Ok, it was Ash Wednesday and we needed to eat some fish. So, I came up with this easy main dish. Ingredients: basa or tilapia fillets, flour, corn meal, egg(s), salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, oil for frying, shredded cheddar cheese, chopped avocado, pico de gallo. For the avocado and pico, I used this mix that HEB has to make guacamole, but a couple of avocados and some salsa or pico will do instead.
Preparation: take your fillets and dry them thoroughly with a paper towel. Get out three bowls. Put the flour in one, the egg(s) in the second, and the corn meal in the third. Heat up a large skillet on medium high heat and add enough oil to go, say, 1/4" up the side. Turn the broiler on in the oven. Season the flour with salt and pepper. Season the corn meal with cayenne pepper. Whip the eggs until nicely scrambled. The amount of flour, corn meal and eggs depends on the amount of fillets you're using. You need about 1 egg and 1/2-3/4 cup each of flour and corn meal for two fillets. Multiply accordingly. Dredge the fillets in the flour, then through the egg wash, then coat with cornmeal and set on a piece of wax paper.
When the oil is hot, fry up them fillets. After you turn them to fry the other side, sprinkle cheddar cheese on the fillets to cover. Wait a minute or so, then pop them under the broiler. When the cheese is nicely melted and a little browned, take them out of the oven. Plate them, spread on a bit of the avocado and top with pico.
Serve with refritos and rice.
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