sandwich. This is way better than the McDonald's version and I'm going to tell you a fun little

story about how it got invented. And here's a hint. It has to do with Jesus.

Okay to start out, duh, we're going to use some fish. I'm using tilapia. Try to get like

as big of a fillet as you can, anything sort of firm will do well, like halibut or cod.

And we're just going to try to cut it into squarish shapes so that it looks a little

bit like McDonald's even though it's going to taste way better. So for this little interesting

shaped thing here, it's already kind of starting to split there. So I'm just going to go ahead

and cut it down the middle and then trim off like the little pointy end bits. Just to kind

of try to kind of square it off a little bit and you can still like cook these and eat

them like little fish nibbles or something, but they won't go on our sandwich because

they're not perfect. So then these ones I'll cut in half, these ones, oh my god, my mom

would be so ashamed of my language, sorry mom, bad grammar. So there, they're not exactly

square, but they're rectangular and that's a type of squares guys.

So then I'm going to just put them in a little bowl here, all the little pieces. Some of

them are maybe too tiny and then squeeze some lemon juice over. Awesome. So that's just

going to like brighten up the flavor a little bit, we're just going to let this marinate

in the lemon juice for about ten minutes. In that time we can make our McDonald's rip-off

tartar sauce. I just want to make sure all the little fishies get covered. If you don't

have lemon, you could use a little bit of like white wine vinegar something, or tarragon

vinegar would make it a fancy French filet-o-fish, filet-o-French and that would be something

else entirely. Okay, I'm going to get set up and we'll make our tartar sauce while we

wait on this marinade.

Obviously tartar sauce starts with a mayonnaise base. Now if you would like a more fancy type

of tartar sauce, I have a recipe for one with parsley and capers and garlic and all this

other shit, on our website if you want to do that, but this is what I think is closest

to the McDonald's tartar sauce which really just kind of tastes like pickles. So I just

add a little pinch of salt, I'm going to add a little bit of white pepper. This is my unfancy

touch. I'm sure it's not in the real thing, but it tastes really good. And then to make

it look McDonaldsy, this is just some diced up like hamburger dill slices, just mince

them up really tiny and then add in a little bit of that pickle juice in there too. So

dump that in. Just dump it all in there. And then some super minced up white onion as well.

And just like the tinier you can chop it the better. I'm a magician with a knife. You could

use a food processor if you have bad skills.

And we'll just mix it up. There's salt on my finger, better give it to the devil. Oh,

that reminds me. So the story of the filet-o-fish: there was this guy in Ohio that had a franchise

when McDonald's first started franchising and he wasn't making any money during Lent

because his area was like 89 percent Catholic or something. So he like called Ronald McDonalds

himself and he was like, look Don, sorry I mean Ron I'm not making any money over here

in Ohio, I need to make a fish sandwich stat before I go broke. And Ronald McDonalds was

like, I don't think so buddy. Then he tasted it and he was like, wow, this is the best

sandwich ever, not better than my hamburgers, but you have my permission to put it on your

menu and that saved his restaurant and then it went nationwide like the next year. So,

there you go.

It's time to bread the doughnuts, I mean the fish, I mean the doughnuts. Okay, so I drained

the lemon juice off of the fish fillets and now I'm going to add some milk because milk

is a wholesome thing and it does your body good; just enough to cover. Don't need to

waste it, I'll drink that later. Some white Russians, okay. So just get them all in there,

they're hanging out, that's fine.

And then for the breading part, what I've done is I've mashed up some oyster crackers

here until they're very, very fine. These are oyster crackers. They taste like saltines,

but they look like oysters, I don't really know why they're called that, but that's a

good enough reason I think. I like to use these when I'm breading stuff instead of saltines

because one, they're cheaper than saltines by like a few cents, but I'm a frugal b-otch

and also they're already in tiny pieces so they break up faster. So all I did was put

some of them into this little zip top baggy and crushed them up until they're fairly fine.

Most of them are powderish and I'm going to go ahead and add a little bit of plain dry

bread crumbs to that too. If you wanted to just use bread crumbs, that's fine, but I

felt like the crackers kind of gives it a better coating. So just mix that together

and the crackers already have salt on them, so we don't need to add any salt to this,

it's enough salt with just what's on the crackers.

And now we're just going to do the standard milk, crackers, milk, crackers, plate. Okay,

alright, fish fingers. Okay, once they're coated you want to put them in the fridge

for at least ten minutes up to two or three hours, so you can make these ahead of time

a little bit. That's going to help that coating adhere so that when we fry it, it doesn't

just like fall off into the frying oil either. So I'll see you back in ten minutes.

To fry the fish, I've got just under about a half inch of peanut oil here, you can use

canola oil, vegetable oil, whatever, you know, stuff like that. And I've got it heated up

to about 350. If you don't have a thermometer, you can just throw in a little bread crumb

like this, just a crumb and it's all like, not it's not peeing, that's a sizzling sound.

And we'll put our filets in.

And you remember when I cut them up, I ended up with two that were a little bit thicker

and two that were a little bit thinner. So the thicker ones obviously are going to take

little bit longer to cook, so I don't know. It's kind of easier sometimes just to do them

together, do the thicker ones together and then the thinner ones, but basically we're

just going to cook these for about a minute on the first side, they'll be nice and golden

brown. Flip them over, do another two minutes or so on the other side until that's golden

brown and by then, the inside should be perfectly cooked and beautiful and flaky and moist like

a fish sandwich.

There we go. So just check it. The second side usually browns slower than the first

so see, it's still pretty pale, so let it go maybe another minute or so. If you wanted

to make these lower fat, you can also totally bake them. Just do the breading, spray it

with a little bit of you know, spray oil or something, and bake it on like a tray with

a rack like this. I'm going to use this for draining, but you can just bake it on here

at 450 for about fifteen minutes. It's not going to get like as delectably golden brown

as these, but it will be crispy and cooked and it will be much healthier than this or

a McDonald's filet-o-fish. So, I should have taken a note myself, but... I just need to

stand up straighter.

Okay, there we go, now we're talking. So like I said, just drain it on a little rack over

here. And I'll go ahead and fry my other fish. While those are cooling, I'll microwave a

couple little hamburger buns to soften them up and get them nice and squishy like the

ones at McDonalds. Okay. Okay, we're ready, to have fish sandwiches, fish sandwiches,

fish sandwiches. I've got a little bun here, like I said I just stuck it in the microwave

for literally ten seconds and it gets nice and pliable and warm.

I'm going to top it with some American cheese. Now at McDonalds they're skimpy little bastards

and they only give you half a slice of cheese. What the hell is American about that? So we're

going to go ahead and do a whole slice, thank you very much. And then we'll top it with

a little fish patty. Let's see, this one looks good and a big, big hefty blob of your tartar

sauce. They do like this much there. I know, because I just ate one the other day. And

then there you go. There's a gorgeous filet-o-fish sandwich for you. Then of course you would

put the top on and eat it.

If you like this recipe, also check out my Chick-Fil-A knock-off. If you like fried meat

sandwiches and if you don't want to watch that one, then you can watch my chicken fried

steak video because I do the same, a very similar cracker crust and you can just see

how gorgeous it is. It's delicious. Fried meats for the win, right people?

Okay. Give it a taste. That's what's supposed to happen, that little--shit, that's good.

Do I have something on my face? I do. Alright, there you go, homemade filet-o-fish, way better

than McDonalds. I hope you try this, I hope you love it. Please leave a comment below

and visit me at hilahcooking.com for principle recipes. See you guys later, thanks for watching.

Bye-bye. I'm going to try to fit this whole thing in my mouth. That's not going to happen,

sorry.