Cod Croquettes

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 dash salt
• 1 lemon
• 1 1/4 lbs fresh cod
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil, eyeball it
• 2 teaspoons seafood seasoning (recommended ( old bay)
• 2 stalks celery & leaves, finely chopped
• 1 small yellow onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 -3 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves, a few sprigs
• 3 -4 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, a handful
• black pepper
• 1 egg
• 2 cups plain breadcrumbs

Recipe

• 1 bring 1/2-inch water to a simmer in a large nonstick skillet.
• 2 zest a lemon and reserve. cut lemon and season the fish the some lemon juice and salt and add to the simmering water.
• 3 cover pan and cook fish 8 minutes.
• 4 remove and flake fish into a bowl.
• 5 discard water and wipe out pan, returning it to heat over medium flame and add 1/4 cup vegetable oil. to the fish, add reserved lemon zest, seafood seasoning, celery, onion, thyme, parsley, salt, and pepper to fish. add egg and 1 cup of the bread crumbs. form 8 fish patties and toss in remaining bread crumbs to set the patties.
• 6 add 1/4 cup vegetable oil to the cleaned out pan and heat over medium flame.
• 7 cook patties in the oil for 4 to 5 minutes on each side until golden and reserve under foil or in warm oven.