Cornmeal-Crusted Fish with Green-Tomato Tartar Sauce
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When they're in South Carolina, the Lees make this recipe with wreckfish, a local, sustainable catch; striped bass works, too. They advise leaving the skin on the fish because it crisps up so nicely.


Cornmeal-Crusted Fish with Green-Tomato Tartar Sauce
Fredrika Stjarne

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Servings: 8
Prep Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Related Categories: Fish and Seafood, Other Fish and Seafood
 
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Ingredients
TARTAR SAUCE
  • 1  cup
    mayonnaise
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  • 1/4  cup
    buttermilk
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  • 2/3  cup
    Green-Tomato Pickles, chopped, or store-bought pickled tomatoes
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    Salt and freshly ground pepper
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FISH
  • 1/2  cup
    buttermilk
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  • 1  cup
    all-purpose flour
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  • 1/4  cup
    plus 2 tablespoons stone-ground cornmeal
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  • 4  teaspoons
    salt
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  • 1  tablespoon
    freshly ground black pepper
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  • 8 
    7- to 8-ounce wreckfish or striped bass fillets, pin bones removed
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    Vegetable oil, for frying
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Directions
1.
MAKE THE TARTAR SAUCE: In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise and buttermilk. Fold in the Green Tomato Pickles, season the sauce with salt and pepper and refrigerate until chilled.
2.
PREPARE THE FISH: Put the buttermilk and flour in 2 separate pie plates. Whisk the cornmeal into the flour along with the salt and pepper. Dip the fish fillets on both sides in the buttermilk, allowing the excess to drip back into the pie plate. Dredge the fish in the flour mixture, pressing to help it adhere. Transfer the fish to a baking sheet.
3.
Heat 1/4 inch of vegetable oil in each of 2 large skillets until shimmering. Sprinkle the fish with more of the flour mixture and add the fillets to the skillets, skin side up. Cook over moderately high heat, turning once, until golden and cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes. Drain the fish on a paper towel-lined baking sheet. Serve right away, with the tartar sauce.

MAKE AHEAD
The tartar sauce can be refrigerated for up to 3 days.
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