Super Simple Golden Crispy Fish Recipes

CRISPY FISH

Steps:

• In medium bowl, combine the potato flakes, flour, garlic powder, seasoning salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
• Soak fish filets in bowl of cold water.
• In a deep skillet or deep fryer, melt and heat the shortening to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Dredge fish filets in dry mixture and fry in the hot oil for 5 minutes or until fish flakes apart easily. Remove from oil and place on paper towels to absorb excess oil.

CRISPY FISH AND CHIPS

Steps:

• For the chips: Boil the potatoes in salted water for 10 minutes or until they just start to soften. Drain and allow to dry on a wire rack for 10-30 minutes.
• Heat a large pot of vegetable/canola oil until hot. Carefully add the potatoes in batches and fry until golden brown and crisp. Drain with a slotted spoon and place back onto the wire rack. Keep the chips in a warm oven while you fry the fish.
• For the fish: Combine the flours and salt in a large mixing bowl. Transfer half to a shallow dish / ziploc bag suitable for coating the fish. Whisk the beer or soda water into the flour in the mixing bowl until smooth. Coat the fish first in the flour mixture then in the batter.
• Carefully lower the fish into the hot oil, one to two pieces at a time and allow to fry for 7-10 minutes or until the fish is golden and crisp.
• Remove from the oil, drain on kitchen paper then serve with the chips and tartar sauce.

CRISPY BATTER THAT STAYS CRISPY (FOR A LONG TIME)

Steps:

• Place the flour/starch, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Stir to mix everything. Only prepare your batter when you are ready to fry your food.
• Pour about 1 1/2 to 2-inch of oil into a stainless steel pot or Dutch oven. Preheat the oil to 330 F. It helps if you have deep-fryer thermometer if not, dip a stick end of wooden spatula, bamboo skewer, or chopsticks into the oil. If there are steady bubbles around it, the oil is most likely more than 330 F, but the temperature will drop once you put in the things you are going to fry. As long as it doesn't bubble vigorously, if it is, lower the heat a bit and test again
• Pour in the ice cold water into the flour mixture and use a chopstick to stir. Do not over stir with all-purpose flour. It's okay to have some lumps in the batter. If you over mix the flour batter, it will turn out gummy and absorbs too much oil. If you are preparing gluten-free batter, this is not an issue because cornstarch doesn't have gluten in it
• Coat the food with the batter and fry the food. Another important note is not to overcrowd and frying too many. If you lower the oil temperature too much, the batter will be greasy, soggy, and almost definitely will not stay crispy (if at all). This step is to cook the food inside the batter. Depending on what you are frying, follow the instruction on the time
• Remove from the oil to a rack. Let them cool down for at least 10 minutes before you go for the second frying. You can even stop at this step if you are prepping ahead. Keep the half-fried food in the fridge and do the second frying just right before serving, whenever that is
• Remove any crumbs from the oil and bring it back up to hot again over high heat. This time we need about 375 F. Use a thermometer if you have one. If you don't have one, again, use the stick end of wooden spatula, bamboo skewer or chopstick to test the oil. The bubbles will be steady. When it's ready, fry the food for the second time. This round should be quicker. The food will turn golden brown too. This step is to crisp up the food further
• Place the fried food on a rack set on a baking sheet. You can keep the rest warm in an oven at around 200 F and serve when you are done with frying all

SUPER CRISPY FRIED FISH FINGERS WITH EASY HOMEMADE TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the tartar sauce: In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, pickle relish, dill, lemon juice, shallot, and lemon zest and season with salt and pepper to taste. Make the fish: Fill a medium skillet with 1 to 2 inches of oil and heat to 375°F. Line a platter or baking sheet with paper towels and top with a wire rack. While the oil heats, pat the fish dry and season with salt and pepper. In a medium bowl combine flour, cornstarch, Old Bay, and baking powder and season with a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Transfer ¼ cup of the dry mixture to a sealable plastic bag. Add the fish to the bag and toss to coat. Add ¾ cup of the seltzer to the remaining dry ingredients in the bowl and whisk until smooth. It should be the consistency of thin pancake batter. Add more seltzer if necessary. Add the fish to the batter, tapping off excess flour first, and turn to coat. One piece at a time, add the fish to the oil, allowing excess batter to drip off before adding to the pan. Cook, turning once, until golden and crisp, 6 to 7 minutes. Drain on prepared rack and sprinkle with salt. Serve right away with lemon wedges and tartar sauce.

SUPER CRISPY FISH AND CHIPS

Steps:

• 1. To prepare the fish batter: Combine dry ingredients.
• 2. Add the egg and soda water & whisk together just until the liquid is incorporated. Small lumps in the batter are not a problem.
• 3. Cut the fish into about 8 pieces. Season the fish with salt & pepper on both sides.
• 4. Dredge the fish pieces in additional rice flour to help the batter stick to the fillets. Dip the pieces into the batter & carefully drop them into deep fryer filled with oil & preheated to 375* F.
• 5. Fry a few minutes, about 5 is fine depending on the thickness of the fillets; just until golden brown on both sides. Drain on a wire rack placed over a cookie sheet. Serve immediately.
• 6. If you have to fry the fish in more than one batch at a time, hold the fish in a 200* F oven on the draining rack to provide air circulation all the way around the fried fish pieces to prevent from getting soggy.
• 7. LIME & CAPER TARTER SAUCE Stir ingredients together until blended well. Let sit in fridge for an hour or more to let the flavor meld before serving with the fish.