Why The FILET-O-FISH is always better HOMEMADE
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The Iconic McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish. A breaded and fried filet of cod or nowadays, pollack, American cheese, tartar sauce and must be served on a soft steamed bun. Some say it’s their best sandwich but it’s actually one of the only things I have never and will never eat from a Mcdonald’s. I don’t eat fast food fresh sandwiches. I buy great fish from my local fish monger and I make them to perfection at home…here’s how.
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McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish At Home
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I made this last night for dinner for my family. Made one in the air fryer to see if it would work and it did! The others were fried in oil, man it was sooo good. Thank you!
I hate that BetterHelp is starting to make reappearances in these sponsor segments.
Legit fuck that trash company. Still feel like they owe me money.
Yeah, these RUclipsrs don't care where the money comes from 😂 I wouldn't either tbh
Can’t you just pay the $5.99 a months for RUclips Tv and not get the ads. I never see ads bc I have the subscription
I'm one of the 11 people in North America who keep the Filet 'O Fish on the menu. Zero apologies.
America runs on the golden arches lol
¼ of Cincinnati are with you
I'm in that club, too. And I cook for a living 😂
Love it so much, I order the Double Filet-O-Fish all the time.
@@hermieobillos1087 legend!
Steve, Great news. I made this recipe. I used fresh Black Drum filets. It turned out perfectly. I didn’t have panko breadcrumbs but seasoned some breadcrumbs I did have which elevated the flavor. The rice flour seemed to add to the crunchiness. I had to go out and get a couple of items for this recipe, but it was worth it. I kept a couple of filets in the freezer to try later. Will let you know how it turns out. Excellent cookbook. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🙏🏽👏👏👏
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Thanks!
Hey Steve, just checking in to let you know I had this sandwich as you suggested. I froze the filets, took them out about a week later, and they were delicious, crunchy, flavorful. Thanks again.🔥🔥🔥🙏🏽😃
Thanks for the highridge fishery recommendation. I'll be checking it out this week.
Imagine they sold a fish sandwich that big? This looks bangin man
They do, and its way bigger! Cunninghams in Louisville
This is my 6th time making this, and I can't get enough. I always come back to watch the vid to give me the necessary confidence and instruction to pull off the best fish o lay. When the hankering calls, this recipe definitely hits the spot! Thank you!!
Just found your page and I had to stop on the Filet o fish 😂 and say I appretiate you! This is my dream cooking channel. Everything I make and grew up eating. Your recipes will kick it up a notch for me.
04:58 I've read that before. All he did was show how much that McDonald's doesn't care about the health code. Comparing it to Burger King, food always has a timer on it. If that timer goes off then it has to be thrown away. So if they made a fish and it went past the timer and they never threw it out then they could get marked down by the health inspection. Not only that, but if a customer got sick from said fish they could get into a lot of trouble legally.
"Reddit source" is pretty low on the information reliability spectrum in general.
Nice work as usual. I am going to make this for sure. Keep up the great job you're doing for us all.
I worked at McDonald's for 2 years in my teens. There's nothing wrong with the Filet O Fish. I love them.
In your teens....how long ago was that? As was explained in the video, today's McDonald's is not the McDonald's of old.
@@olternaut you took the question right out of my mind LOL
Thanks I have tryed a few of your recipes and they came out fantastic keep up the great work
This is a great recipe. Much better than take out. Thanx. Side note: McDonald's first fish sandwich was Halibut, cheese & tarter sauce on bun.
I actually just made this over Easter weekend. I beer battered mine, so slightly different recipe, but it was probably the best fish burger I've ever had!
I love mine on rye bread with Heinz’s catchup.
Ty for the upgrade to the sandwich i use to love . Big capers fan yum as always thx chef
The timing of this is brilliant. A couple of weeks ago my wife and I found ourselves on a road trip where MacD's was the only option. Two fillet-o-fish, 1 small frie and a milk shake was $24.95. Okay, it was fine But I said I need to learn how to make one, perhaps even a better at home, now here we are. Thank you very much.
25 bucks? that is ridiculous
@@Blackadder75 I should have said it was in Canadian dollars, but yes it is too much for what you get.
@@scuffmacgillicutty7509 same here in Europe, but maybe not that extreme yet. I avoid all fast food chains , except some pizza things, for some reason they are still reasonably priced and the pizza is still good. Maybe they are in a price war among each other or so.
@@scuffmacgillicutty7509I bought just a couple things at Mickey D's the other day. $18 later.....remember when fast food restaurants had great prices?? The main reason for their success was their pricing. (Also, to be clear: I live on the West Coast of Canada ....)
@@Blackadder75Thumbs up for your username. I occasionally see similar ones in various comments sections on YT. Still amazes me to this day that there are others who understand references such as "a cunning plan", "sod off Baldric" and "a boy without a winkle?"
I'm making the tartar sauce recipe you made for the Fish and Chips video, that stuff is the best ever, I can never eat another tartar again... This is Friday dinner for me and mine! Thank you!!!
another amazing upload by, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest. you always inspire my love for cooking. thank you so much brother.
Watch allot of cooking videos, but yours are the only ones that inspire me to get in the kitchen and “make it”. Will be making the Lemoncello cake for my daughter’s birthday and she owes it all to you. 👍🏼
He doesn't care, he doesn't interact with his viewership, or he might if you point out something he got wrong. Other than that he doesn't respond. I like his videos, I respect his cheffing skills generally, but he's kind of New York City dick. Glad to hear he could help make your daughter's birthday special though.
Thanks for sharing this with us. We want to try and learn to cook almost everything at home. And, yes, these are one of our favorite fast food sandwiches.
No insult intended whatsoever, but the look of your filet-o-fish conjures up very fond memories of what McD's fish sandwich once was-- say 56 years ago. (Wow! I'm gettin' old.) It was the REEL deal. I can almost smell & taste it now. Yours looks divine too. Thanks a whole lot.
i like how he admonishes unethical fishing and then proceeds to promote betterhelp in the same video
Thanks Chef. Very enlightening about MacDonalds
You gotta use a beer batter man. Halibut is the only fish that should get panko
looks amazing Steven. I made the chicken cacciatore recipe twice already and it is nails… It was a little too spicy for my parents so I cut the spicy in half when I made it for them.
I used to eat the McDonald's Filet-o-Fish a lot when I was a kid. It's no Quarter Pounder, but I liked it. I rarely eat any fried stuff these days and I haven't had a Fillet-o Fish in years. I occasionally will make a fillet-o-fish style of sandwich with grilled or pan seared fish. Oddly enough, I just made one this morning with salmon.
👀 i dont think I've ever had a filet o fish 😮
If I were to though I would def make it like this 😊homemade for sure
Phenomenal job Chef... Love love love ❤️ 😍 😋🤤 I'm Definitely making this thanks 😊
Thanks, those look delicious! We just had cod a couple days ago just seasoned and potato starch, shallow fry with roasted potatoes and broccoli. Yum.
This is great! I used to like the filet-o-fish and I think when McD's was more affordable it was a reasonable trade off but now they're totally not worth $4.50 (in my area).
Great recipe, as usual. Thank you! Respectfully, I would suggest you scrutinize the cruelty of the modern chicken industry in the same way you have analyzed the fish industry in this video. Once I raised chickens and learned about them, I quit buying commercially produced chicken meat and eggs.
Ok so, this you can take with a grain of salt. It's just my thing. I lived in Japan for 5 years. So I can cook a lot of Japanese dishes. Tempura and agadashi tofu are 2 of my main stays.
The important thing with those are are....the Dipping sauce.... But I Digress.
The batter for these 2 is super simple. They don't use panko actually. It's just rice flour or potato flour and club soda. I usually use rice with a pinch of potato and a pinch of cornstarch, but again... I gotta be me.
Panko is more for stuff like katsu. You might use panko for shrimp tempura, but not veggie tempura... And I usually make veggie tempura..
Odd I know but.... Anyway, to get the batter to just fry so light, you use club soda in the batter, the way you did, but...... You put it over an ice bath.
The colder the batter, the more light it fries up, and your batter looked like maybe it would do the same if it was colder. It's nice and thin
Dunno. Up to you too try. I've never done it with a panko crust. That you usually ust deep fry multiple times, With katsu or croquettes anyway.
Cheers bubbla
I don‘t know, how it‘s done elsewhere, but I worked at McDonald‘s in Germany. Over here the fish was fried directly from the deep freezer. It‘s not my favorite burger, but it was always fine. No doubt though, that yours is better!
If one can cook, everything is better at home. A girlfriend back in the day took me to a really good Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn. The food was great, I tasted and figured out their ingredients. A week later I invited her to my place for dinner. She didn't know I hacked the Chinese menu. 1st she pigged out just like me, it was so good. We went for an after dinner walk and she was very surprised and told me it was better. All I know is ingredients matter and also add lots of love.
Nice job w/ the fish sandwich, I need to steam my Buns the way you did. ❤😂👍🏻
I had them put the tartar sauce on a McChicken. It was awesome. I call it a McSeagull.
Thanks for the video. I'm going to try this one...
Thank you for being such an amazing teacher to us. Great techniques, great presentations, wonderful!
Better help is the right sponsor for this video cause if you don’t McDonald’s filet o fish you have a problem.
Omg being a fan of filet o fish so I’m so here for this. Particularly because I’ve made a conscious decision to eat better - but tied up in that is trying to ensure what I buy is sustainable and nutritious. I’ve had to really re-think free range eggs after seeing a report on the conditions of my chosen supermarkets’ suppliers 😢 Today, I voted with my wallet and bought eggs (but still no guarantee) at twice the price but it’s not lost on me that many, who are experiencing the cost of living crisis, will not have that choice. I’m sure the price of fish carries the same issue.
It's not easy. But voting with your wallets an important process. Keep supporting the smaller businesses, don't give your money to these awful factory farms
Well done 👏. I keep 4 hens in my backyard and get 3 eggs per day year round average. Between kitchen scraps and garden waste I only spend about $50 on feed per year.
How do you know, that the eggs you bought at ‘twice the price’ are good for the chooks?
@@johnnunn8688 I agree, no guarantees.
I worked on a multi-species factory trawler out of Dutch. Yes... The ships have come a very long way to avoiding by-catch including US government observers who meticulously observe and log the amount of by-catch for their reports. If the level of by-catch approaches the limits, the boat are forced to move to other areas and if the seasonal maximum by-catch is reached then the season is shut down early.
Pollock boats have even less by-catch than multi-species boats (cod, sable, rock sole, NA snapper etc) because pollock schools are more compact and much larger.
A lot of the by-catch survive and is returned to the water... If they can make it past the pods of orcas that use fishing boats as a regular source of food.
Funny how no one talks about the by-catch from the agricultural industry. 🤔
Thanks for this information, gives me a little bit of hope for our seas. What about Chinese boats? I used to leave in a place where fishermen would complain about huge ships stealing their catch and then running away to international waters. Was a big deal for them and I imagine not much happened in terms of regulation.
I'm a former Atlantic Fisheries Observer. I can confirm 100% of this. Bycatch is small, a good percentage of the bycatch survives, and for schooling fish like Pollock, the schools come up surprisingly clean. I've seen bags of 3,000 lbs of Pollock or Haddock come up with less than 100 lbs of bycatch.....and much of that was skates who are VERY tough and survive the net very well. (also Skates are delicious, and sometimes the fishermen land the skates too)
@@WeerdBeard yes sir! We processed skate wings when the preferred species were allusive. I miss the fresh uni, octopus, squid and of course swapping blocks of sable, cod or rockfish for crab from the crabbers back at Dutch to take back home. Hardest job I ever had (the hours mainly), but the one I remember most fondly...except for the times when the whole boat got seasick during the bigger storms, especially those green observers on their first trips! 😜
@@mateofantasma I don't know anything about Chinese fishing regulations.
I am definitely going to do this sandwich he just made because I used to love the filet of fish
I’ve made dozens of fish sandwiches when I worked at McDonald’s, and they never looked this good!!! I’m gonna try this one!
That looks SooooooGood!
Thanks!
Dang, that looks good. Never thought of capers in tartar sauce but it makes perfect sense.
Delis are closing down left and right and the ones that remain are horrible, My deli used to have fish sandwiches every Friday. Roll tartar sauce lettuce tomato it was awesome now I’m hungry. Thinking about it.
Going to make this!! High ridge Plaza! Right near the Porkstore!
wow i really liked this one! hit all the points and did it fast too!
Summer? This fish is good for any season, especially Lent!
the hypocrisy in criticising mcdonalds unethical ways but continuing with a betterhelp sponsorship
It is Friday April 29, 2024. I was just telling my family that I start to buy some frozen fillets. But we had left overs. And I did not have the energy to hooooooked them up. But Lord willing I would have some tomorrow Saturday.
Outstanding. Aloha from Hawaii!
Awesome looking sandwich. I'm going to give it a shot. Love me some cod fish. Thanks for your time and effort.
How would you cook it, if you cooked in the oven instead of frying it.
My first job was McDonalds at 16 in 1980. The food was always cooked fresh. No pre-cooked food sitting in warming trays. The fish filet is always cooked fresh. Any completely made burgers/fish filet/nuggets/chicken sandwich sitting under the warming station past 15 minutes not sold was trashed, and written off as waste. Same with the fries and apple, cherry pies. A good manager in those days knew how to run his crew to keep enough fresh hot food up and ready to sell based on daily sales. While keeping waste to a minimum. Now, you might as well eat a burger at the Kwiki Mart over McDonalds.
RUclips is slacking if they haven't hand delivered you a Gold Play Button by now. Keep it up, chief!
Yum
I stop eating at Mickey D's when I left a filet o fish in my shop on the shelf for6 months no bugs no mold it just turned to stone
i love making filet o fish at home, i recently tried the McDonald's one and it was sooo small and they barely give you a half a slice of cheese
I like that you didn't make this too cheffy, and you used store bought buns and american cheese. It looks like a sandwich that is better than the original in every way, but still hits all the same notes.
Legend 👑 it looks like you’ve been making these your whole life 😎
I absolutely love this ❤. I will make your fish sandwich. Thank you.
Love the videos, love the content! Just wanted to drop a comment to say I appreciate what you do!
That looks awesomely delicious. I love fried codfish. And whatever happened to codfish cakes (coddies)? I loved those too. You used to be able to buy them at delis, but no more.
I love the filet-o-fish sandwich but rarely buy it because it is absurdly overpriced. The problem with making it at home for me is I live alone. Sadly, making one, or even two, from scratch just for myself isn't really practical. Still, I love that you showed us the process.
Those fish filets and your sandwich looks so delicious 😋 i just need my yummy 🍟 to go with it ☺️
This looks so good even tho it’s like the one menu item I never ordered 😂 now that I haven’t eaten mickeyds for months now due to boycotting and their overall not greatness (mostly ate out of convenience) I think this is great for summer and I’ll be looking to try it. I just subbed to you today, wonder if you have done the Sausage Mc griddle, cuz that was probably my most ordered breakfast item there. Love ur energy makes me miss home.
My two favorite McDonalds sandies are the McChickle and the Flay O Fishy. Glad to find a recipe duplicatomg at least one of them!!!
I’d bread the fish in the batter and then fry it in our Cosori Dual Blaze Air Fryer. We don’t ever deep fry anything at our home.
I haven't eaten at a Micky D's or any fast food in well over 20 years, I don't miss it at all but I do love a good fish sandwich..
Love your vids, YOU are Da man!! But, shouldn't tartar sauce have CReAm of tartar in it..?? Dude, yours looks WAY better!
I had a Burger King Fiery Big Fish the other day and as fish sandwich goes these are very good and look to be made to order, I could be wrong but they look nothing like what you get at McD's.
I used to love fish sandwiches at Macdonald's when I was younger.
I tried one a few years ago and after one bite I was so grossed out, I'll never ever go there again.
I like cooking so I'll be making your recipe!
Thank you!
Last time I was ar McDonalds I thru out my entire meal in their parking lot. Soda was flat, fries were half cooked and I'm not sure what they did to the postage stamp sized fish, it was horrid. Never again
Def gonna make this, this summer!
YUM! I’ve been making these for years! I loved the filet o fish back in the day when it was cod, but stopped eating that crap 2 decades ago.
Definitely going to make this
This totally inspired me… to go and get a large Royal-O-Fish with a Coke Zero and a strawberry milkshake at Maccy Dee’s. It was absolutely great 😅👍
Just so you know McDonald's absolutely does not use a steamed bun. They use those super cheap buns you can find (or at least you used to) for like 8 for $0.99, then they run it through a machine that toasts the insides of the buns - they do this with all sandwiches, although quarter pounders and Big Mac's use different buns. You might get the illusion of streamed buns because when they wrap them in the paper it kind of encloses the heat. I am by no means suggesting that's better (though toasting the inside even before you steam them gives the myard reaction and extra flavor, even if you didn't want the crisp of the bun), but that is the way it's actually done.
More fish recipes for spring/summer please - looks great!
- Ken NYC
I don't think I ever tried it, my main go to has always been the sausage, cheese McMuffin anytime of the day. How does the cheese pair with it? 🤔
Fish and cheese are usually a no go for me, except for certain fish with certain cheeses can be amazing. This does look pretty delicious, but you make all of your food look and sound phenomenal. I would probably especially enjoy yours, maybe even the McDonald's one since I enjoy their McRib and I know a lot of people hate that one haha. 😅
why just 720p?
If I want to make my own mayo; can you use any eggs? Or is it specifically the pasteurized ones?
Great dish. Couldn't help but think when you were making the dredge and batter, you could've made it together then threw out the amout you needed for the dredge and then added the egg, mustard and seltzer water, haha.
I have the grossest story 😂lol . I went through Popeyes drive thru , ordered a fried fish sandwich and it was still frozen in the middle 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
best thing about filet o fish, i havent finished the video but i got learn how to steam the bun if its gonna be as good.
Wish this was out when I made mine lol, also having been a mcdonalds employee for years, I have never once seen anyone microwave a piece of old fish. If they are in the tray longer than the time allots they get chucked and new ones are fried.
I love the Filet o' Fish. And yes, it's the best item on Macca's menu.
You’re so cool. I worked on those big trollers in AK and I will NEVER eat Polllak
I got to try this...it looks 10 times better than McDonald's.
thank you. but my burning question is: if not the filet o fish, what is the best mcdonald sandwich then?
their beef is revolting. nuggets is not a sandwich(though my stance on their nuggets is similar to your stance on their fish)
I used to love McDonald's Filet-O-Fish in the U.S. until I had one overseas in Germany. Their McDonald's fish sandwich has a meatier fish portion that tastes cleaner and the tartar sauce hits different. Don't know why this sandwich varies by country.
Yeay, I was hoping there would be a video about this ❤
Ugh this guy REALLY knows what he's doing, excellent clip🎉
Mcdonald's filet o fish may not be as good as homemade but it's STILL the best thing on their menu! Their breakfast biscuit is the second best thing.
Dude, not for nothing but I had the only feeling we lived close lol
U remind me of someone from my neighborhood. I live in Yonkers too lol
Love your videos and keep up the great work👍🏻
Can you use olive oil?
No
2 fish fillet make one of them a large meal. Both of them add shredded lettuce tomato and pickle and 2 apples pies warmed up