Recipe

Fried Whitebait Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Sitbynellie / All my dishes 6 months, 2 weeks ago A lip-smacking delicious way of getting one of your two weekly portions of oily fish! I'm only guessing at the number of portions as we two greedy-gutses have been known to eat the whole lot. Prep:5m Cook:3m Servings:6	Sitbynellie
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Ingredients

2 oz. plain flour, mixed together with:

Quarter of a teaspoon of curry powder

Quarter of a teaspoon of ground ginger

Quarter of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper

Quarter of a teaspoon of salt

1 1/4 lbs. fresh or thawed frozen whitebait

(Description of whitebait, quoted from www.whatamieating.com

"Whitebait are tiny fish, including the young of the herring and sprats, and are usually fried and eaten whole. If you run your fingers down the ridge of the belly when they are uncooked, if they are smooth they are young herring, if spiked, sprats. In the United States whitebait is more likely to be predominantly silversides or sand-eel fry.")

Vegetable oil for shallow-frying

Lemon wedges to serve

Directions

In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.

In this mixture, coat the the fish.

In a frying pan, heat some oil.

Fry the whitebait in batches for 2-3 minutes until the flesh is golden and crispy.

Drain well on kitchen paper.

Serve hot, garnished with lemon wedges.

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