Winonas Perfect Golden Fry Batter Recipes

THE BEST ALL PURPOSE DEEP FRY BATTER

Steps:

• Mix all dry ingredients, except the extra flour, whisk together.
• Add beer and only mix lightly.
• DO NOT over mix. If there are flour lumps just squish with the back of a spoon.
• You want the mix to be blended but not overmixed as it will not 'puff up' when deep-frying.
• For fish,shrimp, and 'meaty or wet' items I usually towel dry them and dredge them in the additional flour.
• Then dip and cover in mixture. Let the excess drip off and when putting any item in the deep fryer -- use tongs.and dip whatever you are deep frying in the oil for about 10 seconds, then release.
• This prevents the food from sticking to the bottom of the fryer. (Took us a while to learn that technique).
• When it comes to fish or something long or big -- I just put the first inch or 2 in and let it bubble for a few seconds so that I know it won't sink to the bottom and stick. (I truly hated that with deep frying).

UNBELIEVABLE FISH BATTER

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, milk, water, baking powder, and salt in a bowl until smooth.

BASIC FRY BATTER/WING BATTER

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients together.
• Add the water and whisk until almost smooth.
• Coat food item in batter and deep fry or pan fry as normal or until golden brown.
• Wings:.
• Deep fry chicken wings for 8-10 minutes at 350F.

WINONA'S PERFECT GOLDEN FRY BATTER

Steps:

• Stir oil into the flour.
• Add milk and egg, whipping with whisk until smooth.
• Mixture should have the consistency of heavy cream. If it is too thick, add milk one tablespoon at a time until until it "looks right".
• The perfect breading with this batter is cracker meal. Just whirl the crackers in your processor until it is very fine.