Perch in Panko for Poor Norm!

December 22, 2009 exactly one week ago today, Norm and I went to the hospital at 9AM for a meniscus operation on Norm’s Knee. This was supposed to be a 45 minute surgery. I was expecting him to be done at 12N and on our way home with a 2 week recovery. They got into the knee and discovered he did not have an ACL, which they rebuilt and at 3:30PM that day he came out of Surgery. We got home at 7PM. Apparently this operation is very painful and the recovery time is 14 weeks with 6 of that on crutches.

Norm was hungry despite the pain and we cooked Perch in Panko crumbs with sautéed spinach and brussel sprouts with hot pepper flakes. Poor Norm!

Ingredients:

Perch

Egg-whisked

Panko Crumbs

Brussel-Sprouts

Butter

Red Pepper Flakes

Spinach

yellow Peppers

Canola Oil

Olive Oil

Coat the Perch in egg and dip in Panko-Crumbs.  Heat canola oil in a fry pan to high heat. Cook the Perch on each side until brown and crispy. Place on a paper plate to get the oil out.

In a small pan quick sauté the spinach a julienned yellow peppers in olive oil.

 Steam the brusselsprouts and drain well. Add a tsp of butter and sprinkle with red pepper flakes.