Name: Amazing Perch Fish Fry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 21 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 lb fresh or frozen perch or other white filets such as haddock, walleye, cod, or tilapia (if frozen squeeze out excess water); 1 package per pound of ground ritz crackers or club crackers; 1/4 cup (seasoned) flour add seasoning below and mix together; 1/2 teaspoon each of kosher salt, ground pepper, and lemon zest rind; 1 well egg beaten with 1/4 cup water; 1-gallon size plastic bag; Optional: for spicy add 1 teaspoon of cajun seasoning or a pinch of cayenne ground pepper to the flour

Perch is a delicious fish to eat just about anyway, we just love it coated in flour, crackers and fried.

Perch is a white, flaky varietyand similiar to walleye, pike, crappie, in the freshwater world of fishing.

Although you can use just about any kind of fish we prefer perch fresh when we can catch it but haddock, seabass, and of course walleye (any northern fish will be great for this recipe).

The lemon butter-crusted topping is so delicious, and what makes the flavors unforgettable.

If you love seafood you may also like to try our Baked Lemon Dill Chilean Sea Bass

If you're a fisherman then you've probably had this or at least know what perch is, we just love it.

Scroll down and print off the recipe to give it a try.

Firm Fish

Since this recipe can be air fried, pan-fried, or baked, we suggest which fish work well and hold up the best.

A fresh catch is always best, but when purchasing and using a frozen brand, we always thaw the firm blot dry before we cook it.

We find the haddock, cod, snook, redfish and heartier fleshy fish works best when substituting.

Seasonal fresh fish markets or online is always the best choice to try and find perch if you can't find it.

Ingredients You Will Need:

perch
oil
lemon zest
salt, pepper, cayenne
water
egg
breadcrumbs
flour
granulated garlic powder, dried parsley

Other Tips and Suggestions

for seafood allergies use chicken or turkey breast
other fish to use: Chilean Sea Bass, Haddock, Tilapia, Halibut, Snook, Redfish Snapper
use only fresh lemon zest and juice
frying: Heat the oil in a pan on the stovetop. Fish must be dipped in hot oil in flour, egg, and breadcrumb on both sides. Fry fish in hot oil flipping once for around 4 minutes on each side depending on the thickness.
air-fry: preheat the fryer to 400 degrees. Spray the basket with cooking oil. Air fry the fish for 15 minutes or until the fish flakes easily
baked: coat the fish and place it into a greased baking pan. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and oil spray the top of each filet. Bake until fish flakes easily around 20 minutes.

Other Favorite Seafood Recipes

Pan-Seared Sea Bass Medley

Seafood Medley

Stuffed Shrimp and Crab Flounder

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Perch is a Northern Fish

This perch can easily be baked, just coat it and add it to a baking pan and spray it with cooking oil.

If you love a crunchy coating this is one of our family favorites and again very versatile since you can use this same coating on chicken or another meat if you are allergic to fish.

Remember if you can't get perch use this recipe for whatever freshwater fish you catch it's great!