I was recently introduced to cooking with Virgin Coconut Oil instead of regular oil. I am all about healthy cooking but I have not jumped on this bandwagon for one reason only: I hate coconut. Yet it is my boyfriend is pretty much obsessed with it. So I decided to put my reservations at bay and try making pan fried fish using Virgin Coconut Oil. Skeptical as I may have been, I could not be more impressed and I was asked to make this again.
Thai Peanut Crunch Fish using Virgin Coconut Oil
1.5 ounces of white fish (I used Flounder)
Thai Peanut Coating (or any other coating of your preference)
Flour for dredging
1 egg for dredging
This is a super simple recipe. I picked up a package of Thai Peanut coating from Whole Foods but you can use whatever coating you prefer. Take your fish filet, dredge in whole wheat flour, then give it a quick egg bath and coat with the peanut mixture. Put your Virgin Coconut Oil in a pan, heat on medium and place your coated fish filet. I cooked it about 4 minutes on one side, 3 on the other. It was cooked perfectly and did not overwhelm you with coconut, which is what I was afraid of going into this. I served this fish along with a Asian slaw salad and Pad Thai noodles. Simply amazing. You can use this method with chicken as well. Check out this website for a ton of recipes using coconut oil.
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I would make something sweet, like a healthy version of an Almond Joy.
ReplyDeleteWe LOVE coconut in our house, gotta try cooking with it!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE coconut oil from Tropical traditions. It is our go-to place to buy it from. Have been for years. I love their recipe pages too so many amazing ideas. I use coconut oil for everything from makeup remover to roasting veggies in to healing cuts and scrapes that my kids get! Its so versatile!
ReplyDeleteI have never tried coconut oil but I would love to try it to prepare pancakes or for roasting veggies!
ReplyDeleteI love banana, I love PB and I love muffins. I am definitely considersing making these:
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This coconut oil looks great! Thanks for sharing!
I would use the coconut oil instead of olive oil while cooking.
ReplyDeleteI love coconut oil in everything from melting it and putting it in my smoothies to frying eggs
ReplyDeleteI would make granola, muffins and pancakes.
ReplyDeleteI would use it for cooking, baking, making granola and deodorant.
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ReplyDeleteI use it for baking and frying and also as a moisturizer (it works great!)
ReplyDeleteI would love to use this in place of oil for frying!
ReplyDeleteI would use the oil to roast veggies! I love roasted brussel sprouts :)
ReplyDeleteLove the blog name!! :)
ReplyDeleteDidn't mean to double comment.. but when I first got a sample of this coconut oil, I started making sweet potato fries. OH MY YUM!! They are soo good if you slice the super thin and then fry them up in a pan of coconut oil until they start to crisp. Delicious!
ReplyDeleteI would like to use this for body creams
ReplyDeleteI use it in place of all other cooking oils. I also use it on my skin. Great moisturizer.
ReplyDeleteI use coconut oil mostly for cooking, but haven't had a chance to try tropical traditions yet.
ReplyDeleteI use coconut oil in baking.
ReplyDeletecooking and moisturizing
ReplyDeleteWONDERFUL PRODUCT, THANKS!
ReplyDeleteThis stuff is delicious!
ReplyDeleteI would use it for anything calling for oil. I love TT coconut oil!
ReplyDeleteI use Tropical Traditions Coconut oil everyday! I don't use any vegetable oil - only butter or coconut oil.
ReplyDeleteI use TT coconut oil to fry (eggs mmmm), bake, moisturizer for my face. I make Coconut Bark (coconut oil and cocoa powder or baking chocolate and coconut shreds). I even eat it by the spoonful.
There are so many recipes for Coconut Oil.
Did I mention that I love coconut oil?
I would love to fry up some coconut shrimp in it.
ReplyDeleteI would love to fry up some coconut shrimp in it.
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