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Fish Sticks with Lemon Dill Dipping Sauce (Grain, Dairy, Nut Free)
Ingredients
- Fish Sticks:
- 1 lb fish, cut into strips
- ⅓ cup coconut flour
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ¼-1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- sea salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 eggs
- 1½ cups unsweetened shredded coconut
- coconut oil for frying (or another fat of your choice)
- Lemon Dill Dipping Sauce:
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup dill pickles, chopped
- 1 tsp dried dill or 1 tablespoon fresh dill
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- juice of ½ lemon (cut the other half in wedges for serving)
Instructions
- Cut the fish in strips.
- Combine the coconut flour, sea salt and pepper, garlic powder and cayenne
pepper in a bowl. - Whisk the eggs in another bowl.
- Place the shredded coconut in another bowl.
- Coat each fish stick in the coconut flour.
- Then coat the fish stick in the eggs.
- Next, press the fish stick in the shredded coconut.
- Repeat with all the fish sticks.
- Place about 1-2 tablespoons of the coconut oil (or other fat) in a large skillet.
- Fry the fish sticks in batches for about 2-3 minutes each side over medium low
heat or until browned. Add more fat to the skillet, as needed and push any
burnt/brown coconut crumbs off to the side of the skillet. - For the Dipping Sauce:
- Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and stir until well mixed. Place in the fridge
for at least 10 minutes for the flavors to combine. Serve the dipping sauce
with the fish sticks and fresh lemon wedges. - Enjoy!
Kelly these look GREAT! What kind of fish did you use. I am assuming a white fish of some sort?
Thanks, Halle!! You can use any fish. My favorite fish is salmon and so that’s what I typically use. But I’ve made it before with cod and trout, too!
this looks so good, can’t wait to try them! great tips on types of fish!
Yum
Made these last night and they were awesome! The dipping sauce really took it over the top and even our picky 2 year old loved them. Thanks so much for a wonderful and easy recipe!
So happy to hear this!! 🙂
So, I have to admit {i don’t like fish} Yikes!! It’s true!! But, I am trying, because I like variety, and I know it’s good for me, and because my husband LOVES fish! So, when your recipe promised to please even picky kids, I thought: “Perfect!” 🙂 I made it, and I loved it! I used tilapia… and non-fish-lover’s friend, for it’s mild flavor! Thank you very much!
Wooo!! Makes me so happy to hear this! 😀
Hi Kelly, you sound like a talented lady! I am anxious to try your recipes…one question though…I’d like to try the fish sticks but have always had a fear of using coconut flour or coconut(such as part of the fish coating you used), because I absolutely “hate” the taste of coconut, I know that sounds weird, but have not liked it since I was a child. But I would still like to use it in place of real flour if I can’t taste the coconut. I’ve been afraid of coconut oil for the same reason. How much do you taste the taste of coconut in using the flour and real coconut as a topping on baking fish or chicken? Thanks!
I’m trying to save time by making double batches of recipes and freezing half (my version of a “microwave dinner.” If I batter and cook these, they should be fine to freeze right? Would it be any better to batter them, freeze them and cook them after or is that weird?
Thanks! We all love this recipe!
Hmmm…that’s a tough one and I’m not real sure of the answer. I think cooking and freezing should be fine. My only concern would be the texture of the crust – but you could always crisp them up in the oven if they got soggy.
I seem not to be able to either cook or bake with coconut flour so I used chickpea flour instead. (I know it’s not paleo for most people, but I still like coking with it) It worked really well and did not add this subtle sweet taste like coconut flour does…
Oh nice! I’ve never used chickpea flour, but that sounds awesome! Glad it worked out 🙂
I bought fish last week but ran out of time and ended up throwing it in the freezer. I pulled it out two days ago, put it in the fridge to defrost and am now going to make these fishsticks. But there is no way we will eat 2.5 pounds of fish sticks! Is it ok to to make them and freeze them, even though I had previously frozen the fish and defrosted it prior to making the fish sticks? Thanks!
Hi Lisa! I often do that!