Thread: Captain D's or Long John's recipe?

dont mess around with that batter, use good old ritz crackers

I'll have to look for the brand, but there's a boxed batter that Kroger sells that is pretty close. I've used the "beer batter" and it was good.

* 1 egg
* 1 cup ice water
* 1 cup all purpose flour
* Salt & Pepper to taste

Preparation:
Beat an egg in a bowl. Add ice water in the bowl (leaving out ice). Be sure to use very cold water. Add sifted flour in the bowl and mix lightly. Be careful not to overmix the batter. Should be a little lumpy. Dip in filet, place filet in 350 degree oil, repeat process. It's an english type batter that you are asking about but I gave you a TEMPURA batter that is just as good if not better.

Long John Silver's Battered Fish
3 Cups Soybean oil
2 Pounds Fresh cod fillets
1 Cup Self−rising flour
1/3 Cup Dry Mustard
1 Cup Water
1 Egg
2 Teaspoons Granulated sugar
2 Teaspoons Salt
Sift together mustard and flour.
Heat oil to 400. Cut the fish into approximately 7x2" wedges.
With a mixer blend the flour mixture, water, egg, sugar, and salt.
Dip each fillet into the batter coating generously and quickly drop
in the oil. Fry each fillet until dark golden brown about 5 minutes.
Remove and drain.
Long

Try this one- it's called "111"
1 measure of corn starch
1 measure of Bisquick
1 measure of liquid eg. Water, Beer, chicken stock, milk
"fine tune" batter thickness 'til it will just drop off a spoon- deep fry in oil to your preferred golden brown color.
Using malt vinegar to flavor will give you the English "fish and chips"(Arthur Treacher's) result.