Crispy Oven-Baked Breaded Fish Recipe – No Frying Needed!
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If you think breaded fish always involves frying it in oil, wait until you try this recipe. This delicious crispy breaded fish is made by baking it in the oven – no frying required!
There are several advantages to baking the breaded fish instead of frying:
1) Baking the fish is healthier than frying because no extra oil is added
2) Baking is easier than frying as you don’t need to stand at the stove and actively cook it. You just put the fish in the oven and take it out when it’s ready – so easy!
3) Baking the fish makes it less prone to burning. It’s not easy to burn the fish when baking in the oven, but very easy to burn it on the frying pan.
4) Baking the fish is less messy than frying – no oil splatters to deal with!
5) You can multitask while the fish is baking – for example, make the salad!
So how does the breading stay on the baked fish? There is a secret ingredient that makes the breading stay on and keeps it crispy. The secret ingredient of baked breaded fish is MAYO! A little mayo goes a long way – just one tablespoon of mayo is enough to coat a pound of fish and keep the breading on!
Baked breaded fish is extremely easy to make and requires just 3 ingredients – fish, mayo and breadcrumbs. Coat the fish fillets in mayo, coat them in breadcrumbs, put in the oven and bake. That’s all there is to it – this easy recipe is perfect for busy weeknights!
You can serve this crispy breaded baked fish with white or brown rice, potatoes or a salad. Or you can even serve it with store-bought chips, so you can have a dinner of fish and chips!
Easy Oven-Baked Breaded Fish Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb fish fillets
- 1 tbsp mayo
- 1 cup dry bread crumbs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425F.
- Line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Put the fish in a bowl and put mayo on the fish. With your hands, spread mayo all over the fish, so it's coated with mayo on all sides.
- Put the bread crumbs on a plate. Dip each fish fillet into bread crumbs - first on one side, then the other side, pressing into the bread crumbs so they stick.
- Put breaded fish on a baking sheet. Put in the oven on the top shelf (approximately 6 inches from the top heating element).
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until the fish is done (no longer translucent in the center and flakes easily with a fork).
What a quick and simple recipe for breaded fish! Looks delicious!
Thanks, Marsha! And it tastes even better than it looks ?
I love making baked versions of different things versus the fried version! It’s healthier and I’m a little dangerous around a hot pot of oil :) I love how easy this fish is and it looks so crispy too!
Yes, baking is so much easier than frying, and so much healthier too ?
Oh this looks so good! I like baked fish even better than fried, especially when it goes lovely and crispy!
Brown and crispy without frying – yum!
I love the mayo hack Melanie ?
It’s always fun to find an uncommon cooking secret that works so perfectly!
Melanie, I always learn something new when I come over to the site! I’ve never heard of the mayo trick but I’ll definitely be trying it! We always buy fresh fish at the farmer’s markets on Saturday mornings, so are always looking for new ways to cook it. I love that this recipe is healthier, and also avoids those incredibly annoying oil splatters. Seriously who has time for those?! This is a much better idea!
Oil splatters are the worst! The mess everywhere, not to mention ruining your clothes! So if I can avoid frying, I’m really happy, especially when the baking result is so good!
That looks really good Melanie! I love the golden crunchiness to it! :D
Me too! Who says baked fish has to be pale and soggy? I only settle for golden and crunchy!
I bake chicken but have yet to try fish. I really want to! It looks so crisp and crunchy!
Hope you give it a try, Monica, this recipe is so easy!
I usually make my husband cook fish because it never turns out when I make it. I think I can handle this recipe though….it will be my turn to impress my husband with my (your) fish dinner!
I think your husband will be impressed ? Please let me know how it turned out!
I like your healthy version Melanie! I will for sure try this recipe :)
I don’t fry very often because it’s so messy (and not to mention not the healthiest)! This is the perfect way to get golden brown, crispy fish without a mess — this looks delicious!
I love me some fried fish, so this recipe is right up my alley. I’ve actually never tried baking it in the oven before but yours looks so crispy I’ll have to try it!
Yum! I love breaded fish so this is right up my alley! Thanks for offering a healthier version than I’m accustomed to! Who knew 1 Tbsp. of mayo could go so far?! Love it!!
Well, I love having a breaded fish recipe that doesn’t involve frying, because this is one of my faves! Yay you!
So simple, healthy and delicious!!! I wonder if I can use yoghurt instead of mayo here…
This baked breaded fish looks delicious! I always prefer baking to frying. I love how crispy it and also loving your trick for using mayo to make the breadcrumbs coat onto the fish! :) Excited to try the recipe soon! Thanks for sharing, Melanie!
Really, mayo ? Really great idea instead of egg. Looks totally delicious and so much healthier.
I’m a fan of breaded fried fish, but not of the calories! So this is much, much better. Really good recipe. And the perfect technique! Thanks for this.
What a great tip! I prefer to bake and not fry most of the time because frying is such an ordeal. I would have never thought of using mayo to get the coating to stick, that is just brilliant!
Wow, this fish looks so crispy! I love that it’s only 3 simple ingredients. Also, there’s absolutely nothing that I hate more than frying… the mess, the burns that I’m likely to incur, the added fat and calories… forget it! This looks so much better anyway!
This is a cool recipe! I love easier ways to make things, as well as healthier.
This fish recipe looks so tasty!
Made this recipe for dinner tonight. I’m hooked pun intended. I love the way the mayo holds the breadcrumbs on the fish.
I had a favorite, simple, baked fish recipe …then I tried this (with a few small tweaks.)
Now …I may have a new favorite! And it’s even a step or two simpler! Thanks for sharing.
Roberto
This is the only way I make fish now. So easy to make and everyone loved it!
Fantastic,you did me good with this recipe.the fish was moist tet crispy,nice job and thanks for passing this on.
Such a great way to make fish crispy without the mess of frying!
Quick, simple, and healthy, This baked fish is a new favorite.
I tried your baked fish tonight and it turned out really good. I hardly ever eat fish but this recipe smashes it. I will be eating more fish now . Thanks Melanie