Thread: 4th Fish Fry Success...tried new batter!

HOLD onto them for 3 or 4 seconds before you drop'em. They won't stick that way. I use plain flour and add in ice cold water to make a batter

Many folks here in NYC use it when frying saltwater fish (whitting, porgies, seabass etc.). I use very fine corn meal along with some garlic salt, black pepper and other seasonings. If you want to make it crunchy yet tender inside, whisk 2 eggs with a some milk (or you can use buttermilk)... dredge the fillet/fish in it, then coat it with the corn meal. When outside is golden brown and somewhat hard... it's ready!!!! :p

P.S. if you want the taste McCormicks provides, you can mix it with a little bit of corn meal or simply use as is. I use this method when frying Crappie, Gills, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Catfish and many other Saltwater fish :D

We enjoy the old traditional white corn meal with (alot of) salt and pepper but at times I'll make up a batter with cornmeal/flour, egg, and milk. My daughter LOVES the battered fish but it is a bit messier than shaking the fish in cornmeal.:rolleyes:

Just finished frying crappie with this same batter and had the same problem. Lifted the basket after about a minute and it loosened the stuck fish after dipping back in the oil. I usually use Andy's fish batter but this stuff was good.

Originally Posted by gabowman

We enjoy the old traditional white corn meal

My corn meal is yellow. If I remember correctly, it was Goya. Should I switch it up?

Originally Posted by Charles

My corn meal is yellow. If I remember correctly, it was Goya. Should I switch it up?

That's up to you and your family. We've used both and just like the white meal better.

1 cup of flour
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1 can of beer
salt/pepper/spice to taste

Just like Long John Silvers

Originally Posted by BigSandyRookie

We had a small fry on the 4th. It was about 15 people. I cooked all the fish...crappie of course. I fixed some with traditional cornmeal & flour recipe, some with Zatarain's Crispy Southern, and some with McCormick's Fish & Chips Batter. I have never had crappie fried with batter (Capt. D's style) but had to try it. It was the hit of the fry!! Everyone loved it!! The only problem I had was that the fish would stick to the bottom of the basket when you dropped it in. I'm sure that was operator error though.

McCormick's Golden Dipt Cajun is pretty hard to beat.