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Homemade Fish Sticks with Oven Fries

Panko-crusted cod strips baked crisp with oven fries and a lemon dipping sauce.

Homemade Fish Sticks with Oven Fries, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
45 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$17.32

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb cod fillets (frozen)
  • 2 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 24 oz frozen french fries
  • 5 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 lemon
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 2 tsp kosher salt

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 425F. Spread the fries on one sheet pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes, turning once.

  2. Thaw the cod fully, pat very dry, and cut into finger-size strips. Season with salt.

  3. Mix the panko with the paprika and 3 tablespoons olive oil until the crumbs look damp.

  4. Coat each strip in flour, then beaten egg, then the panko, pressing well, and set on a second oiled pan.

  5. Bake 14 to 16 minutes, turning once, until golden and firm.

  6. Stir the mayonnaise with lemon juice for dipping and serve with the fries.

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 10 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 States$69.29$17.3210 of 10 ingredients
United Kingdom£43.77£10.9410 of 10 ingredients
Canada$133.67$33.4210 of 10 ingredients
Australia$53.35$13.349 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$70.32$17.589 of 10 ingredients
Greece44,16 €11,04 €9 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٩٩٨٫٤٤ ج.م.‏‏٢٤٩٫٦١ ج.م.‏9 of 10 ingredients
Spain38,97 €9,74 €9 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$668.59$167.157 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 71,74€ 17,947 of 10 ingredients
Germany42,44 €*10,61 €6 of 10 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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