Great Alternative to fried Walleye’s

Had some fresh walleyes and wanted to try something a little different from fried. I love fried fish but hate the cleanup and lately my body is not doing great with fried food. Did a little research and found this recipe online. It turned out Great. The video did not show any bread crumbs being added to the underside of the fillets. I added them to both sides. I think I will not do so next time. If you do add to both sides I’d flip them and brown up both sides. The taste on them was excellent.

My coworker used to be an exec chef at a restaurant in Detroit….he gave me their recipe for baked walleye. He said the mistake people make is coating both sides with the bread crumbs.

We use the same ingredients but crush up some salty potato chips for the top, too. Also, we used egg instead of mayo. Bake at 450 for about 8 minutes uncovered.

I’ll have to try this one.

I bake fish 10 times to 1 fry. Sometimes just S & P or McCormick roasted garlic & red pepper/Montreal chicken/Lawry”s or other seasoning. Other times it’s coated with whatever crushed up munchies floats my boat. Basic crushed potato chips is a good one too. If coating both side flip them one time.

I use Half & Half with a little lemon juice instead of egg wash, sticks very well. I agree with Matt – high heat and don’t over cook. AND I use foil on a cookie sheet so less clean up.

My alternative to fried walleye us grilled. Leave the skin on. Put some butter on, add any seasoning you like, add lemon slices on top. Grill about 20 minutes or until neat flakes.

We bake walleye fairly regularly as an alternative to frying.
We put a little olive oil in the bottom of the Corningware.
Sprinkle a liberal amount of McCormick’s lemon pepper seasoning on both sides of fillets.
Drizzle some melted butter on the fillets then drizzle more olive oil on the top of fish.
Bake at 375 degrees for 18-20 minutes.
Spoon the olive oil/butter mix from the bottom of the cookware onto the fillets and serve.
Easy and delicious.

We use 16″-18″ fish for baking. I’m sure smaller fish would be fine too but I would shorten the baking time accordingly.

You lost me when the guy covered the walleye in Mayo.
I rarely deep fry fish. Cast iron pan fried with butter and lemon pepper. Serve with some fresh bread.

I will probably be eating fish several times in the next week-and-a-half, I will keep this one in mind.

eyeguy507 wrote:

You lost me when the guy covered the walleye in Mayo.

Same here until I tried it. Pretty good.

-J.

My wife does this for chicken and it is fantastic – will have her try it with walleye for sure!

eyeguy507 wrote:

You lost me when the guy covered the <em class=”ido-tag-em”>walleye in Mayo.
I rarely deep fry fish. Cast iron pan fried with butter and lemon pepper. Serve with some fresh bread.

I use to be the same. The thought of warm or cooked Mayo use to gross me out. Now there are several dishes that I love that use mayo in them.

Adam Steffes wrote:

My wife does this for chicken and it is fantastic – will have her try it with walleye for sure!

My mom does this with baked chicken or grilled chicken and when she first told me about it I was very skeptical! After trying it really makes the chicken stay juicy. Thought she was off the rocker but guess I’m still learning from her.

I’ve done a similar recipe the past few years. Make a paste with mayo/shredded parm (lot more parm than mayo)/fresh lemon juice, and a little fresh dill. Broil on low until its the cheese is melted and the paste is now a creamy sauce. Serve right on top of wild rice and its tough to beat.

Or to grill – – – skin off and put fillet on a piece of brown paper bag cut 1/2″ around edge of fish. Great for Salmon/Halibut, I do it regularly. No grill mess.

Its Fall and I’m back chasing Walleyes after chasing Bass most of the summer and early fall. Had a good weekend last weekend and ended up with plenty of fresh walleye fillets. Made some with the original recipe posted here. They were yummy. Tried a new recipe last night. It was another nice change to the normal fried walleyes. here it is for anyone looking to try something a little different from their normal recipe.

https://www.gameandfishmag.com/editorial/walleye-with-creamy-parsley-sauce-recipe/339856

The sauce was yummy. I would eat this on lots of different foods. The only thing I would do different from the original recipe is to coat the fillets in something prior to frying them. Give it a try I think you will like the sauce for sure.