Fish-Fry day Today

[N4sir]

I know a lot of people were boiling crawfish today being Good Friday but I decided to fry some good Des Allemands catfish this evening.

This morning I sliced up some potatoes 1/4" for fries. let them soak in vinegar and water until I was ready to cook this evening.

Time to eat!
I also whipped up a spicy cole slaw as well as a tartar sauce, remoulade, and cocktail sauces for anyone who wanted any.

Of course I enjoyed a few ice cold Abita Strawberry lagers while cooking and with my dinner.

This was a delicious meal!!!







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[Barry J]

What do you use as a coating on the fish?

 

[AustinBR]

And what does soaking potatoes in vinegar do?

 

[N4sir]

For this fry I used half Louisiana Fish Fry and half Zatarains Fish Fry. The Louisiana is a little coarser and the Zatarains is more like flour. I sliced the fish then let it marinate in beer and yellow mustard. When battering I use batter bowl with more dry fish fry batter than really necessary. That way you get a consistent coating of the batter.

The vinegar imparts a slight tang like vinegar potato chips and it helps to crisp the fries more than just frying. It only takes a few tablespoons of white vinegar.

 

[davidd]

For this fry I used half Louisiana Fish Fry and half Zatarains Fish Fry. The Louisiana is a little coarser and the Zatarains is more like flour. I sliced the fish then let it marinate in beer and yellow mustard. When battering I use batter bowl with more dry fish fry batter than really necessary. That way you get a consistent coating of the batter.

The vinegar imparts a slight tang like vinegar potato chips and it helps to crisp the fries more than just frying. It only takes a few tablespoons of white vinegar.

I like Louisiana Products better for that exact reason, but it is nice to see someone else point out the differences I have seen myself. I will try the vinegar suggestion. That is a very interesting suggestion that needs to be tried. I too use LOTS of batter, almost wastefully. Your cook looks really, really awesome.

 

[Barry J]

I use too much batter also. When I'm done, I sift it back into the container to minimize waste.