Notes
I “borrowed” this recipe from the legendary Fred Contaoi who fishes the FLW Tour in the Orange County Choppers boat. Fred recommends using any fish except largemouth bass for this recipe.
Ingredients
- 4 servings
- 4 6 ounce fish fillets, skin removed
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tbl garlic powder
- 3 tbls vegetable oil
- 4 thin slices red onion
- 4 slices tomato
- 2 whole Ortega-type chile peppers, halved
- 4 slices pepper jack cheese
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 tsp Tabasco
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 4 burger buns, any type
- 4 lettuce leaves
Directions
- Combine flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Dust fish with flour mixture. Heat oil in a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat. Lightly brown fish on both sides. Top each piece of fish with onion, tomato, half of chile pepper and cheese. Place under a broiler, about 6 inches from the heat, unless cheese melts. Combine mayonnaise with Tabasco and lemon juice. Spread mayonnaise mixture on buns. Put lettuce on buns and place fish portion in each bun.
Recipe courtesy of the Sporting Chef, Scott Leysath. Click to order The Sporting Chef’s Better Venison Cookbook