Fish-n-chips with a twist

Ok, so why do the same old thing?

This time it's Tilapia and sweet potato chips with some onion rings thrown in just for the fun of it (and, yes it was fun)

The first thing is to soak the onion rings in buttermilk for a while and then coat them lightly with a combination of corn meal, garlic powder and salt.  The coating is extremely light as the extra carbs only detract from the onions is you make the coating heavy.

The next chore will be to bring a combination of extra virgin olive oil and omega3 oil up to 325 degrees in a pan or pot for frying the onion rings.  I use the oils at 50/50 to encourage browning but to avoid burning.

It will only take about 3 minutes to complete frying them but if the pot is small you may have to do several batches for you don't want to "crowd" them during the frying process.  Remove them from the oil with a good strainer or vented spoon and place them on paper towels on a plate.

The thermometer is out of the way and the rings are not crowded in the pot.

The sweet potatoes are thinly sliced and placed in
water until just before frying.  I pour off the water
and return them to the bowel with paper towels in
the bottom to absorb the water before frying.

The fried potatoes are placed on a couple layers of paper towel and then lightly salted as each batch comes out of
the oil.  The frying process here is also only about 3 minutes
but more importantly to be watched closely and removed
just as they begin to brown.  Sprinkle them with a combination of salt, garlic powder and chili powder.  This seasoning is done lightly as well.

The fish is filleted, cut in 1" pieces and lightly breaded with
corn meal, "garlic & herb" bread crumbs, salt, pepper and
extremely fine lemon zest. You'll notice that the coating is
extremely light.  I'm not interested in tasting the "breading"
 but rather just sealing in the wonderful flavor of the fish.

This is what the plate looked like for this particular batch and believe me, the plate was "polished clean" when the food was gone.

The single fish and two small/medium potatoes and one white onion cost a total of around $6.00 and fed two hungry folks.

This meal is light and easy to fix.  It's a bit time consuming in the prep time but the cooking is over in a flash and clean-up isn't bad either.

I've done this with trout, cat fish and now tilapia and have yet to have a complaint.
Presto 05442 CoolDaddy Cool Touch Electric Deep Fryer