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Sometimes when I roll the fillets in the breading mix, they become kind of sticky, and the breading will not cover the whole filet.......spotty and seems like in clumps. When you fry them, the breading mix will burn before the fillets cook, and they don't taste right. I don't know weather the fillets are too dry, too damp or what when I dip them in the mix. Any help would be appreciated!
Hmmmmmm, this problem may be too complicated to solve on line. The next time you have a fish fry, let me know and I will give you my professional unbiased opinion after I try a few of them. :)
Fillets are to damp, when the meal or watever you use gets to much moisture in it , itwill clump and not stick to the fillet like its spposed to
i pat dry my fillets with paper towels to get as much moisture off of them as i can. then i give them a light coating of mustard before breading. they come out golden brown.
GoodTime nailed it
Do yall let the filets sit in the meal for say 10 minutes or so? I let mine sit while the grease heats up... but they ain't quite like mama's cookin
Wrong wrong wrong, these fillets are ruined and need proper disposal, get a cooler and put them all in the cooler and take it to the store in the morning, will come get them and relieve you of these worries. Your welcome!
We soak em in buttermilk for quite a few hours and run em thru the cornmeal and they always hold a crust. And that's mommas way!!
close to my way cept i use milk and hot sauce LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by ducker
We use hot sauce in with the buttermilk too
Like you need some filets!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
YEP then I run fillet between two fingers to remove excess bm.Quote:
Originally Posted by ducker
Flour meal cajun season for the meal. Beaten eggs for wash. Fillet in egg wash then to meal then to 350 degree peanut oil consistent temperature. Don't pre batter a bunch makes em clumpy and soggy. Batter and fry.
I've always done this when frying. If it's chicken I give it 10-15 minutes, but for catfish/crappie in cornmeal I only let them rest a couple minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by MO' MONEY
I add flour to the mix as well, 2 parts meal 1 part flour.
white corn meal works great, its makes a lighter coating it sems like than yellow meal
Yea, I use milk and egg wash and do not prepare ahead. I batter enough to fit fryer and wait until there almost done before I batter more.
x2. Straight white cornmeal for deep frying, yellow cornmeal + panko for oven fried.Quote:
Originally Posted by clfarms1
We use the zaterans fish seasoning and use the bass pro mealer and it works well.
We do add a little seasoning to the zaterans but it has a good flavor.
Walmart has it, a yellow box in the meal isle.
I mix milk and a couple eggs together in a bowl and put my fillets in for about 2 hrs, then roll them in zaterans. It works good for me. :biggrin
Paper bag with white cotn meal , salt and pepper. Shake filet in bag and drop in grease.
I leave my fillets in ice water until I'm ready to cook. Use only corn meal. No flour. Take fillets out of the water, shake gently, into the bag of corn meal and right into the oil. The colder the fillets, the better the meal sticks.
I'm with Gomer on this one. Paper bags will help with excess moisture. Can do a bunch of fillets at once too.
Thanks, guys.................will give these ideas a try!
flour,salt, pepper . used to use cornmeal but prefer flour . :twocents
dip'em in corn flour-buttermilk batter