This deliciously easy keto breaded fried fish has a crispy outside and is tender and flaky inside. It’s perfect for a light lunch or dinner.
Our Low Carb Breaded Fish can also be shallow fried over medium heat for 2-3 minutes on each side – depending on the thickness of your fish.
What fish to use? Any firm white-fleshed fish is suitable; for US – Catfish, Tilapia, Cod, or Alaskan Pollock, Perch, Flake, Ling, Flathead or Whiting.
This Keto Fried Fish recipe makes four servings. One serving is one piece of fish with 2g net carbs (we have added one teaspoon of Oil to each serving to allow for frying).
We recommend making your Low Carb Fried Fish fresh. Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for up to 2 days. It is not suitable for freezing.
Keto Breaded Fried Fish Ingredients
- 1 Egg
- ½ cup of Almond Flour
- 1 ounce of Parmesan Cheese, finely grated
- 1 tablespoon of Dried Parsley
- 1 Lemon, zest only
- ½ teaspoon of Salt
- ¼ teaspoon of Pepper, ground
- 4 x 150g Fillets of White Fish
- Oil, for frying – Read this article for the best choices for your deep fryer
How to Make Keto Breaded Fried Fish
- Heat your deep fryer to 180C/355F.
- Crack the egg into a bowl and whisk well.
- In another bowl, add the almond flour, parmesan, parsley, lemon zest, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
- Dip the fish into the egg, then press it into the breading. Repeat with the other pieces of fish. (For a thicker crust, dip the breaded fish into the egg and bread a second time).
- Gently add the fish to the hot oil. Cook for 4-7 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through.
- Drain off the excess oil.
- Serve with Keto Coleslaw, lemon wedges, and Keto Tartar Sauce.
Keto Fried Fish – Breaded & Crumbed
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Ingredients
- 1 Egg
- ½ cup Almond Flour
- 1 ounce Parmesan Cheese finely grated
- 1 tablespoon Dried Parsley
- 1 Lemon zest only
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Pepper ground
- 4 fillets White Fish 150g/5.3oz pieces
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Heat your deep fryer to 180C/355F.
- Crack the egg into a bowl and whisk well.1 Egg
- In another bowl, add the almond flour, parmesan, parsley, lemon zest, salt, and pepper. Mix well.½ cup Almond Flour, 1 ounce Parmesan Cheese, 1 tablespoon Dried Parsley, 1 Lemon, ½ teaspoon Salt, ¼ teaspoon Pepper
- Dip the fish into the egg, then press into the breading. Repeat with the other pieces of fish. (For a thicker crust, dip the breaded fish into the egg and breading a second time).4 fillets White Fish
- Gently add the fish to the hot oil. Cook for 4-7 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through.Oil
- Drain off the excess oil.
- Serve with Keto Coleslaw, lemon wedges, and Keto Tartar Sauce.
Nutrition
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Adjust the servings above to make a larger batch of this Keto Breaded Fish recipe.
If you love this breaded deep-fried fish, try our keto battered fried fish recipe or our deep-fried salt and pepper squid recipe.
Great recipe turned out perfect
Thanks, Deb.
Solid recipe that turned out great!
Used lard (for the first time) to shallow fry some Tilapia and it turned out amazing, I wish I would have made double order of the keto coleslaw so we had some left overs.
Hey Scott, thank you for the feedback. So glad you liked it. It’s one of our most popular fish recipes.
Can this be baked or cooked in air fryer?
Hello Shela, we are not sure how it will turn out in an air fryer, we have only just purchased one ourselves but may give this recipe a try in it.
Love the recipe.
Thank you.
Crispy fish.
Hey Jose, thank you for your nice comment.
I will DEFINITELY make this again! I did use my counter deep fryer to cook it. It was crispy and crunchy, just the way my family likes it. It wasn’t greasy at all. Only one member is doing keto, but we all agreed this was a recipe keeper for everyone.
So glad you liked it, Cindy.
So delicious! Next time I may use 1/2 a lemon as my hubby is not a huge fan of lemon. That being said he complimented me 3 times on the dinner. I served with roasted cauliflower, salad for me and 1/2 baked sweet potato for him. Yum. The fish was so crispy and tasty.
I’m so glad that you and your husband enjoyed it, Susie!!
Delicious! I altered recipe a bit. Used some garlic as I like garlic. Added about a 3rd cup of parm cheese. I did pan fry. It was delicious! Thank you
They are some great additions, Mary! Garlic and parmesan go really well with fish.
I just made this. It was very good. I substituted a little lemon pepper instead of lemon zest and fried in the pan. It turned out yummy.
omg! i added the oil to my air-fryer (wondered why i had to do this) – you do NOT specify in your directions. what a disaster!
NOT A RECOMMENDED AIR-FRYER RECIPE.
Hi A,
The recipe clearly states to use a deep fryer.
I would recommend thoroughly reading the directions of a recipe before beginning to avoid issues like this in the future.
Did this really happen………..?
I hope not.
How did you survive into adulthood? Generally astonished and curious about this…
Can this be done with an air fryer?
Hi Carol,
I haven’t tried it in an air fryer, but I don’t see any reason as to why it wouldn’t work. Please let me know how it goes if you try it 🙂
no measure for parmesean cheese ?? –uggh
Hi James,
The measurements are listed above 1oz/30g