Hake sticks recipe

Fish is, among meats, the one with the least amount of fat. In addition, its fats contain positive effects for our health, since they not only help prevent cardiovascular diseases, but if we already have a disease, it helps us to go through it with fewer complications.

If you already have an established disease, we recommend replacing the flour with breadcrumbs and cooking the fish in the oven. If you usually eat healthy, you can easily try this recipe for seafood fish milanese in the form of sticks. It’s also an enticing way to incorporate fish into a child’s diet. For all this, continue reading and discover how to make hake sticks don’t forget to tell us how you liked them.

Ingredients to make Hake Sticks:

• 300 grams of deboned hake fillet
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup flour 000
• sweet paprika or paprika
• Option 2 for the batter:
• Wheat flour (can be whole wheat)
• Bread crumbs
• 1 egg

How to make Hake Sticks:

1. Cut the hake into sticks of similar size so that it cooks evenly. We recommend selecting fish such as hake or sole that are plump and hold their shape when cooked.
2. In a large bowl, mix the flour, egg and seasonings. Pour the hake sticks into it, macerate them for a few minutes so that they take on flavor and spread them well with the preparation.
3. If you want, you can replace the mixture of eggs and flour with a classic breaded breadcrumb, first passing the sticks in flour, then in beaten egg, and finally in breadcrumbs with seeds. In this way, they will be much crispier.
4. Tip: if the mixture is not creamy, you can add a little water, soda or milk.
5. Cook your hake sticks in a pan with hot oil. Take into account not to add many sticks at once so as not to lower the temperature of the oil. At the end of the recipe you can read other recommendations regarding frying.
6. Trick: you can make the hake sticks in the oven by cooking them at 180ºC for 15-20 minutes, or until they are done.
7. Reserve the hake sticks on a plate with absorbent paper to remove excess fat and that’s it. Now you can enjoy this delight. This is how the first batter looks.
8. If you finally opted for the second batter, the homemade hake sticks will be as follows. Both options are delicious! Tell us which one is your favorite.

Tips for cooking hake sticks and sides

You can eat the hake sticks as a main dish, accompanied by a fresh salad, but you can also offer them as a starter with sauces, for example, spicy tomato or garlic mayonnaise. In this case, we recommend you complete the entry with other seafood or fried products that accompany it wonderfully: squid rings, fried potatoes, garlic prawns, fried carnalities, etc.

Take into account when cooking them that the oil has the right heat: it will make small bubbles around the sticks.

• If it’s cold, it won’t bubble: remove the sticks and try again in a few seconds.
• If it’s too hot, it will foam white: turn the pan off the heat for a few seconds or add more sticks to lower the temperature.
• If it is burnt, it will do the same to your sticks and, in addition, you will see black smoke: you should get rid of that oil as it is harmful to your health.

If you want to fry healthier, the food must be completely covered by new oil, avoiding reusing it. This will make you absorb less fat.