Air Fryer Haddock has a crispy panko crust with tender, juicy fish in the center. Served with your favorite dip, it’s a great meal for any day of the week.

Air Fryer Haddock
Seafood is a great source of protein, and it happens to taste amazing too! We especially love this panko fried fish because it is the ultimate comfort food.
If you are in the mood for fish & chips, then I highly recommend giving this fried haddock recipe a shot. The breading is crunchy and the haddock fillet is incredibly flaky and delicious too.
Be sure to check out some of my other popular seafood recipes too. Here are some of my top recipes: Air Fryer Butterfly Shrimp, Air Fryer Crab Cakes, Air Fryer Walleye, and Air Fryer Snapper.
Why You’ll Love Panko Fried Fish
- Only 20 minutes!
- Family Friendly
- Easy haddock recipe
- Worthy of entertaining dinner guests
- 7 ingredients + sauce
Ingredients Needed For Fried Haddock
- Haddock fish
- Flour
- Salt
- Black Pepper
- Panko bread crumbs
- Eggs
- Mayonnaise
- Tartar sauce with lemon wedges (optional)
How To Make Air Fryer Haddock
Step 1: Prep breadcrumbs
Combine the panko breadcrumbs with salt and black pepper in a small bowl. Mix well.
Step 2: Prep the other ingredients
In a second bowl, add flour. Then combine mayonnaise and egg in a third bowl.
Step 3: Batter each haddock fillet
First, dip the haddock into the bowl with flour. Then dip into the egg mixture, and finally coat in the panko mixture.
Step 4: Air Fry Haddock
Place each haddock fillet on a greased air fryer tray or in the basket. Spray with olive oil spray. Cook at 350 degrees for 8-12 minutes.
Step 5: Serve
Once the fish is done, serve with tartar sauce and some lemon wedges. Enjoy!
Frequently Asked Questions
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How do you reheat fried haddock?
Place the leftover haddock fillet into the air fryer basket. Spray with a little olive oil spray and heat at 350 for 4-5 minutes or until it’s hot.
What else can I dip panko fried fish in?
While tartar sauce is the most popular choice for dipping air fryer haddock in, there are other options out there! Here are a few suggestions:
- Cocktail Sauce
- Hot Sauce
- Ketchup
- Marinara Sauce
- Barbecue Sauce
- Tahini Sauce
What is the best air fryer?
Top air fryer choices:
What else do I need to make this fried haddock recipe?
There are many tools and equipment that I use when air frying food. While you don’t need all of these items for this panko fried fish, these are my top kitchen tools:
- J.A. Henckels 6-Inch High Carbon Stainless Steel Chef’s Kitchen Knife
- Stainless Steel Measuring Cups, 5 Piece Set
- Hudson Essentials Stainless Steel Measuring Cups Set-6 Piece Stackable Set with Spout
- Anchor Glass Measuring Set–This is one of the handiest tools in the Kitchen
- Italian Olive Wood Spatula
- OXO Good Grips 12 Inch Stainless-Steel Locking Tongs
- EVOO Air Fryer, Best Friend
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Air Fryer Haddock Recipe
Description
Ingredients
- 4 pieces haddock fish, mine were 5 ounces each
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 cups panko bread crumbs
- 2 eggs
- 6 tablespoons mayonnaise
- tartar sauce, optional
- lemon wedges, optional
Instructions
- Start by mixing the panko breadcrumbs, salt, pepper in a small mixing bowl.
- In another bowl, pour the flour.
- In the third bowl, mix together the mayonnaise and egg.
- Dip the fish into the flour, then into the egg/mayo mixture, and then into the panko mixture.
- As you dip them in, place them in a greased air fryer basket or a greased air fryer tray.
- When you finish breading your fish, spray GENEROUSLY with olive oil spray.
- Set the tray or basket into the air fryer at 350 degrees F, for 8-12 minutes.
- Once your fish flakes easily, remove.
- Serve with tartar sauce and/or lemon wedges.
- Plate, serve, and enjoy!
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Nutrition
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Jackie
Delicious recipe and very easy to make!
Patricia Robertson
This was delicious! I made it exactly as written, but for 2 people. I can’t believe only one other person reviewed it. I thought this air fryer was a “one trick pony”, and I was ok with that.,it makes awesome fries. Now it makes awesome haddock. Crispy on the outside, moist and flavorful on the inside, I’m impressed!
Anita
This recipe is fantastic! Made it exactly as written. Would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a crispy, tasty air fried fish. Was skeptical when I first read the ingredients but now I’m hooked! Give it a try. Quick, simple and yummy!
Barbara
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this recipe. I gave up traditional fried flounder because it always turned out awful. For Christmas I received an air fryer and then I found your recipe. Made it last night and it was a big hit! It was the best fried flounder we have ever had. Better than the restaurants. This recipe will become a family favorite and will be made over and over again.
Margaret Sikorski
Thank you for your recepie. It came out perfect in my Ninja Food I! I forgot to take a picture. I served it with creamy mashed potatoes and fresh green beans. Yum!
Jacque
I’ve made this recipe a handful of times with Pacific cod loins. It ALWAYS turns out great! My Ninja Foodi Oven cooks it evenly and perfectly every time! I’ve started serving crock pot Great Northern Beans and air fried frozen hush puppies with it! Makes a delish fried fish sammie meal!
Sally
Delicious and easy recipe! I used the seasoned Panko breadcrumbs so I skipped the salt and pepper. With a smaller air fryer I had to cook them two at a time. I was skeptical about the mayo but it works. I’m definitely going to share this recipe with family and friends.
Cheryl
So delicious & so easy!! Thank you so much!!
Renee
WOW! Really delicious recipe, thank you! The mayo is a home run. Ive cooked it several times and its a big hit in my home. Im looking forward to trying more recipes out!
Patricia Robertson
This recipe works perfectly with any white fish. I tried, flounder, haddock, and cod, delicious! Crispy crust , moist inside. Excellent recipe.
Marsha L Eichner
Tonight was the third time we enjoyed this recipe! This time I added a few more ingredients to zip it up a bit. I put a little Frank’s Red Hot seasoning blend, a sprinkle or two of italian seasoning as a good amount of the panko I used was italian blended. I also put a little parsley in it too. This recipe is sooo delicious. We had to laugh how good it was because last night we ate out and the special was swordfish with bacon white sauce. It was absolutely pathetically horrible. Right away my husband commented that this fish is 200% better than the platters we had last night. As for fish I always use Islandic Haddock. It was so good and flakey even the poodle had some! She loves fish. Great job!
Chris
I was doing a fish fry for the entire family, so scaled everything up by 4 and it came out great!! Everyone loved it, thanks for the great recipe!
Holly
Ot was really good couldnt taste the mayo at all which I wouldn’t mind lol. Just seemed it was lacking some spice at least to me
Linda
This was wonderful! I’ve been air frying for a couple of years but this is the first time I’ve tried to fry fish. I used thick-cut cod filets and added some additional seasonings to the panko. I also made it with gluten-free flour and gluten-free panko.
Renee
Just tried this recipe – it was so yummy! Didn’t have Panko crumbs so I used italian bread crumbs instead. Followed everything else to a “T”. Will definitely make this again!! Thank you for posting this recipe.
Marsha Eichner
I used panko seasoned but eliminated the mayonnaise. Don’t need it. Still super delicious!
Connie Champeon
Made this and my family and guests LOVED it. The only note I would make is my oven is an air-fryer and to get the same results I needed a much higher temperature, like 425.
Lisa
Used fresh haddock and followed the recipe exactly except for I didn’t have panko I use seasoned bread crumbs came out a little bit I don’t know heavy coat crust. I think I’m going to make it again but getting panko and that’ll probably lighten up the over crusty outside edge definitely easy and delicious.
Judy
This recipe is quick and easy and best of all DELICIOUS! This is going to be in our meal rotation of recipe’s.
Teresa H
This recipe did NOT disappoint!! It was definitely a crowd pleaser. The only thing I did differently was used lemon pepper instead of black pepper. Thank you so much for this recipe! Oh, for the vegetarians, I also sliced hearts of palm for air fried “scallops”.
Sam
Absolutely delicious. Crispy on outside, juicy on the inside. We make this weekly now!! Only thing we altered was leaving the mayo out & adding some adobo on both sides of the breaded fish.
Definitely a MUST try.
Caryn
This seems very bland. I’m going to give it a try.
Michael Gerson
Excellent recipe. I added Parmesan to the Panko . Never knew to add mayo to egg. Made for a wonderful crust