Best 6 Pecan Coated Roughy Recipes

PECAN-CRUSTED FISH FILLETS

Steps:

• Mix pecans, bread crumbs and lemon peel in shallow bowl. Beat egg and milk with wire whisk or fork in another shallow bowl.
• Cut fish into 4 serving pieces. Sprinkle both sides of fish with salt and pepper. Coat fish with egg mixture, then coat well with pecan mixture, pressing slightly into fish.
• Heat oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add fish. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook 6 to 10 minutes, turning once carefully with 2 pancake turners, until fish flakes easily with fork and is brown. Serve with lemon wedges.

OVEN-FRIED ORANGE ROUGHY

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Move oven rack to position slightly above middle of oven. Generously grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Mix cornmeal, bread crumbs, salt, paprika, dill, and black pepper together in a shallow bowl. Pour milk into a separate bowl.
• Dip orange roughy pieces into milk and then press into bread crumbs to coat on all sides. Gently toss between your hands so any bread crumbs that haven't stuck can fall away. Place breaded orange roughy into prepared baking dish in a single layer while breading the rest. Drizzle butter over the breaded fish pieces.
• Bake in preheated oven until fish flakes easily with fork, about 10 minutes.

PECAN CRUSTED FISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F; lightly oil a baking pan.
• Rinse the fish and place it in a shallow dish.
• Pour the buttermilk over the fillets.
• In a separate shallow dish, combine the pecans, bread crumbs, garlic, parsley, thyme, paprika, salt, and cayenne.
• One at a time, remove the fillets from the buttermilk, allowing the excess to drain off, and then dredge in the pecan mixture to coat all sides. Place each coated fillet in the baking pan.
• Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, depending upon the thickness of the fillets, until the topping is lightly browned and the fish is tender and flakes easily with a fork.

SUGAR COATED PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Grease one baking sheet.
• In a mixing bowl, whip together the egg white and water until frothy. In a separate bowl, mix together sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
• Add pecans to egg whites, stir to coat the nuts evenly. Remove the nuts, and toss them in the sugar mixture until coated. Spread the nuts out on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake at 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) for 1 hour. Stir every 15 minutes.

PECAN BREADED ORANGE ROUGHY

Steps:

• 1. Pat fish dry with paper towels. Sprinkle seasoning on both sides and rub into flesh.
• 2. Pour enough oil for a depth of 1/2 inch into a heavy skillet. Heat the oil to medium high.
• 3. In a bowl, combine crumbs, pecans and cornmeal; mix well.
• 4. Dip the fish in egg on both sides. Then dip the fish into crumb mixture to completely coat on both sides.
• 5. Fry in oil until browned on both sides. Fish should be flaky on inside. Serve hot.

SOUTHERN COATED PECANS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except pecans in heavy pot and cook 10 minutes or until bubbles cook down.
• Add pecans and stir until all are coated.
• Continue stirring until syrup turns to sugar.
• Pour onto cookie sheet and separate.