Favorite fish fry batter

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by tonyjohn

I use my own blend , mainly : 3/4 corn meal , 1/8 flour , 1/8 corn starch . Season how you want too. The secret is the corn starch, gives a nice 'crunch' to the meal.

I mix my own similar to yours..... except never tried adding corn starch.


I mix about 2/3 corn meal and 1/3 flour.


To season.... I put a generous amount of salt, garlic powder, black pepper and cayenne pepper [just a little].


For the fish "wash"...... I use 2 to 4 eggs [depending on how much fish I am cooking], some milk to thin the mixture a little and 10 to 20 drops of Tabasco sauce. Stir up the mixture well. After cutting up the fish, I soak the fish in this mixture at least 10 minutes and longer is better. I stir the fish a few times while it is soaking.