• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Comfy Belly

Recipes & inspiration for a healthy life

  • Recipe index
  • Cookbooks
    • Cooking for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet
    • Healthy Coconut Flour Cookbook
    • Everyday Keto Baking
  • How to
    • Bake with Coconut Flour
    • Bake with Almond Flour
    • Bake with Honey
    • Make Coconut Milk
    • Make Yogurt
  • About
    • Erica
    • Contact
  • Sign In
    • Sign up
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
    • Instagram

Fish sticks

February 17, 2009 by Erica 14 Comments

Fish Sticks

These fish sticks were made with Pacific Halibut, which, luckily, is still fairly abundant due to careful fishing management. To find out which fish are a good choice, take a look at the Blue Ocean Institute’s Guide to Ocean Friendly Seafood.

I use salmon with this recipe as well, and almost any thick cut of fish will work. I cook it with the skin attached, and the bones out (filleted).

Fish is a part of our weekly diet, but only two of the four of us (not counting our dog and hamster) like to eat fish. So, for the two non-fish eaters there are cod liver oil capsules in the refrigerator. But it’s much more fun eating the whole thing.

 

Fish Sticks

Ingredients

  • Fish of choice, sliced into rectangular strips
  • 1/2 cup or so of almond flour
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of dried or fresh dill
  • 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt (you don’t need much here)
  • olive oil

Preparation

  1. In a plate, blend the almond flour, salt and dill with a fork.
  2. Add enough olive oil to a frying pan or skillet (on medium heat) to cover the entire bottom with oil, and then add extra oil that will be absorbed by the fish sticks.
  3. Dip each fish slice in the almond flour batter and then place it in the heated pan.
  4. Turn the fish sticks every few minutes until all four sides are browned.
  5. Serve with lemon slices or with ketchup!

Share13
Pin165

Filed Under: Dairy Free, Egg Free, Lactose Free, Low Sugar, Paleo, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) Tagged With: almond flour, fish

Previous Post: « How to Make Mayonnaise
Next Post: Tangy Curry Chicken Salad »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Carol Addington

    June 21, 2017 at 10:15 am

    These are SO GOOD. I used a swai fillet; I didn’t have dill leaf but had dill seed which I ground in a coffee mill for the seasoning. I am not much of a fish eater (although I need to be !) but have always liked fish sticks, and I frankly can’t believe I made them myself ! Next is a fish sandwich for hubby 🙂 Thanks, Eric for this wonderful site.

    Reply
    • Erica

      June 23, 2017 at 11:43 pm

      Nice! thanks for the kind words!

      Reply
  2. Christy

    November 22, 2013 at 4:26 pm

    This was another favorite we had tonight for supper!! Very very good!! Mine didn’t turn out as pretty as the picture above, but was delicious.

    Reply
  3. Robin

    October 31, 2013 at 8:59 am

    Tried this and the fish was good. I did drip my fish in egg white to get the flour to stick. When I fried them they browned nice at first, then when i flipped them the second side just went white and mushy. never could get it to brown. so i just scrapped it off and we ate it anyway. Any suggestions on what i did wrong. Could it have been the egg white, maybe too much moisture.

    Reply
    • Erica

      October 31, 2013 at 10:28 am

      these are a bit fussy and delicate. Yes, don’t fry too long or the fish won’t stay together. I try to choose thick, firm pieces of a white fish. Also, some tricks: store the breaded fish in the refrigerator for 20 minutes or so before frying; leave space between the fish sticks so they don’t steam; don’t use too much oil at once. Hope that helps.

      Reply
  4. Xiomara

    April 14, 2013 at 12:26 pm

    I’m not sure exactly why but this blog is loading extremely slow for me. Is anyone else having this issue or is it a problem on my end? I’ll check bасk lateг on
    and see іf the рroblem still exists.

    Reply
  5. amanda

    January 5, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    How would you bake these? Would you put oil or spray the pan then bake? And I know this is a strange question, but do these have a strong almond taste? My son will eat almond base things, but as long as it doesn’t taste like it. I love this recipe though, I used to make my own fish sticks with homemade bread crumbs, but since going gluten free I have cut them out. So these would be great.

    Reply
    • Erica

      January 6, 2013 at 11:19 am

      They don’t taste almond-like to me once they are fried. Baking will dry them out so they’ll have a different flavor – a bit more crusty and dry. I haven’t tried it yet, but I like your idea of rubbing oil on the baking pan. Let us know how it goes 🙂

      Reply
  6. SJ

    May 4, 2012 at 6:58 am

    A lot of the almond flour fell off in the pan. Do you have thoughts on how to prevent it other than egg? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Erica

      May 4, 2012 at 7:10 am

      Yes, this can happen without the eggs. Try leaving the fish sticks on one side until they’re a bit more browned. You can also bake them – just an idea.

      Reply
  7. Andrea

    February 22, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    Do you think this will work with frozen fish? I was thinking that I might need to dip the fish in an egg wash first, similar to chicken nuggets? I’d love your thoughts. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Erica

      February 22, 2011 at 7:43 pm

      Egg can certainly help if the fish are frozen – I haven’t tried it though. The only thing is I don’t know if the fish will cook well in the center if it’s frozen. Maybe baking the frozen fish would be better than frying in this case.

      Reply
  8. Shauna

    November 17, 2010 at 6:21 pm

    OMG, looks delicious! Side note: I am a HUGE fan of your site and I was wondering if you had any glutten free stuffing recipes up your sleeve? Please and thank you!

    Reply
    • Erica

      November 17, 2010 at 9:31 pm

      Shauna, I wish I could cook and post as fast as I can think of food I’d like to make (don’t we all). I do have a recipe in the making, but I don’t know if I’ll get it out in time. Here’s what I have so far: quinoa as a base cooked in vegetable (or turkey) broth; then brown onions, mushrooms, raisins (or dried cranberries), celery, walnuts, and herbs & spices, and melted butter with a squeeze of lemon. Mix all together and bake for about 15 minutes with foil over it. This could change, but it’s my plan of record. I am getting a lot of pressure to make a cornbread stuffing with sausage in it – the carnivores here are fighting my transition to mostly vegetable meals.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

       

Stay in touch!

My free newsletter includes recipes, updates, and tips.

Popular now

  • Fluffy Pancakes {almond & coconut flour}
  • About Erica
  • Lemon Blueberry Loaf {coconut flour}
  • Donuts {coconut flour}
  • Smokey Beef Jerky {gluten-free, soy-free, sugar-free}
  • Banana Bread {almond & coconut flour}
  • Almond Flour Pancakes {grain free}
  • Cinnamon Bun Muffins {almond flour}
  • No-Corn Cornbread
  • Chocolate Zucchini Bread {almond flour}
  • Valencia Orange Cake {grain free}
  • Vanilla Cupcakes {coconut flour}
  • Cinnamon Cookie
  • Yellow Cake {almond flour}
  • Morning Glory Muffins {coconut flour}
  • Jerk Chicken Strips

Get all the recipes

Subscribe to new recipes image

Recent comments

  • Laura on Chocolate Zucchini Bread {almond flour}:

    <_____ Raising hand. Yes, thank you so much for this posting, I will be making this tomorrow and I can…
    Posted Jan 20, 2023

  • Erica on Morning Glory Muffins {coconut flour}:

    Hi Orisha. I think so, but I would use shredded or slice them thinly.
    Posted Jan 19, 2023

  • Orisha on Morning Glory Muffins {coconut flour}:

    Would it work to sub more carrots in place of the apple?
    Posted Jan 19, 2023

  • Erica on Apple Pie {grain free}:

    Hi Jax, it’s per slice.
    Posted Jan 18, 2023

  • Erica on Cinnamon Cookie:

    Thanks, Marie! Great to hear.
    Posted Jan 18, 2023

  • Jax on Apple Pie {grain free}:

    Is the nutrition per slice? Or the entire pie?
    Posted Jan 18, 2023

Measurement equivalents

1 tablespoon 3 teaspoons
1/4 cup 4 tablespoons
1 cup 8 ounces
1 teaspoon 5 ml
1 tablespoon 15 ml

Temperature conversions

Gas Mark Fahrenheit Celsius
  1/4  225  110
  1/2  250  130
    1  275  140
    2  300  150
    3  325  170
    4  350  180
    5  375  190
    6  400  200
    7  425  220
    8  450  230
    9  475  240

Cookbooks

Specific Carbohydrate Diet by Erica Kerwien - Comfy Belly
Cooking for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet
  • Amazon
  • Barnes & Noble
  • IndieBound
  • Indigo
Coconut Flour Cookbook by Erica Kerwien - Comfy Belly
The Healthy Coconut Flour Cookbook
  • Amazon
  • Barnes & Noble
  • IndieBound
  • Books-A-Million
Everyday Keto Baking by Erica Kerwien - Comfy Belly
Everyday Keto Baking
  • Amazon
  • Barnes & Noble
  • IndieBound
  • Books-A-Million

Footer

About Erica

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Email

I create recipes using simple, nutrient-dense ingredients, staying as close to the earth as possible.

One of my boys was diagnosed with Crohn’s, which inspired me to start Comfy Belly, and create recipes to share my love of good, healthy food. Read More →

Quick & easy recipes

White Bean Vegetable Soup
Luscious Applesauce
Sweet & Sour Shrimp

Copyright © 2023 Comfy Belly | Erica Kerwien. All rights reserved.