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Who Needs Fast Food Chains When You Have This Homemade Fried Fish Fillet?

Make yourself the best imitation Filet-O-Fish you'll ever eat.

What if you could get one of the best chefs in Paris to make you the fast-food sandwich of your dreams? You know, something easy and comforting, fried and delicious—but surreptitiously elevated? Well, that's what's going on here with this homemade fried fish fillet sandwich.

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The creation of Bertrand Grébault—head chef of the esteemed Septime and Clamato in Paris—this sandwich is perfect late-night stoner food, with just enough of a twist to make it je-ne-sais-quoi-level amazing. Plus, it's easy to throw together fast.

RECIPE: Homemade Fried Fish Fillet Sandwich

What raises this pseudo-Filet-O-Fish above the one available at McDonald's—you know, the sandwich President Trump calls the "Fish Delight"—is the use of sustainable fish, the sprinkling of fleur de sel, and a perfectly balanced tartar sauce, which combines homemade mayo and herbs, cornichons, capers, and pickled jalapeños. Put it all on a potato roll with a little tomato and lettuce and you'll be happily humming the Marseillaise in your dreams.