It’s worth saying right away that there are an uncountable number of all kinds of batter: thick, thin, fresh, spicy, with different textures and crusts. All of them are good in their own way. In this case, I want to introduce you to the magnificent beer batter for fish. It is noteworthy that beer gives only tenderness, while the main product itself does not smell like alcohol at all. Even if you take a beer that has a very persistent smell, its aroma will ideally combine with fish.
Fish in beer batter: recipe
To prepare this dish, the first thing we need to do is prepare all the ingredients. You should take 600 g of any white fish, in this case, tilapia is used, which is ideal for beer batter due to the fact that it is not dry, but also not very oily. You can take other fish. For batter, you need half a bottle of light beer, one egg and 2 tablespoons of flour (with a slide). Of spices, you can add tarragon (tarragon) or rosemary. Salt and pepper to taste.
First of all, you need to cut the fish into small portions, their length should be 3-4 centimeters. After shifting them into a bowl, add spices, salt and pepper. If desired, fish can be sprinkled with the juice of half a lemon.
Cooking batter
While the fish is pickling, we proceed to prepare a magnificent beer batter for fish. Separate the protein from the yolk, add the necessary amount of beer and flour to the bowl with the yolk, mix thoroughly. You may have to add a little more flour, you should get a consistency of thick sour cream.
Add a pinch of salt to the protein and beat it until lush foam. After gently introduce it to the rest of the batter ingredients. Now you need to mix very carefully so as not to destroy the protein bubbles, which give the batter splendor.
Attention! To whisk the proteins well, they must first stand in the refrigerator and it is necessary to add a small amount of salt.
Heat treatment
Now that all the main components of the dish are prepared, we proceed directly to the cooking process. Put a frying pan on the fire and pour a small amount of vegetable oil into it. Wait until it heats well. Dip each piece of fish into the batter, hands to evenly distribute it over it and put in the pan. Fry tilapia for 2-3 minutes on each side.
If you cut the fish fillet in large pieces, then in this case you can bring it to readiness in the oven. After the finished fish put on a plate and decorate with greens. This dish can be served at the festive table, and can be everyday food. The best side dish for fish in beer batter is boiled or fried potatoes.
Deep-fried fish
The recipe for this dish is great because it uses deep fat, which means that the meat of the fish in batter will be cooked perfectly evenly from all sides. This recipe uses mullet, but you can also take pollock or flounder. The main thing is that the fish should be lean.
Ingredients and method of preparation
To prepare the dish you need to take:
- a pound of mullet fillet,
- 80 g flour
- egg,
- 250 g of beer
- sesame,
- ground ginger
- some soy sauce.
Rinse the fish thoroughly and check that there are no bones. Cut into small portions. The size should be no more than a matchbox, otherwise when cooking the meat will be still raw, and the batter will already begin to burn. Add salt and pepper to the fish, add ginger and soy sauce. Put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
When the time allotted for pickling will end, in a separate container you need to mix flour, egg, beer, sesame and salt. Be sure to pay attention to the structure of the batter, it should be like thick sour cream.
Roll the fish in batter and fry it in pre-heated deep-fried for 3-5 minutes. If you do not have a slow cooker or deep fryer, then do not despair, you can do it yourself. To do this, you need to take a pan, always with a thick bottom. It is advisable to choose a small saucepan so as not to consume a large amount of oil. Pour vegetable oil into it at 2/3 of the volume and put on a strong fire. After some time, the home deep fat fryer will be ready for use.
General batter cooking tips
There are several simple rules that make beer batter always lush and tasty:
- Before adding flour, it must always be passed through a sieve. In this case, the dough will not be clogged, and most importantly, without third-party impurities that may be present in the flour.
- The recipe for a lush beer batter for fish is very simple: you need to whisk the protein separately until lush foam and then introduce it to the rest of the ingredients. If you need an option with a classic consistency, then all products need to be mixed right away.
- It is best to use light beers, they are more suitable for batter.
Now you know some classic recipes for making fish in beer batter. When choosing the main ingredient, you must remember that for such a dish, it is best to take low-fat or medium-fat fish.