This Keto Fried Fish is seriously delicious! Eat it as is, or serve it on your favorite low carb bun with some tartar sauce for a delicious fish sandwich! You won’t believe that it’s low carb, gluten free and paleo friendly!
I grew up catholic, and went to catholic school from kindergarten until college. While my religious views have changed quite a bit since then, I still love me a good fish fry! Each church around here seems to have their own style of fish and of course side items that they are known for.
This fish recipe is a great substitute for the Lenten fish fry fish of my childhood! But for the complete meal, be sure to check out my Coleslaw and Hush Puppies recipes as well.
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Keto Fried Fish
Ingredients
- 1 lb White Fish cod, tilapia, or pollock work great!
- 3/4 cup Almond Flour
- Salt and pepper
- 2-3 tsp Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning For gluten free or paleo - you can substitute with paprika - or the seasoning blend of your choice
- 2 eggs beaten
- Oil for frying (you will need enough for about 1/2 inch in the bottom of your skillet) I used about ½ cup of beef tallow
Instructions
- Heat the oil over medium high heat a heavy skillet. If you have an electric skillet, set it to 375 degrees F
- Set up the well beaten eggs in a rectangular dish. Then combine the almond meal, and Tony's (or other seasoning) and place on a plate or shallow dish for dipping the fish.
- Using paper towels, pat the fish very dry, then season both sides with salt and pepper dip in the egg, then coat both sides in the almond flour mixture - shaking to remove the excess.
- Place the fish into the hot oil in the skillet. Allow to cook for about 2-4 minutes per side, depending upon the thickness of your fish.
- Remove to a platter, allow to cool slightly before serving.
Notes
Delicious recipe! Thanks for sharing this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Omg how I miss those good old Fish Fry days. Where I live now they have no idea what I’m talking about!
They are the best!!
Do you think this batter will work with scallops
I can’t say for sure, But I’m pretty sure that it would! Just make sure that you dry them really well before putting them into the batter as too much moisture can cause the batter to fall off when you are frying
Made the whole meal tonight. Made scallops instead of fish. Yummy. Coleslaw terrific but my hush puppies oops. They came out really flat. Would they be better in a muffin pan?
yes, a muffin pan would be a great idea!
Mine did too!:(
I cannot tell you how happy this fried fish made me tonight! My non-keto family even liked it. I fried it in bacon grease, yum! This will be a regular for us. Thank you!
I’m so glad to hear that you and your family enjoyed this recipe, and Bacon grease is ALWAYS a good idea 😋😋
Hi i’m going to do it. What is the nutritional Information?
Nutrition info for this recipe is tricky since the exact amount of egg, flour and beef tallow (or other oil) used will vary slightly each time it is prepared.
This is my best estimate based upon how much was left over when I cooked this. It’s also based upon using cod.
310 calories, 20.1g fat, 4.7g carbs, 2.2g fiber, 27.6g protein. 2.5 net carbs!
Hope you enjoy!
This recipe sounds delicious! Can i substitute the almond flour for flaxseed flour? I just ran out of almond flour lol.
Unfortunately I don’t think that flax meal would work for this recipe. You might be able to get away with coconut flour, but the flax wouldn’t crisp up the same way that almond flour would.
can i sub another flour? my daughter is allergic to almonds
Unfortunately I haven’t had very good luck frying with other low carb flours
Maybe look into using crushed up Pork Rinds. I’ve used them successfully for making fried chicken tenders.
That’s a great suggestion!
What type oil did you use?
Have you tried air frying this?
no I haven’t tried it with this recipe. If you give it a shot, let me know how it turns out!
I tried this recipe at home, superrrr love it! Can’t wait to try your other recipes!
yes its a good recipe thanks for sharing i made this today for my buffet guest love it…
What serving size is your estimated nutritional stats based on?
one serving is approximately 4oz