Vanocni Kapr- Czech Christmas carp
A traditional Czech Christmas dish featuring fried carp fillets marinated in milk and breaded until golden.
Recipe from theczechguidetocooking ↗480 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
4
Serves
Ingredients
Other
carp fillets (cleaned, skinless)2 kg
milk2.5 cups
all-purpose flour2.5 cups
eggs2.5 pieces
bread crumbs2.5 cups
lemon1 pieces
sunflower oil3 cups
salt1 tsp
pepper1 tsp
Method
01
Marinate the cleaned (skinless) carp fillets in milk overnight.
02
Prepare five bowls on the kitchen worktop.
03
Remove carp fillets from milk, salt and pepper them from each side and place in the first bowl.
04
Pour flour into the second bowl, beat eggs with a hint of pepper and salt into the third bowl, and add bread crumbs into the fourth bowl.
05
Take each fillet, flour it, place into egg wash, bread it and put it into the fifth bowl.
06
Fill a hot frying pan or deep fryer with sunflower oil and heat it up.
07
Fry the carp until golden from each side.
08
Squeeze fresh lemon over it before serving and eat with delicious potato salad on Christmas Eve.