Batter is a dough in which fish is dipped before frying. The main indicator is viscosity. Depending on the preference for the thickness of the crust, it can be thin or thick. The consistency is checked by the flow rate from the spoon.
Fish in batter is served as a main course or as part of appetizers. Fish dishes in dough look appetizing, tasty and healthy. The main task of the dough is to protect the product from contact with hot fat; it is baked in a shell. The dough can be made from various ingredients, the choice depends on the preferences of the hostess. The taste of the fish will be improved by the lemon juice marinade.
The batter for frying in a small amount of fat and in deep fat differs in density, for deep fat it is made thicker.
A quick batter is prepared from simple products: flour, milk, eggs. Cut the white fish fillet into 10-11 cm pieces, sprinkle with lemon juice, season with pepper and salt, cover with chopped onions and leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
Prepare a liquid batter - dilute the flour with milk until sour cream is thick, separate the whites from the yolks, add the yolks into the dough. Beat the whites with a whisk or mixer until fluffy and gently add to the mixture. Heat vegetable oil, dip fish pieces in batter and fry them like donuts.
To prevent the batter from slipping off the fish, first dip the fish in flour, and only then dip it in the dough.
Beer batter is often used for fish. It will require:
- 1 egg;
- 5 tablespoons of milk and beer;
- ½ cup flour;
- 1 teaspoon of salt and sugar.
Mix the products, except for the eggs, beat the protein and add to the dough, the batter is ready.
Fish in batter in Chinese has a peculiar taste. Cut the fish fillet into small pieces as thick as a finger and marinate. For the marinade, take: ginger root, onion, pepper, soy sauce - the amount is arbitrary. Pepper the fish, cover with grated ginger and onion, cover with soy sauce, leave for 20-30 minutes.
Mash 1 egg yolk with salt, add starch (100 g), dilute with water to get the consistency of thick sour cream. Put the grated ginger and fish pieces there, mix. Fish is deep-fried from lard, can be replaced with vegetable oil.
Unusual batter is made from pumpkin - the queen of vegetables. The dish will look dignified on the festive table. Pass the pumpkin and onion through a meat grinder, dilute with cream, add eggs, flour to the mixture, beat the mass with a whisk until foamy. Salt the fillet pieces, pour with lemon juice, dip in the dough and fry in boiling fat. Product consumption: fish - 1 kg, leeks - 2-3 pcs, eggs - 4 pcs, cream - 0.5 cups, flour - 1.5 cups.
If you want to impress your guests, serve the salmon fried in onion, mayonnaise and flour dough. Chop a large onion in a blender (grate), beat in 1 egg, add 3 tablespoons of flour, 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise, salt. Put the prepared fish in batter and let stand for 10-15 minutes. Fry the fish on both sides over low heat, covered. The fish is juicy, and the dough is fluffy and tender, melting in the mouth.
A nutritious dish comes from fish fried in a potato dough shell, it significantly increases the volume of the pieces and adds satiety. Peel three potatoes, wash and grate on a coarse grater, put 1 egg, 2 tablespoons of flour, salt, pepper there. Add color to finely chopped greens.
