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Heat your oven to 200F, and put a baking sheet inside.
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Youll use this to put the cooked haddock in to keep warm after frying.
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Prepare your haddock fillets by cutting each of them in two.
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Sprinkle the pancake mix from the box onto a big plate and have it handy to your stove.
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You dont need to prepare it as per the box directions; you just need the dry stuff.
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Set your beaten egg in a bowl next to the pancake mix, handy to your stove.
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Get a non-stick frying pan and set it on the stovetop.
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Set the temperature to Medium-High.
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Once its heated up, throw a generous dollop of butter into the pan.
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Dip a piece of haddock into the egg, flip, and ensure its covered with egg.
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Then, dip the haddock in the pancake mix.
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Make sure its nicely covered, then place into the frying pan along with the melted bubbling butter.
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You should be able to fit another fillet or two into the pan.
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Get those in, then wait.
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Youre only going to flip the fillet ONCE while cooking it.
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The key to pan frying fish is to not bother it too much while its cooking.
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Watch the fillet, and when it looks like its losing its translucence and turning opaque, sprinkle some ground pepper and salt on it, and then flip it in the pan.
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After the flip, sprinkle a bit more pepper and salt.
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Also, you may need to add a bit of additional butter to make sure it fries nicely.
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Each fillet should take approximately 4 minutes to cook (on both sides).
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Once its cooked, transfer it from the skillet to the pan that you have waiting in the oven.
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Then, add butter to the skillet again, dip your fillets in egg and pancake batter, and repeat the process.
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Once all of the fillets are done, they are ready to serve.
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Bon appetit!