Forget Fast Food: Crispy Fish Sandwich

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Skip the fast food drive thru with this buttery, flakey, and crispy fish sandwich. You’ll be surprised at how much healthier and better tasting this is and you’ll be wanting to make this at copycat version all the time.

At the end of June, our family joined a million other members of our family in Sekiu, Washington to celebrate my husband’s grandfather’s (warmly known as Grampy) 90th birthday and 50 years of ministry! It was a seven hour drive but felt longer because we have little ones in the car…also no A/C! There are only so many places to eat on the road where you can stop for a few minutes so you aren’t losing driving time. Those places are known as fast food joints.

Fast food and I do not get along. I’ve pretty much cut my family off of going through drive-thru’s with a couple of exceptions. For those who have a Burgerville in your area, I make allowances for that chain as well as Chick Fil A, and, of course, in the summer we have to get a soft serve ice cream (because I can’t say,”no” to soft serve).

It’s not that I think that fast food is evil, but I’ve learned that with some advance planning, we can avoid it most times by making sacked lunches to go. But let’s face it – fast food doesn’t have too many redeeming qualities – it’s expensively cheap (meaning it adds up fast because the prices are so low you generally buy more than you need) and it’s just not good for you, generally speaking.

On this particular road trip we had already stopped at Burger King for lunch on our way out of town (someone didn’t plan that packed lunch very well). But come dinner time, we ended up in the last biggish town that was closest to Forks and Sekiu, Washington and so we stopped at Mcdonalds. After glancing at the menu, I didn’t know if I could stomach more fast food. Josh suggested I try the Filet-O-Fish sandwich. So I did. It was better than a burger. I don’t know what kind of fish it was. It was, however, a nice change from a burger or an overpriced salad.

Fast forward a few weeks later and I’m craving burgers/sandwiches but not necessarily a beef burger. Enter this homemade version of a fish sandwich and we’ve got a winner! This was so good that even Christian, who is 19 months old, ate it. Even my 5 1/2 year old who rarely goes back from seconds, got seconds! It is just a really delicious, easy, flavorful sandwich.

And the fish? I used cod. We’ve all heard of that one and it is one of my favorite, more budget-friendly fishies to buy. You could always use tilapia, rock fish, or if you’re feeling really fancy, halibut!

If you are looking for a new sandwich/burger type meal to try and like fish, I would point you into the direction of this recipe. You’ll be quite surprised at how good it is.