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!
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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 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.
Be sure to check out these other great recipes from This Mom’s Menu:
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
Fernda says
March 6, 2018 at 7:12 pmDelicious recipe! Thanks for sharing this!
Sabra says
March 7, 2018 at 10:46 amGlad you enjoyed it!
Marlene says
March 22, 2018 at 4:52 pmOmg how I miss those good old Fish Fry days. Where I live now they have no idea what I’m talking about!
Sabra says
March 22, 2018 at 7:18 pmThey are the best!!
Chris says
February 27, 2019 at 6:34 pmNothing like fish and chips served by a street vendor on newspaper scraps. The best!
Norma says
March 28, 2018 at 3:07 pmDo you think this batter will work with scallops
Sabra says
March 28, 2018 at 4:22 pmI 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
Norma says
March 28, 2018 at 6:21 pmMade 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?
Sabra says
March 28, 2018 at 6:33 pmyes, a muffin pan would be a great idea!
Tami says
May 29, 2018 at 7:49 pmMine did too!:(
Shari says
April 3, 2018 at 8:48 pmI 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!
Sabra says
April 4, 2018 at 3:43 pmI’m so glad to hear that you and your family enjoyed this recipe, and Bacon grease is ALWAYS a good idea 😋😋
Cynthia says
April 8, 2018 at 1:05 amHi i’m going to do it. What is the nutritional Information?
Sabra says
April 8, 2018 at 9:58 amNutrition 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!
Michelle says
April 8, 2018 at 4:46 pmThis recipe sounds delicious! Can i substitute the almond flour for flaxseed flour? I just ran out of almond flour lol.
Sabra says
April 9, 2018 at 5:18 pmUnfortunately 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.
Kayla Daniels says
July 13, 2018 at 8:03 pmcan i sub another flour? my daughter is allergic to almonds
Sabra says
July 14, 2018 at 11:19 amUnfortunately I haven’t had very good luck frying with other low carb flours
Bryan Ford says
July 17, 2018 at 8:29 pmMaybe look into using crushed up Pork Rinds. I’ve used them successfully for making fried chicken tenders.
Sabra says
July 17, 2018 at 10:00 pmThat’s a great suggestion!
Terri Runkle says
July 22, 2018 at 10:18 pmWhat type oil did you use?
SueB says
July 27, 2018 at 3:27 pmHave you tried air frying this?
Sabra says
July 28, 2018 at 3:46 pmno I haven’t tried it with this recipe. If you give it a shot, let me know how it turns out!
Kansas City SEO says
August 22, 2018 at 12:19 amI tried this recipe at home, superrrr love it! Can’t wait to try your other recipes!
oliver says
September 19, 2018 at 10:30 amyes its a good recipe thanks for sharing i made this today for my buffet guest love it…
Marie says
November 8, 2018 at 12:27 pmWhat serving size is your estimated nutritional stats based on?
Sabra says
November 9, 2018 at 3:32 pmone serving is approximately 4oz
Kay says
December 27, 2018 at 9:47 pmCould you do this in an air Fryer?
Sabra says
December 28, 2018 at 10:06 amHi Kay! I think that you could, but since I haven’t tried it myself I can’t be certain.
amber R warner says
March 23, 2019 at 7:50 pmSo I’m not always very good at adulting.
Tonight… I was triumphant.
I actually made fried fish.
We had a small bag of fish from some random family member in the freezer. I’m a bit biased, preferring my dad’s fish. (And Venison. But I don’t have any of that right now. Though I ate some with mom’s homemade noodles last time I was over there. He said, “Of course you found those”. I think he was saving them for later. I offer NO apologies.)
Anyway. I thawed them. They were super thin and boneless. I found this recipe. Used it.
And can say that I successfully made tasty fried fish. Still not as good as Dad’s.
Roger says
March 23, 2019 at 11:54 pmProtein powder works really well in place of almond flour turns into a panko like breading
Aurora says
March 25, 2019 at 8:25 pmI made this for the first time tonight. I used wild snapper fillets and fried in avocado oil. It was delicious and will be my go to recipe for pan fried fish.
Sabra says
March 28, 2019 at 10:20 amSo glad you liked it Aurora!