Breaded Fish Fillet With Mornay Sauce

Ingredients:
Breadcrumbs, 75g
Egg, 1-2 pcs.
Fish Fillet*, 450g
Flour, 1 cup
Canola Oil
Salt & Pepper

*Fish Fillet can be tuna, dorado, or lapu-lapu

For Mornay* Sauce:
Milk, 1 cup
Cheez Whiz, 1 small sachet  
Butter                          
Flour
Nutmeg, to taste
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste

Procedure:

1. Wash and dry fillets. Slice into strips. Set aside.
2. Season fillet with salt and pepper.
3. Prepare basic breading.
4. Coat fillet with flour. Dip in egg. Then sprinkle breadcrumbs on it. Deep fry until golden brown.

For dipping sauce:

1. Heat the butter in a sauté pan and add flour to make a roux* . Set aside.
2. In another saucepan, heat milk. Gradually add to the roux, while beating constantly.
3. Bring to a boil and stir constantly.
4. Simmer for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally while cooking.
5. Adjust consistency with more hot milk, if necessary.
6. Season with nutmeg, pepper, and salt.
7. Add 1 sachet of Cheez Whiz.

* Roux – A roux is a mixture of shortening and flour, cooked until bubbly, base for sauce
* Mornay – cheese sauce

Recommended age:
Good for kids age 2 years old and up.

Preparation time: 30 minutes
The thing is, moms can always do the preparations at night, and fry it easily the next morning. Moms can choose from serving or packing it as a finger food, or matching it up with brown rice or mashed potato to make it a real good meal. Moms can also experiment with the fillet size.

Healthy Benefits:
The most essential components in this recipe are eggs, fish, and milk, setting apart a huge health difference from the regular ba-on meals that most moms prepare for their kids. Because your kids get to have almost all the necessary nutrients from these healthy ingredients, this recipe will help you and your kids reach their daily diet requirement without difficulty.

Source: Mixed and matched by culinary student, Jose U. Sandoval, Jr. of Asiaworld Culinary Academy

Photo by David Hanson Ong for yummy.ph