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Crispy Cod Sandwiches with Tartar Sauce

Panko cod fillets fried golden and stacked on buns with pickle tartar and shredded lettuce.

Crispy Cod Sandwiches with Tartar Sauce, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
30 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$16.42

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb cod fillets (frozen)
  • 2 cup panko breadcrumbs
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 hamburger buns
  • 6 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 4 oz dill pickle spears
  • 1 lemon
  • 1/2 iceberg lettuce
  • 8 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp kosher salt

Method

  1. Thaw the cod fully and pat very dry. Cut into four bun-size pieces and season with salt.

  2. Stir the mayonnaise with finely chopped pickle and a squeeze of lemon for the tartar sauce.

  3. Set out flour, beaten eggs, and panko. Coat each fillet in order, pressing the panko on well.

  4. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high and fry the fish 3 to 4 minutes per side until golden and crisp. Drain on a rack.

  5. Toast the buns and spread both sides with tartar sauce.

  6. Build the sandwiches with shredded lettuce under the fish and a squeeze of lemon on top.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 11 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£45.94£11.4911 of 11 ingredients
United States$65.67$16.4210 of 11 ingredients
Australia$64.37$16.0910 of 11 ingredients
Greece49,83 €12,46 €10 of 11 ingredients
Canada$140.60$35.1510 of 11 ingredients
Spain41,64 €10,41 €10 of 11 ingredients
New Zealand$89.04$22.269 of 11 ingredients
Egypt‏٦٢٨٫١٤ ج.م.‏‏١٥٧٫٠٤ ج.م.‏8 of 11 ingredients
Mexico$1,049.03$262.268 of 11 ingredients
Austria€ 72,77€ 18,198 of 11 ingredients
Germany51,41 €*12,85 €6 of 11 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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