Why The FILET-O-FISH is always better HOMEMADE 

I hate that BetterHelp is starting to make reappearances in these sponsor segments.

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'm one of the 11 people in North America who keep the Filet 'O Fish on the menu. Zero apologies.

i like how he admonishes unethical fishing and then proceeds to promote betterhelp in the same video

Thanks for the highridge fishery recommendation. I'll be checking it out this week.

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.🔥🔥🔥🙏🏽😃

Imagine they sold a fish sandwich that big? This looks bangin man

Nice work as usual. I am going to make this for sure. Keep up the great job you're doing for us all.

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. 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🙏🏽👏👏👏

Thanks I have tryed a few of your recipes and they came out fantastic keep up the great work

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.

I worked at McDonald's for 2 years in my teens. There's nothing wrong with the Filet O Fish. I love them.

Ty for the upgrade to the sandwich i use to love . Big capers fan yum as always thx chef

Stop the BetterHelp sponsorship.

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!!!

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. 🤔

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.

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. 👍🏼

Thanks Chef. Very enlightening about MacDonalds

another amazing upload by, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest. you always inspire my love for cooking. thank you so much brother.

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.

Better help is the right sponsor for this video cause if you don’t McDonald’s filet o fish you have a problem.

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. ❤😂👍🏻

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.

I love mine on rye bread with Heinz’s catchup.

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!

👀 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

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!

Outstanding. Aloha from Hawaii!

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

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).

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.

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.

Summer? This fish is good for any season, especially Lent!

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.

hey steve I love your recipes but i beg you to research what better help actually does and the disgusting price gouging and dangerous mental health practices that they allow to happen :(

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.

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.

Thank you for being such an amazing teacher to us. Great techniques, great presentations, wonderful!

I had them put the tartar sauce on a McChicken. It was awesome. I call it a McSeagull.

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.

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.

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.

hamburger buns from Aldi's, mayo mixed with sweet relish , American cheese slice and fry up some lake perch

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 have the grossest story 😂lol . I went through Popeyes drive thru , ordered a fried fish sandwich and it was still frozen in the middle 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

I am definitely going to do this sandwich he just made because I used to love the filet of fish

Thanks for the video. I'm going to try this one...

Brilliant, man!

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!

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.

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.

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.

How would you cook it, if you cooked in the oven instead of frying it.

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.

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

Love your vids, YOU are Da man!! But, shouldn't tartar sauce have CReAm of tartar in it..?? Dude, yours looks WAY better!

I got to try this...it looks 10 times better than McDonald's.

RU-vid is slacking if they haven't hand delivered you a Gold Play Button by now. Keep it up, chief!

still get the Filet O Fish with x2 tarter sauce and if it was made fresh to order ...Oh Lord heaven in the mouth. its worth waiting that extra few mins

Betterhelp is getting a lot of bad press.

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!

I'd definitely be down to make this if a mortgage wasn't required to buy fish from the market.

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..

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.

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.

funniest moment in the whole video was the ad read for better help after being so concerned about the ethics of the fishing industry, it felt so incoherent i had to laugh. id recommend also caring about the ethics of selling personal mental health information for marketing purposes *in addition to* caring about the fishing industry

Legend 👑 it looks like you’ve been making these your whole life 😎

why just 720p?

mcdonalds is not gonna sue you, this is free advertising lol.

the hypocrisy in criticising mcdonalds unethical ways but continuing with a betterhelp sponsorship

I used to buy these for my Italian grandparents, and they were adamant about NO CHEESE!!! LOL

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.

I always wanted to make this. Thanks so much for your recipe.

Going to make this!! High ridge Plaza! Right near the Porkstore!

You’re so cool. I worked on those big trollers in AK and I will NEVER eat Polllak

That looks SooooooGood! Thanks!

Love the idea that people wants to eat fish with no "fishyness"... Btw, Love the breading

Def gonna make this, this summer!

I absolutely love this ❤. I will make your fish sandwich. Thank you.

you should use kraft deluxe rather than the wrapped slices

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.

If I were to make a fish sandwich, it'd be what Steve would've done at his shop Fish n chips in a sandwich! I'd probly do it with waffel fries or tater tots or hash browns.

Dang, that looks good. Never thought of capers in tartar sauce but it makes perfect sense.

BETTERHELP SELLS CUSTOMER DATA !!! great video

It depends on what you mean by fast food fish. The Mediterraneans would starve without fish and seafood cooked in quick service restaurants or food stalls.

Definitely going to make this

McDonald's is a last class restaurant that charges a first class price. That's why I don't eat there anymore.

Major respect for calling out the alleged “sustainably caught” fish that is not actually sustainably caught because it is causing not only the destruction of our oceans but the killing of countless oceanic wildlife. I’ll make this instead. I wish I could sub again and like this a thousand more times. Class act.

ya know, the Filet'o'fish is big mainly due to Lent and the catholic tradition during lent to favor fish over red meat

a) I'll never understand American cheese on a fish sandwich and b) try a few tablespoons of finely diced onion in the tartar sauce

cheese on the bottom, tarter on top.

This looks delicious but there's no way I'm making all this every time I want a fish sandwich.

Best sandwich on the menu

Back when I was a sous chef working for easily the best chef I've had the privilege of working under, we would drink heavy maybe 3 nights a week and on all of those nights he would insist that I pull into the golden arches drive through for some fish filet.

Phenomenal job Chef... Love love love ❤️ 😍 😋🤤 I'm Definitely making this thanks 😊

Making this tonight 🐟with fries 🙏🏻😋

I beg to differ, because fresh fried fish is better than the patties that I think are frozen in Mcdonalds especially with homemade customizability

Completely agree the use of trollers should be discontinued/banned. We Allow atrocities to be committed against the sea environment that we would never accept on land. Imagine trying to shoot a deer for dinner but, you shoot a dog, a horse a man. Sure you can eat those but do you want too?

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