Crispy Deep Fried Cod
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Author: Liza A
Serves: 3-4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 lbs fresh cod fish fillets
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ⅓ cup mustard powder
- 1 cup water
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 cups vegetable oil
Instructions
- Cut the fish into approximately 7x2 inch pieces.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and dry mustard together.
- Heat the oil to 400 degrees.
- With a mixer, blend the flour mixture, water, egg, sugar and salt.
- Dip each fillet completely into the batter.
- Quickly drop in the hot oil and fry for 5 minutes or until dark golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Recipe source: Food.com
my wife is having a problem keeping the batter on the fish and it als
o fell apart.any help would be appricater
Hi Duane,
My suggestion is to make sure to pat dry the fish with paper towel before coating it with the batter. Another way is to coat the fish with a little bit of flour and let it dry for a bit on a wire rack. Shake off the excess flour and then dip it in the batter. Take care and hope these help!
She needs to roll it in egg first then roll it in the other stuff,
I should have dried the fish after soaking it in milk–then dipped it in flour before dipping it in mixture–maybe that way the breading would have stuck to the fish–used milk instead of water
I used milk instead of water–only thing was batter did not stick to fish–most of it cooked separately–but still a great recipe
can you use beer in place of the water?
Yes you can use beer instead of water.
Yes my father inlaw did and it was great,
Hi there can you use corn starch instead of baking soda
Hi Sophia,
I used baking powder in this recipe not baking soda. Yes, you may use cornstarch in place of baking powder but the result will not be the same. Baking powder is a leaving agent which makes the fish light and puffy. Hope these help!
Do you have a substitute for mustard powder?
Hi Jenna,
You may use prepared mustard or even turmeric powder, adjust amount accordingly. Hope these help 🙂
Seriously? One third cup of dry mustard? That does not overpower the fish?
No, it did not. It came out really good.
Liza, Thank You for answering so quickly. The recipe is great. If you like batter fried fish use this recipe,