Battered fish

Hi all!

I haven't been in the cooking mood for a while now. With the heat that is the Australian Spring and Summer, I find it draining and by the end of the day I'm not bothered to move let alone cook.

However the other day I had a craving for fish and chips so managed to try something else with my frozen Basa fish fillets.

Who doesn't love a good battered fish?! I love thick crispy batter and this recipe is just perfect! But remember that this is a sometimes recipe the oil and the deep frying is tres artery clogging ;-p

Ingredients

1 cup self raising flour and extra flour for dusting
1 cup cold water
1-2 tsp baking powder
Corn oil for cooking
pinch of salt

Depending on how thick you want the batter to be add more or less water. Whisk it around until all the lumps are gone and the mixture is smooth.

Method

*If using frozen fish make sure that the fish is fully defrosted before cooking.*
-Heat oil in a large wok or a deep frying pan
-Dust each fish on the both sides with the flour.
-Place the fish one by one into the batter
-When taking the fish out of the batter remove excess batter by scraping the fish on the sides of the bowl.
-Gently slide fish into the oil
-Cook until golden

Serve with chips of your choice and a wedge of lemon. ENJOY!

Herbs Crusted Fish

Hi all!

For quite sometime now I've come to realise I cannot cook seafood. SHOCK, HORROR, GASP!

With this terrible realization I had to find a way to nail cooking seafood. For those who know know me well, they'll know I could do without chicken or meat, give me prawns (shrimp), octopus, calamari, fish, muscles and all the other glorious things you find under the sea!

For starters I thought I'd experiment with some frozen fish that I get from my local Aldi store. This way if things don't turn out well, at least I didn't pay too much for ruined fish.

Here is one of my best tries at fish. It is a herb crusted fish and it tasted AMAZBALLS!
And the best part it was so simple, its ridiculous.

Ingredients:

Basa fillet skinned and boned
1-2 cup of flour (I used wholmeal)
2-4 tablespoons of mixed herbs
Salt
Pepper
Oil

Firstly defrost the amount of fish you want to cook (skip this step if using freshly bought fish). Using a paper towel dry the fish so the flour doesn't go pasty.
On a large flat plate mix the flour, herbs, salt and pepper together onto the plate. Place each fish onto this flour mixture coat the fish generously.
Heat up a large fry pan with some oil (as much as you like ;-p) and gently place each fish into the oil. Cook on both sides for 5 mins.
Serve with salad or rice.

Happy eating!