Buffalo Walleye Sandwiches with Blue Cheese Ranch Dressing and Carrot-Celery Slaw
These spicy and delicious fried walleye sandwiches incorporate all of your favorite elements of a wing night out with your friends – beer, buffalo sauce, blue cheese and ranch dressing, and carrot and celery crudités.
Buffalo Walleye Sandwiches with Blue Cheese Ranch Dressing and Carrot-Celery Slaw
By Walleye Direct
Prep time:
80 minutes
Cook time:
10 minutes
Servings:
4
Ingredients
- For the Buffalo Sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ¼ cup Louisiana-style hot sauce
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- For the Dressing
- ¼ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- 4 oz blue cheese, crumbled (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- For the Slaw
- 2 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 large carrot, peeled and shredded
- 2-3 stalks leafy celery, minced
- 2 teaspoons neutral oil
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- Black pepper to taste
- For the Fish
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup rice flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon Old Bay or salt
- 1 cup very cold beer (lager or pilsner)
- 2 large walleye fillets, or 4 small, skinned
- Oil to fry
- 4 buns, toasted
Instructions
- Combine the Buffalo sauce ingredients in small pot over low heat. Whisk butter, pepper, and hot sauce together until emulsified, then immediately take off the heat. If the emulsification breaks, whisk in a little ice cube to re-set it.
- Combine the dressing ingredients in a bowl.
- Combine the slaw ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
- Combine the batter ingredients (flour, rice flour, baking powder, Old Bay, and beer) in a bowl.
- Bring a skillet with at least an inch of oil to 350°F.
- Cut the fish into 4 pieces and, working with one at a time, dip in the batter, then gently add to the oil. Fry for 3 minutes per side, or until golden and crispy. Set on racks over paper towels to drain.
- Dip the fried fish into the buffalo sauce (alternatively, drizzle it over for a crispier end product), then transfer to the bottom bun, slather bun with dressing, top with slaw, and serve immediately. Enjoy!
