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Fish crisp - first time use


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Thank Gerritt and Cliff. I'll give them both a try :clapping:

 

Just for clarification Cliff what do you use for salad oil. Vegetable oil? Canola? Olive? Or does it really matter?

I usually use vegetable but both the others will work.

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Try using Brodie Pastry flour instead of flour . It makes for a nice fluffy batter.

 

x2. This is the easiest and best batter I've ever used. Mix Brodie's XX pastry flour and water (50/50) and your done. The guy at the local fish and chips store told me this secret recipe and I've never turned back. It's best to let the fillets sit for a couple of minutes after battering before you toss them in the fryer.

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x2. This is the easiest and best batter I've ever used. Mix Brodie's XX pastry flour and water (50/50) and your done. The guy at the local fish and chips store told me this secret recipe and I've never turned back. It's best to let the fillets sit for a couple of minutes after battering before you toss them in the fryer.

Always looking for a better recipe, this does sound good! I have to give this one a try but......

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Coat fish a seasoned flour mix or dry fish crisp

 

Dip in eggs with a bit of cold water

 

Then bread with fish crisp or even powdered saltine crackers instead. The fish crisp in the first coat will give you the flavor, the powdered saltine crackers will give you a light crunch coating.

 

NOBODY mentioned the most important step you MUST do when use a dry mix breading!!!!

 

After you have it coated let the coating set and rest by layering in between wax paper and chilling for at least a half hour in the fridge. Doing this will change the way you think about dry mixes vs batters as a coating for fish. You will get a crisper more evenly browned product even using 3/4" of oil in a skillet. Just don't cool the oil down by adding too much fish at a time.

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NOBODY mentioned the most important step you MUST do when use a dry mix breading!!!!

 

After you have it coated let the coating set and rest by layering in between wax paper and chilling for at least a half hour in the fridge. Doing this will change the way you think about dry mixes vs batters as a coating for fish. You will get a crisper more evenly browned product even using 3/4" of oil in a skillet. Just don't cool the oil down by adding too much fish at a time.

 

Yup you are so right on that one. My wife does that when she does veal scallopini or chicken.

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There are so many batter and dry recipes I don't think I will live long enough to try them all.

 

Culinary experts always use these 2 rules of thumb for the crispiest frying. Dry, wet, dry. You fill in the ingredients. The other is to have whatever you are frying at room temperature and pat as dry as possible before coating.

 

I was turned on to Japanese Panko crumbs years ago but could never find then in grocery stores, I finally found them in an Asian grocery store in Hamilton. Most big box grocery stores regularly stock them now. Panko is double baked which results in a crispy result. Panko does well in a Microwave as someone already mentioned.

 

Big Cliff your recipe calls for 1 cup of flour per pound of fish. My Diabetes specialist would ring my neck if I ate a cup of white flour for one meal. And my head would probably explode. I can still see my toes and almost other body parts and want to keep it that way as long as possible, chuckle, chuckle......

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Big Cliff your recipe calls for 1 cup of flour per pound of fish. My Diabetes specialist would ring my neck if I ate a cup of white flour for one meal. And my head would probably explode. I can still see my toes and almost other body parts and want to keep it that way as long as possible, chuckle, chuckle......

 

No his recipe says 1 cup is enough to do 2.2 lbs of fish.... Also if you are eating deep fried fish and have a diet specialist of any kind they are not going to be happy unless you are living in Scotland, in which case they will serving a deep fried mars bar along with the fish and chips. LOL.

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I agree with all, re frying fish.

My favourite was roll in flour/baking powder/corn meal mix, dip in egg wash, and fry in lard. Of course it's bad for you. So was the 2 or more beer that it took to accomplish the task!

It's just the frequency/week or month that you do it, plus the amount of fish/beer consumed that becomes the issue.

Moderation is the key.

And I'd be willing to pick up any extra perch, whitefish that is available!

lol

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