Parmesan Fish Sticks

I won’t lie these take much more prep than commercial fish sticks you can buy at the grocery store, but they are much healthier and full of flavor.  I served these with air-fried zoodles with marinara sauce and a simple parmesan angel hair pasta for my kids.

Ingredients:

2 pounds frozen cod thawed and cut into strips

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 egg plus 3 egg whites beaten

2 cups whole wheat panko breadcrumbs

2 tablespoons fresh basil finely diced

½ cup grated parmesan

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.  Spray with nonstick olive oil spray.
2. Prepare a dredging station with flour mixed with salt and garlic powder, beaten eggs, and panko, basil, parmesan mixture. 
3. Dip each fish stick in the flour mixture and shape off the excess.  Then coat with the egg mixture.  Finally coat all sides of the fish with the breadcrumb mixture and arrange in rows on the baking sheet.
4. Bake for 10 minutes.  Then flip over add more breadcrumbs if needed and bake an additional 8-10 minutes.
5. Enjoy!