Baked Crappie

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs crappie fillets
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • salt
  • paprika
  • 2 cups finely crushed potato chips

Instructions

Melt the butter in a shallow bowl. Stir in the lemon juice.

Season the fillets lightly with salt and paprika.

Dip the fillets in the butter then in the potato chips.

Place fillets in a baking dish sprayed with non-stick spray or covered in melted butter.

Do not overlap the fillets.

You can use a rack in the pan if you want just be sure to spray it.

Bake at 400 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes or until the fish flakes easy.

Serve with your favorite side dishes and enjoy.

For a twist, use jalapeno flavored chips in place of plain.