The Best Homemade Fried Fish Fillet Sandwich | Sue Li | NYT Cooking

If the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish makes your heart sing, this video is for you. Sue Li’s fried fish sandwich doesn’t stray far from the classic fast-food staple: breaded fish, a soft bun, a slice of cheese and tangy tartar sauce. The best part is you can put it together in just about the amount of time it would take to stand in line and order it at the counter. Capers, shallots and fresh dill make the tartar sauce feel a little fancy, but a splash of soy sauce adds some umami to take it to a very familiar place.

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[Bo_Lew]

Sue Li is the absolute best. More of her, please!

[sevenoctobers]

The Fillet O'Fish is everyone's gateway drug, so props to her for acknowledging that. Her recipe looks so fresh and light and crisp! And the beer on a cold glass pairing is 😘👌💯

[tjberrian]

Simple, delicious, and infinitely riffable. Sue Li is a vibe queen.

[mrkingsudo]

Not toasting the buns was a stroke of brilliance! The flounder's crunch is highlighted if it's the only crunchy thing, and if it's Japanese panko breadcrumbs, then that means you DEFINITELY want to accent just how incredibly crunchy that flounder is.

Im totally gonna get me some flounder and panko later, that sandwich looks incredible!

[jannie]

Lots of crunchy coating, tender fish, loads of flavor in that tartar sauce and its of course a great idea for the brioche bun that is not toasted. There is enough crunch on the fish, its not needed on the bun, there is no worry about the bunch getting too soggy, as that tartar is thick. So great sandwich.

[AdamOsmianski]

This looks fantastic! Completely unpretentious and unapologetically liking what she likes. American cheese, untoasted bun. I did chuckle at the "There's no secret....The secret is soy sauce". Definitely going to remember that though.

[alicha]

Whoa ! Thank you Sue Li ! Simple recipe but so well executed and explained. To answer your question at 05:02, YES it does look good ! Thanks NYT Cooking !
(yeah, that's a lot of exclamation marks)

[Leids]

I normally would be outraged if someone didn’t toast a bun, but since it’s Sue Li, all is forgiven.

[armuk]

like this lady's vibe.

recipe looks decent too

[arriannamartin]

love her vibe! her approach, her taste, and her explantations were so great. Love Sue and this recipe!

[nancyblair]

Perfect video. I love Sue Li, and I love fried fish! The double layer of fried flounder is really smart.

[shirleyjhaney]

I LOVE FRIED FISH SANDWICHES! It’s comfort food for me. I’m so happy to see the tartar sauce recipe bc I am not crazy about regular tartar and I love capers and soy. I’ve had Panko and it’s so delicious for frying. I LOVE THIS! THANK YOU!!!! ❤

[judegoldstein]

thank you, sue. this was so good. everyone devoured it. the tartar sauce was brilliant! and i loved watching you at work.

[omiomardreamer]

This fish sandwich recipe sounds delicious! The description is really enticing, and I can't wait to try it myself.

[BelleBlack]

So good! Would add some sliced pickle to make it PERFECT

[cristinagarza]

My dad LOVED filet o fishes from McDs! I may need to make this in his memory! ❤

[bernesto]

Awesome recipe, think shallow fish and pan make frying quicker and less wasteful of the oil, loved the tip about using any leftover tartar sauce for tuna fish salad, a little bit of shredded cabbage (not traditional) might be a nice addition

[geniushugs]

I made this recipe exactly as she has shown. It came out excellent!

[eve]

Tomorrow is payday so I'm stocking up on all the ingredients🤤❤ tks for this!

[WinstonQZhou]

Love love love LOVE Sue!!! I always love watching her so so much