The Best Fried Fish Burger Recipe
Crispy, golden fried fish is topped with fresh slaw and tangy tartar sauce, on a soft brioche bun. This fried fish burger is the ultimate West Coast comfort food!
While on our latest salmon fishing trip in Prince Rupert we had the opportunity to eat at a new to us place called OV Burger. They had the most delicious food including a fried fish burger that we simply had to recreate at home!
This fried fish burger is flaky & crispy with perfect combination of fresh coleslaw and zesty tartar sauce. We’ve been eating it on repeat all summer long.
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This year we came back with a freezer full of fresh seafood from our fishing trip! No, seriously, we had our small freezer strapped to the back of the truck, full of fish, on our sixteen hour drive home.
While we were after salmon and halibut we also caught a surprising amount of cod! Rock cod, pacific cod and even black cod filled the boat.
Crispy Fish Burger Recipe
Cod, a delicate white fish, makes the perfect bear batter fried fish! You can use any white fish of your choosing. We’ve done a similar dish with halibut, seen here in our fish taco recipe, and rock cod, a West Coast staple, is delicious too.
We were particularly happy to have caught a black cod, also known as sable fish, which is the best filet of fish that you could ask for. But, whichever white fish you have at your disposal, this fish burger is going to take it to the next level!
Ingredients
- All purpose flour *
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Eggs
- Sparkling water or beer
- Fresh dill, chopped
- White fish, cut into four filets
- Vegetable oil
- Coleslaw, homemade or store bought
- Tartar sauce, homemade or store bought
- Brioche buns
Use this keto fish batter for a low carb version of the fish breading. When in a pinch we will also use a gluten-free beer batter mix from Humble & Frank.
Instructions
1. Prepare the fish by cutting it into filets, patting dry with paper towel and sprinkling each side with salt.
2. Heat oil in a deep fryer to 350 degrees F.
3. In a medium mixing bowl, combine beer batter ingredients and mix well.
4. Dip each of the cod fillets into the batter and carefully place them into the oil.
5. Allow the fish to cook for about 2 minutes per side, rolling the fish half way through cooking so that both sides are a nice golden brown color.
Each piece of fish will take about 5 minutes to cook and may need to be cooked in batches, depending on the size of your deep fryer and thickness of the fish.
6. Place cooked fillets onto a sheet on paper towel to soak up any excess oil or on a wire rack to drain.
7. Build each fried-fish sandwich by adding coleslaw and tartar sauce to the fish on a burger bun.
We love to serve this crispy fried fish burger with air fryer french fries or ripple chips. It’s honestly hard to describe just how amazingly delicious this cod burger is!
Fish Fry Details
When cleaning out the freezer to store our latest catch we discovered that we still had halibut from last year in there! So, seeing that we needed to use this fish, we invited everyone over for a fish fry and used flaky white halibut fillets in this recipe instead.
This was such a great way to feed a large group of people. I had a big bowl of fresh coleslaw, homemade tartar sauce, hamburger buns and ripple chips laid out on the counter.
Then we simply fried fish and had guests build their own burger as the cod was cooked. The burgers were a hit with everyone and we had a blast sharing our catch with friends and family – we love to feed people!
Recipe Notes
- Homemade tartar sauce is fairly easy to make with mayonnaise, minced dill pickles (or relish), lemon juice and fresh dill.
- Leftover battered fish? Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and use the air fryer to reheat them the next day.
- Mix it up by adding fresh herbs like green onion or cilantro to the coleslaw.
- Top with your favorite burger toppings like lettuce, sliced tomato or pickles.
- If tartar sauce isn’t your jam, try dijon mustard and mayonnaise.
Be sure to check out more of our favorite seafood recipes like this lemon grilled salmon, the best crab rolls or garlic butter shrimp.
If you’ve been craving one of those filet-o-fish burgers from that fast food restaurant that shall not be named, I am here to tell you this easy recipe is one hundred times better and worth the effort. You won’t regret it!
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The Best Fried Fish Burger Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup sparkling water or beer
- 2 Tbsp fresh dill chopped
- 1 pound of white fish cut into four filets
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 litres vegetable oil
- 1 cup coleslaw
- 1/4 cup tartar sauce
- 4 brioche buns
Instructions
- Prepare the fish by cutting it into filets, patting dry with paper towel and sprinkling each side with salt.
- Heat oil in a deep fryer to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine beer batter ingredients and mix well.
- Dip each fish fillet into the batter and carefully place it into the oil.
- Allow the fish to cook for about 2 minutes per side, rolling the fish half way through cooking so that both sides are a nice golden brown color. Each piece of fish will take about 5 minutes to cook and may need to be cooked in batches, depending on the size of your deep fryer.
- Place cooked fillets onto a sheet on paper towel to soak up any excess oil.
- Build each fish burger by adding coleslaw and tartar sauce to the fish on a brioche bun.
- Serve with fries or ripple chips.
Nutrition
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