Fish, fried in batter, is an unusually tasty and at the same time completely easy-to-prepare dish. It has a high nutritional value and is very useful due to its high content of protein, vitamins and other valuable components.
Nutritionists recommend regularly including fish dishes in the diet. Most fish species are high in protein, unsaturated fatty acids, fat-soluble vitamins and trace elements. All these components are necessary for the normal functioning of the body.
In order to prepare a delicious fish dish, a semi-finished product can be fried, stewed, baked in the oven. Fish fried in batter is especially popular.
The batter is a liquid dough in which it is necessary to dip the pieces of the semi-finished product before frying.
Fish fillets are the best for preparing this incredibly tasty dish. You can buy a ready-made semi-finished product in the store, or cut the fish yourself. To do this, it must be washed, cleaned of scales, cut off the head, removed the insides, make incisions along the ridge and remove the fillets from the rib bones. After that, you need to cut the semi-finished product into portions, put on a plate, salt and stand at room temperature for 5-10 minutes.
When cooking frozen fish or fillets, thaw them first. It is not necessary to remove the skin from the thawed fillet, since without it it falls apart during the cooking process. After the product has completely thawed, you can start cooking.
Defrosting is best done at room temperature. Thus, the maximum amount of water-soluble proteins and vitamins is retained in the product.
To prepare batter, you will need 3 eggs, 200 grams of flour, a glass of milk, salt, spices. Beat eggs in a deep bowl, then add salt, spices, flour. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed and gradually pour in milk. The resulting batter is enough to cook 500-800 grams of fish fillets. It is very important that it is not overly thick. The finished batter should have the consistency of kefir. There should be no lumps in it.
Pour sunflower oil into a deep frying pan with a thick bottom and heat well. Pieces of fish must be dipped in batter one by one and put on a hot frying pan. You need to fry the fillets for 4-6 minutes on each side. The roasting time depends on the thickness of the semi-finished product. When cooking steaks in batter, the cooking time should be increased. To bring large pieces of fish to readiness, after frying them, you can cover the pan with a lid, reduce the heat and simmer the fish for 5-7 minutes.
After finishing the cooking, place the fried fish pieces on a paper towel for a few minutes. This is necessary to remove excess fat from the product. The paper towel absorbs them perfectly.
The finished fish should be placed on portioned plates. You can serve it with boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, rice, buckwheat, vegetables.
In order for the dish to acquire a piquant taste, you can fry the fish in beer batter. It is quite simple to prepare it. In a deep bowl, mix 1 cup flour and 1 cup light beer, as well as salt, spices and chopped herbs. In the finished batter, you need to dip the pieces of fish and put them on a hot frying pan with heated vegetable oil. Fry fillets on both sides for 4-6 minutes.
