Crunchy Batter Fried Fish (no Beer)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs cod (fresh or frozen and thawed)
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 1/2 cup cornstarch, divided
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 16 ounces club soda
• 1 teaspoon salt (plus seasoning of your choice..old bay, lemon pepper etc)
• oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 mix together 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup cornstarch, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• 2 stir in enough club soda to make a batter about the consistency of thin pancake batter. you don't want it too thick, just thick enough to nicely coat a spoon.
• 3 season the batter to taste if desired with seasoning of your choice. i suggest old bay, lemon pepper seasoning, or seasoned salt. set aside.
• 4 in another bowl, mix together remaining 1/4 cup flour and 1/4 cup cornstarch.
• 5 heat oil in a deep pan to 375°f use a candy thermometer if you need to. oil in pan should be about 3" to 4" deep.
• 6 cut fish into portion sizes and remove any pin bones, and pat dry.
• 7 dredge the fish in the dry flour/cornstarch mixture. shake off any excess.this allows the batter to stick to the fish.
• 8 dip dredged fish into batter allowing any excess to drip off before carefully adding the fish to the hot oil.
• 9 cook the fish one or two pieces at a time until golden brown.
• 10 drain on paper towels or better yet, on a cake cooling rack set up over paper towels.
• 11 serve while hot.