Properly prepared zander in batter significantly diversifies the planning of a family dinner. Thanks to the batter and breading recipes, you can get a tender, spicy or sharp filet. Using five proven methods, you will prepare a dish no worse than a restaurant without spending a lot of time.

Pike perch fried in plain batter

To prepare pike perch in the simplest batter will take no more than 25 minutes and the following ingredients:

  • 700 grams of fish fillet;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 6 large spoons of flour with a mountain;
  • 3 tablespoons of water;
  • refined oil;
  • salt and pepper as desired.

To prepare a fragrant fish:

  1. Dry the fillet well with a paper towel to remove any moisture.
  2. Add salt and pepper lightly.
  3. Combine the eggs with a pinch of salt.
  4. Add water, flour and spices.
  5. Dip each portion piece into a batter and place in a preheated pan.
  6. Sauté the fish in plenty of oil on each side.
  7. Remove the fish, pat the excess oil after frying with a pastry towel.

If the dish needs to be prepared as quickly as possible, cut the fish into thin slices. So she cooks much faster.

Cooking with Cheese

This is the easiest and fastest way to cook zander using hard cheese.

For 2 servings of the dish you will need:

  • five hundred grams of fish fillet;
  • a pair of eggs (medium size);
  • a couple of tablespoons of fat mayonnaise;
  • six tablespoons of wheat flour;
  • fifty grams of grated hard cheese;
  • salt and any spices for fish;
  • deep-fried sunflower oil.

If you plan to cook a kilogram of pike perch in 4 servings, use the ingredients in double quantity.

To cook the pike perch fillet in batter, follow the instructions:

  1. Rinse the meat well and pat dry with a cooking towel.
  2. Add the fillet and pepper. Let it stand while you prepare the batter.
  3. In a large bowl, mix the eggs until a homogeneous consistency is formed.
  4. Add mayonnaise, grated cheese and flour.
  5. Mix well again.
  6. Heat a frying pan, pour vegetable oil into it.
  7. Immerse in the resulting batter so many fillets that you can fit in a frying pan.
  8. Put the meat in a preheated deep-fryer, fry on all sides.

Serve the fish on a platter with a pillow of greens, complemented by slices of fresh vegetables.

Beer batter for fish

You can make zander fish with beer.

For this dish you will need:

  • 450 grams of pike perch fillet;
  • 100 milliliters of light beer;
  • 100 grams of wheat flour;
  • egg;
  • a pinch of salt and a mix of spices for fish;
  • vegetable oil (3 tablespoons for batter and a glass for deep fat).

To prepare a dish, you need:

  1. Rinse the fish fillet under running water and dry.
  2. To prepare a batter for beer, beat the egg with a fork in a deep bowl.
  3. Pour in beer and three tablespoons of vegetable oil.
  4. Add salt and fish spices to taste.
  5. Add flour.
  6. With a whisk, knead the batter until the consistency of thick sour cream.
  7. Dip the pieces of pike perch into the resulting mass.
  8. Deep-fry.

Pike perch, fried in batter with beer, is obtained with a characteristic crunch. This dish can be served both hot and chilled.

Pike perch in a gentle batter with a mineral water

If it’s too easy for you to fry the fish in a pan, try the recipe for zander in an air batter with a mineral water.

The following products are required for cooking:

  • 5 to 6 medium-sized fish carcasses;
  • 2 to 3 eggs;
  • half a glass of flour;
  • 100 grams of water (preferably with gas);
  • spices and cooking oil.

For quick cooking, follow the instructions:

  1. Rinse carcasses of fish, dry, cut into 2 fillets.
  2. Lightly salt the meat, season with spices to your taste.
  3. Stir the eggs in a deep bowl, slowly pour water into them.
  4. Add a tablespoon of oil, flour, mix thoroughly.
  5. Heat a pan with oil.
  6. Dip each piece of fillet with a fork or cooking tongs abundantly into a liquid batter, and put in a hot pan.

After 17 - 20 minutes, you get a dish that can be served on the table yourself or with a side dish of stewed vegetables, cereals, pasta.

Pike perch fillet in sour cream batter

This variety of batter has a dense consistency, which allows you to achieve an abundant crust on the fish, to make it as juicy as possible.

For the dish you will need:

  • one kilogram of fillet;
  • three eggs;
  • three tablespoons of oily sour cream;
  • half a glass of flour;
  • spices and refined oil.

For cooking:

  1. Cut the fish into portions.
  2. Salt them, season with spices.
  3. Beat the eggs in a small saucepan.
  4. Season with salt and season.
  5. Add sour cream, then flour, and stir vigorously.
  6. Dip each slice of fish in a batter, and send to a hot frying pan with oil.
  7. Frying fish on each side, let the remaining oil soak on a paper towel.

As a side dish, this dish is suitable for potatoes or brown rice. They especially emphasize the taste of zander in sour cream batter.

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