Old Bay Flounder in Crisper Baskets

 

We are going to have a lesson today in using one of my favorites here in the kitchen - my copper crisper baskets. You can find them sold under the names of ‘air fryer’ baskets, too, sometimes - same difference! Great things. I don’t have room in my kitchen for yet another small appliance, and these things hold a lot more than an air fryer does anyway!

I have a set of them (can you see here?), one that is flat on the bottom and then one that is ridged, that I use for bacon strips and meatballs. They fit neatly on top of the copper baking sheets they come with, allowing the hot air in the oven to circulate underneath them, like an air fryer - so your food crisps without gets soggy, and without all the oil!

Since I’m cooking some flounder fillets today, I’m using the flat one. 

Even though copper is ~supposedly~ nonstick, I always give things a spray with pan spray to start out with. Better safe than sorry, right? And get the oven pre-heating. I’m going to go with just a normal 350 today.

Just a warning: I am not measuring anything today. When I’m breading fish or chicken or something like that I usually don’t. 

I’m using a mix of almond and brown rice flour (I’d be using 100% almond flour if I had enough, I like the nutty taste of almond flour for breading); garlic powder; paprika; and some Old Bay seasoning. (McCormick Allergen Statement for the Old Bay) Put it all in a pie pan or other shallow dish and mix it up to bread your fish with. 

Now, real basically, you’re going to put your fish in the seasoned flour until it’s coated on both sides, put it in the copper basket (not touching each other!), give it another spray with pan spray on the top - and then bake for 8-10 minutes, or until it flakes easy with a fork.

It might be a little longer if your fish is thicker than mine. 

(Should I list ingredients even though I didn’t measure? I s’pose so, it is a recipe, isn’t it?

OLD BAY FLOUNDER

Ingredients

Almond flour (or whatever GF flour you have on hand)

Old Bay seasoning

Paprika

Garlic powder

Flounder fillets (or tilapia, or cod - any mild white fish will work!)

Spray your crisper baskets with pan spray and preheat your oven to 350.

Mix all ingredients in a shallow pie pan or other flat dish. Pat fish into breading, coating it on both sides. Place in the baskets, spray the tops with pan spray, and bake 8-10 minutes or until it flakes easily with a fork at the thickest point.