Fish Batter Recipes

Make Your Batter Matter!

Welcome to the Fish Batter Recipes page. There are some very easy recipes below that will really add some zing to your fish. These batters are especially good with walleye, pike and muskie. They can be used for trout as well.

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FFC Fish Batter Recipes - Grandpa’s Beer Batter

The beauty of beer batter is the old adage – “beer for the batter, beer for the chef”. This is among the tastiest and easiest of the fish batter recipes to make. It works well with virtually any kind of fish.

Ingredients

A can of beer (12 ounce) – Use your favorite but light beer seems to work very well.

1.5 cups of four

Pinch of salt

Teaspoon of Paprika

½ teaspoon of pepper

Pour the beer into a large bowl. Mix the other ingredients until the batter turns light by whisking until the batter is light with a light foam. (The batter should be used right away, but can be stored up to four days in the refrigerator).

Get another cup of flour to roll the fish in prior to putting on the batter. Heat at least 2 inches of oil in a frying kettle or electric fryer. If you can get it to 375 degrees – that is perfect.

Now roll the cut up fillets in the flour, shaking off any excess and dip it into the batter. Make sure to coat it well. Drop the meat into the hot oil. When they are brown on one side turn and brown them on the other side. Drain on paper towels.

This batter is also excellent for deep frying fish. If you have an outdoor cooker to heat the oil – it's another good way to do it. Place the fish one at a time into the fryer after heating the oil. When the fish is golden brown, remove (with a steel spoon or tong’s) and drain on a paper towel.

This is a tasty recipe and comes highly recommended.

FFC Fish Batter Recipes - Deep Frying Delight

This is among the fish batter recipes that have been around for quite some time. If deep frying freshwater fish is your intention this recipe works very well. It is enough for about two pounds of fillets.

Ingredients

1 cup Flour

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 cup Cornstarch

3/4 cup Water

¼ cup light beer

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp of pepper

1 tsp brown sugar

1 tsp Oil

Mix all of the ingredients together. Make sure you have eliminated the any lumps in your batter.

Preheat the oil in the fryer to the proper temperature for the food you are cooking. Make sure the fish pieces are dry before you dip them into the batter. This can be done with a paper towel.

Place the fish in the hot oil one piece at a time, or. Cook until the batter has turned golden brown. Remove the fish and place the pieces on towel to drain. Serve at once.

FFC Fish Batter Recipes - Pepper Lime Batter

This one is a beauty. Limes could be among the greatest inventions on our planet. They just seem to go with almost everything. Putting them into fish batter just makes sense. This is a quick and easy batter to put together. If you are a lime fan – give it a whirl! It makes enough for about 2 pounds of fillets.

Ingredients

Juice of 3 Limes, squeezed

1 cup Flour

1 tsp Baking Powder

Pinch of Salt

2 egg whites

3/4 cup water Water

Pepper to taste (for me, the more the better)

Mix the ingredients well in a bowl, ensuring all the lumps have been removed. Pat fish dry before dipping in the batter. Fry until golden brown.

FFC Fish Batter Recipes - Fish Fry Batter

This one is one of the larger fish batter recipes on this page. It is good if company is coming. There is a bit more preparation with this one, but it is very tasty and coats a variety of freshwater fish well. If you are eating a variety of fish at your fish fry party – this is a good one to go with.

Ingredients

3 egg whites

2 cups of flour

2 tsp of paprika

2 tsp of seasoned salt

1 cup of milk

½ tsp of sea salt

½ tsp of sage

½ tsp red pepper

½ tsp thyme

1/3 can light beer

½ tsp chili powder

Pepper to taste

Mix the ingredients well in a bowl, ensuring all the lumps have been removed. Pat fish dry before dipping in the batter. Fry until golden brown.

FFC Fish Batter Recipes - Shore Lunch Batter

Here’s a quick one you can make while on your fishing trip. The ingredients are easy as far as fish batter recipes go – and they light to pack.

Ingredients

1 cup of flour

1 cup of crushed corn flakes

1 can of beer

1 egg

1 tsp of oil

1 tsp of cayenne

½ tsp of salt

Pepper to taste

1 tsp of baking powder.

Mix the ingredients well in a bowl, ensuring all the lumps have been removed. Pat fish dry before dipping in the batter. Fry until golden brown.

If you have some favorite fish batter recipes, please feel free to pass them along. If they are as delicious as you say they are - we'll post them at Freshwater Fishing Canada, and give you full credit!

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