Breaded pollock fillets and French fries with garlic

Breaded pollock fillets and French fries with garlic

Main dishes

Breaded and egg-dipped pollock fritters, fried in olive oil and seasoned with garlic. A Basque specialty, best served immediately after cooking.

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Kokotxas, also known as pollock fritters, are made by coating the fish in flour, then dipping it in beaten egg before deep-frying in olive oil infused with garlic. This is a classic Basque dish.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time10 min
  • Resting5 min
  • Total30 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$11.45 $2.86 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.60
  • $0.10
  • $9.58
  • $0.04
  • $0.13

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Heat the oil paint in a pan over medium heat.
  2. Remove the garlic once it has started to turn color. ≈ 3 min
  3. Season the kokotxas and let them rest for 5 minutes.
  4. First, coat them in flour, then in the beaten egg. ≈ 3 min
  5. Fry them over medium heat on both sides.
  6. Place them on a plate without overcooking them.

The bill

Breaded pollock fillets and French fries with garlic

  • 200 ml of olive oil for frying$1.60
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled$0.10
  • 800 g of fresh pollack cheeks, thoroughly cleaned$9.58
  • salt$0.04
  • Flour and beaten eggs, for the breading$0.13

Total$11.45

that's $2.86 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 200 ml of olive oil for frying
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled
  • 800 g of fresh pollack cheeks, thoroughly cleaned
  • salt
  • Flour and beaten eggs, for the breading

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