Chef notes
When I first started working at my family’s diner as a young girl, I spent most of the time cleaning up after my dad as he bounced from griddle to stovetop, pumping out meal after meal at the busy roadside restaurant. Then, when the time came for me to try my hand at cooking, the first task he awarded me with was frying fish for the diner’s signature Fish Fry Night. You could say my culinary career was born in that fryolator that day. And yes, I now know a thing or two about making perfectly fried fish. Or as I like to think of it, the fried fish that all fish dream they’ll grow up to be.
For a full-on dinner, be sure to make a batch of frites to go alongside and some coleslaw and tartar sauce or Garlicky Mayo Sauce! For extra-credit, serve the fish in a newspaper cone.
Dining and Cooking