FAST Method-Clean and Cook Perch | ROUGH COOKING RECIPE | CATCH CLEAN COOK

perch fillets

🥗Healthier: tilapia

💰Cheaper: cod

Tilapia offers a similar mild flavor and is often more affordable.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and can enhance flavor.

Clean the perch by slicing behind the pelvic fin down to the spine without cutting through it.

Slice up to the vent, twist the head until the spine breaks, and pull the head with guts attached out.

Flip the perch over and cut behind the anal fin until hitting the bone, then pull the whole thing out.

Make shallow cuts along both sides of the spine to remove the dorsal fin.

Peel the skin off the perch using your thumbs and fingers.

Wash the perch before cooking.

Fill a cast iron pan with about one inch of high temp oil and heat to 350 degrees.

Season the fish with salt and pepper on both sides.

Dredge the fish in a mixture of flour, garlic salt seasoning, and paprika, ensuring it's well coated.

Carefully add the fish to the hot oil, cooking for a couple of minutes until golden brown, then flip and cook the other side for a couple of minutes.

Remove the fish and season with more salt while hot.

Cook the wings in the same manner after dredging.

Squeeze fresh lemon juice and add hot sauce before serving.

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