What could be better than the tender flesh of a fish fried in a crisp? Cod in batter is a simple, quick and inexpensive way to cook a mouth-watering dish, which even the most inexperienced housewife can handle. The main thing is to properly prepare the batter, which will help preserve the juiciness of the fish and all its beneficial properties.

Cod fillet in batter in a pan

Cod is a tender fish with snow-white meat, in which there are practically no bones. Therefore, it is ideal for cooking in a frying pan in batter. In the recipe for the dough, we will add dill, which perfectly combines with such a dish, but if desired, it can be replaced with other herbs.

Ingredients:

  • cod fillet;
  • egg;
  • three tablespoons of flour;
  • two tablespoons of mayonnaise;
  • a spoon of water;
  • dill greens;
  • oil, salt, pepper.

Cooking method:

  1. Cod fillet cut into slices, salt and pepper.
  2. Shake the egg in a container, pour in a spoonful of water, add flour, mayonnaise, a little salt and chopped dill. Knead a batter; by consistency, it should resemble a dough for fritters, that is, be not too thick.
  3. Pieces of fish dipped in batter and fry in a hot frying pan with oil until golden brown.

Bake in the oven in cheese batter

Properly cooked cod is always very tasty. Boiled potatoes or rice can be served on a side dish with delicious fish. We offer a simple but very tasty recipe for cod in cheese batter, and how to cook such a dish in the oven, we now tell.

Ingredients:

  • cod fillet;
  • three eggs;
  • a glass of milk;
  • a glass of flour;
  • 100 g of cheese;
  • salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking method:

  1. Cut the cod fillet, season with salt, pepper and leave for 20 minutes.
  2. For batter, beat the eggs with milk, add the cheese chopped on a fine grater, pour the flour and mix thoroughly.
  3. Dip the pieces of fish in batter and immediately transfer to a baking sheet, greased with vegetable oil. We put in the oven for 30 minutes, the temperature is 180 degrees.

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Juicy fish in a dough with beer

Making juicy cod in a beer batter is quite simple.

During frying, all the alcohol evaporates, and the fish turns out to be tender and very tasty. To prepare batter, it is better to use light beer.

Ingredients:

  • cod fillet;
  • 150 g of flour;
  • two tablespoons of corn starch;
  • egg;
  • a glass of beer;
  • oil, pepper, salt.

Cooking method:

  1. In a container, mix the flour with corn starch and salt. We drive in the egg and pour the beer, mix everything thoroughly.
  2. We cut the fish into pieces, dry it with a paper towel and lower it into a beer batter.
  3. We heat the pan with vegetable oil and begin to fry the fish blanks on both sides until golden brown.
  4. We put the finished fish on a napkin so that excess fat comes out. Serve with fresh vegetables and boiled rice.

In a magnificent batter on a mineral water

Many housewives prefer to cook batter for fish on mineral water.

The dough is tender and airy, thanks to the "magic" bubbles. Therefore, for the recipe we take highly carbonated mineral water.

Ingredients:

  • cod fillet;
  • 150 g of flour;
  • 150 ml of mineral water;
  • egg;
  • spice.

Cooking method:

  1. Mineral water must first be cooled, and very strongly, right to the ice.
  2. Drive the egg into the container, add a little salt and beat the composition with a whisk or a fork. Pour the flour and stir. The dough will be very thick. Pour mineral water, but not immediately, but in parts, mix until smooth.
  3. Slices of cod dipped in batter and fry in vegetable oil until tender.

Garlic batter cod

Every year on Independence Day in Greece they prepare a traditional dish - scordal. This is a cod fried in batter with a thick garlic sauce. For cooking, the Greeks use salted cod, and for the sauce - stale bread or potatoes.

Ingredients:

  • salted cod fillet;
  • five potatoes;
  • five cloves of garlic;
  • a glass of olive oil;
  • a spoon of wine vinegar;
  • 300 g flour;
  • 300 ml of water;
  • lemon;
  • a pinch of salt and sugar.

Cooking method:

  1. For cooking, you can take the usual cod filet, but then we can’t try to try a real dish of Greek cuisine, so we will use salted filet. To do this, you just need to sprinkle the fish thoroughly with coarse salt and leave for a day.
  2. Salted carcass should be lowered into water and left for 2 to 3 days in a cool place.
  3. For batter, pour flour into the water, add the juice of one lemon, a little sugar and salt. Mix and put the dough in the refrigerator, because only hot oil and cold batter will produce a crisp.
  4. We get the cod out of the water, dry it, dip it into the batter and fry it on both sides to a delicious crust.
  5. Now we prepare the garlic sauce; by consistency, it should resemble mashed potatoes. We cut the potato into pieces, boil it and knead the nibble.
  6. Put garlic in a blender, pour in vinegar and oil, grind the composition. Combine the garlic mixture with crushed potatoes and mix.
  7. We put the fish in a batter in a plate, and next to it is a little garlic sauce.

In a simple breading in the oven

There are a lot of batter recipes for fish, but now we offer a fairly simple breading. Nevertheless, we’ll add some zest to it - instead of flour we will use onion crackers.

Ingredients:

  • cod fillet;
  • 15 onion crackers;
  • egg;
  • lemon;
  • parsley greens.

Cooking method:

  1. Cut the fish fillet portionwise and rub it with salt.
  2. Grind onion crackers into crumbs and mix with lemon zest.
  3. Beat the egg with a whisk.
  4. Cover the baking sheet with parchment and preheat the oven to 210 ° С
  5. Slices of fish first dipped in an egg, then roll in a crumb and spread on a baking sheet.
  6. Set to bake for 20 minutes. Sprinkle the finished dish with lemon juice and sprinkle with chopped herbs.

Egg batter with mustard

Fish in mustard batter is very tender, with a spicy taste and aroma. It is recommended to serve with creamy sauce, mashed potatoes and a glass of white wine.

Ingredients:

  • cod fillet;
  • three tablespoons of flour;
  • 1 tsp mustard;
  • three eggs;
  • a spoon of vinegar;
  • oil.

Cooking method:

  1. Cut the fillet into pieces, sprinkle with vinegar and oil.
  2. For batter, beat the eggs, add the mustard and flour. We mix everything.
  3. Pieces of cod are dipped in batter and fry until crisp in vegetable oil.

Airy or crisp is the merit of a properly cooked batter. To determine its quality, dip a tablespoon into the mixture. If the dough flows evenly over it, and the spoon itself does not shine through, then the batter is a success.

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