking rack, using toothpicks to keep the fish closed if needed.
  4. Sprinkle tops of rolled fish with black pepper and paprika.
  5. Bake at 400 degrees for around 10 minutes, or until the fish is cooked.

Sauce

  1. Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a small pan.
  2. Add the diced shallot, parsley, and lemon juice to the melted butter.
  3. Add the heavy cream and reduce to desired consistency.
  4. Serve stuffed fish with the sauce ladled on top.

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