Many cooking recipes include batter - batter or breading for frying meat, fish, vegetables and so on. The usefulness of batter is that it preserves the juiciness of the product, which is breaded in it, and gives a special taste to the product. To understand how to make batter, you first need to figure out what it is and understand the very principle of its preparation.
Batter is a type of dough made from flour and various ingredients. Dishes fried in a well-prepared batter are tasty, attractive in appearance and healthy. There are many recipes for batter ; for fish, meat and vegetables, recipes differ in their components. This dough can be either liquid or thick, the appearance of the product breaded in it and the palatability depend on this.
How to make a batter? The recipe is classic: take 2 eggs, proteins and yolks must be separated in different containers. Whip the squirrels into foam. Pour water (0.25 cups) into a separate bowl and add oil (0.25 cups) there. Pour flour (60 g), gradually stirring with a whisk. Then add whipped proteins, salt and mix. Cool in the fridge.
If it is not clear how to make batter so that the products are crispy, you need to clarify: the dough for this is bred a little thinner. In a thick dough, the products are more dense and similar to pies. If you need to keep batter for some time - not a problem, it is well stored in the refrigerator, you just need not to add proteins to it, but put them right before cooking. Such a batter is even better for frying, it will not lag behind the product. By the way, there is still a little secret for this purpose: to prevent the dough from falling off meat or vegetables, they must first be dipped lightly in flour, and then in batter. Cheese is also cooked in batter, and the breading is excellent on the item.
How to make batter correctly and what products are needed for this?
- The liquid. It can be: water, milk, beer, juices, wine, cream and other liquid ingredients.
- Flour. Use for this purpose wheat, potato, rice flour.
- Supplements. Spices, onions, garlic, soy sauce, egg.
If you want to fry chicken in batter , you need to know how to make chicken batter. To do this, take 1 cup of milk, add 1 egg yolk to it and shake it. Then salt, add flour (1.5 cups), mix everything thoroughly and add pre-whipped protein. In this mixture, dip slices of chicken and fry in vegetable oil or melted fat.
If you want to cook fish in this way, you need to know how to make a batter for fish. Here, the best option, perhaps, is a beer batter. Why do we need to take light chilled beer in an amount of 250 ml, 2 eggs, curry seasoning on the tip of a knife, 1 cup of flour, then pour 1 tablespoon of butter here. Pour the flour into a bowl, add the yolks, then beer and butter, and slightly add. Beat the mixture thoroughly with a mixer. Beat the whites in the foam and add to the resulting mass. Beat well again. Let stand a little so that the flour swells and fry the fish pieces in a mixture.
Fish cooked in batter differs from just fried fish in a pan in that it turns out more juicy and tender. For this, fish without bones or fillets is suitable.
The same applies to other products prepared in this way. The most favorite and widespread dish in our country is, perhaps, pork chops fried in batter. Beer lovers also love batter cheese, and gourmets prefer vegetables and gourmet fruits fried in this wonderful blend.
Before deciding how to make a batter for fish or chicken, you need to know: you can add ginger, coriander, turmeric, ground pepper and olive oil to it - each of these ingredients will add a special taste and aroma to the cooked dish. And most importantly, do not forget - the batter should stand and rest. Then the products fried in it will delight you with a unique taste and excellent appearance.