Weekend Recipe: Cornflake-crusted Fish Burgers

Get creative with your cornflakes! Use it as breading for fish burgers and add a boost of energy in your snacks. Whether you have it as a breakfast meal or as an afternoon snack, you and your fmaily will enjoy every bite.

Serves 4
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cooking Time 15 minutes


Here's what you'll need:

juice of 1 lemon
2 (100-gram) white fish fillets (such as cream dory or lapu-lapu), sliced into four (3x4-inch) pieces
salt and pepper, to season
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 small egg, beaten
2 to 2 1/2 cups crushed cornflakes, pounded using a mortar and pestle
oil for shallow-frying
4 hamburger buns, split, buttered inside, and toasted
4 cheese slices
vegetable slaw or lettuce, tomatoes, and pickle relish, to serve


Make it!

1 Drizzle lemon juice on all sides of the fish fillets. season with salt and pepper.

2 Lightly dredge fillets in flour and dip in beaten egg. Lightly press the fillets on the cornflakes to coat all sides.

3 Heat oil in a medium frying pan. Fry fish fillets in batches for about 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until cooked through and breading is crisp. Drain on paper towels.

4 To assemble, place fish on the bottom half of the toasted bun. Top with a slice of cheese and vegetable slaw or lettuce, tomatoes, and pickle relish. Cover with the top half of the bun. Repeat to make a total of 4 fish burgers. Serve hot.


Photography by Miguel Nacianceno. Styling by Rachelle Santos. 



This story originally appeared on Yummy.ph.

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