"Food Friday" - Celebrate water safety with Walleye

*Look out for Food Fridays when Jen Mayville shares Red Cross inspired recipes

Since we've been talking a lot about water safety this week, it seemed like a good time to share this recipe from fellow Red Crosser Melanie Goodchild-Southwind for wall-eye -- and of course, Melanie always wears her lifejacket while she's fishing!

Red Crosser Melanie's Fried Wall-Eye Fillets

8 wall-eye fillets

2/3 cup canola oil for frying

2 eggs, beaten

1 TBS honey

2 cups buttery crackers or corn flake cereal finely crushed

1/4 cup flour

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Heat canola oil in a heavy skillet to 375 degrees.

In a bowl, add the eggs, honey, salt, garlic and onion powders and pepper; whisk until combined.

In a resealable bag, add the crushed crackers and flour - shake to mix and then pour into a shallow bowl or plate. When the oil is hot, place each fillet in the egg mixture and then roll in the cracker mixture; slowly lower into the hot oil. Fry until each fillet is dark golden brown, flip over and cook the other side. Place fillets on paper towels to drain and season with salt and pepper.  We like ours with Manomin, wild rice or baked beans on the side. 

Thanks Melanie for sharing your recipe! Do you have any recipes you would like to share? Email them to jennifer.mayville@redcross.ca.

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