Uncle Bill's Deep Fried Tilapia Fish
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A very simple, easy to prepare and a tasty recipe. I have been trying out various recipes and finally came up with this recipe that does a great job for tilapia or halibut fish.
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- 17mins
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ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 lb tilapia fillets or 1 lb halibut fish fillet
- 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1⁄2 cup cold beer, of your choice
- 2 cups canola oil (for deep frying)
- 1 large lemon, cut into wedges
- 1⁄4 cup tartar sauce
directions
- In a mixing bowl, mix together 1/4 cup of flour, 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper; set aside.
- Rinse fish fillets under cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
- Cut fish into 1 inch wide by about 4 inches long pieces; set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and pepper.
- Add beer and beaten egg and whisk until well blended and the batter is light, smooth and quite thin (like whipping cream).
- In a medium size saucepan or a frying pan, heat oil to 350°F.
- Dredge fish pieces in the flour mixture.
- Drop the floured fish pieces into the batter to coat, then lift out with tongs and let the excess batter drip off.
- Drop the battered fish into the hot oil and cook for about 1 minute, turn over and cook for an additional 1 minute or until light golden brown.
- Do not overcook.
- Remove from oil onto paper towels to absorb any excess cooking oil.
- Serve immediately with lemon wedges and tartar sauce.
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"A very simple, easy to prepare and a tasty recipe.
I have been trying out various recipes and finally came up with this recipe that does a great job for tilapia or halibut fish."
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Uncle Bill, is their a substitute ingredient that i can use to replace the beer in this recipe?
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Can i substitute the beer in this fish batter recipe with something else?
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YES YES YES! we used Founders Porter. Dark~Rich~Sexy. Super ! Thanks Uncle Bill~?~ -
Very good. I owned a Bar and Grille in the early 2000s, and had a Friday night fish fry. I dropped the beer batter and switched to "Fry Magic" for a dry coating. Customers liked it better and easier cleaning the 2 big fryers. Now I have a beer batter that I loved and my old dry coating. I served Cod and Perch so I will use the dry for them and your beer batter for my tilapia. -
I have always been a fan for beer battered fried fish. My only issue with this was that the breading did not come out as crispy as I usually like it, same as I would get it in a restaurant. So here is what I did to give it that crispiness that you expect at a restaurant, that isn't soggy. I followed the recipe but I increased the beer added another egg, and added Japanese style panko seasoned breadcrumbs. Before I added the breadcrumbs to the batter mix, I crushed up the breadcrums even smaller with a mortar and pestle. After they were "fine"enough, I put them in the batter mix and added the beer and mixed it up. I have been frying up Swai Fillets this way, Yummy
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