Fish in batter with mayonnaise

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make fish in batter with mayonnaise? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. You can use any fish according to your taste and availability, I have silver carp. Wash the fish thoroughly, gut it, peel it, cut off the head, tail, fins, and cut the flesh into small pieces. Rinse again and let the water drain. If desired, you can remove the spine bone from the pulp and cut the flesh into fillet pieces, but the fish is well fried in batter even in whole pieces.

2. STEP 2

   

   Beat chicken eggs into a bowl, the number of eggs used depends on the weight of the fish, add mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper to taste, and any other spices as desired. However, you need to take into account that mayonnaise already contains salt and other flavoring additives so that the batter does not turn out too salty. You can make your own mayonnaise. Below the steps you will find a link to homemade mayonnaise recipes.

3. STEP 3

   

   Using a hand whisk or mixer, mix the ingredients until the mixture becomes homogeneous in consistency; if the mixture turns out thick, then pour in a little water and mix again. Add sifted wheat flour in small portions.

4. STEP 4

   

   Mix with a hand whisk or mixer until no dry lumps remain. The batter should be as thick as sour cream and similar in consistency to pancake batter. Dip the prepared fish pieces into the batter so that it completely covers the piece of fish on all sides.

5. STEP 5

   

   Pour odorless vegetable oil into a frying pan, heat it well and place the battered fish on the oil, let the batter set on a piece of fish, reduce the heat to medium. Fry until golden brown on one side, then turn the fish pieces over and fry on the other side until golden brown. Then cover the pan with a lid and keep the fish in the pan for a few more minutes until cooked. How to choose a frying pan and oil, read the article below the steps.

6. STEP 6

   

   Remove the fish pieces from the pan and place them on a paper towel so that excess fat is absorbed into the paper. Transfer the fish to a serving platter and serve, optionally with or without a side dish. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

AlenaCi

01.10.2023

5

Delicious fish and without any special problems. Thanks for the accessible recipe! It’s also very tasty to bake silver carp in the oven in foil.

Natalia M

01.10.2023

4.7

I have been frying river fish for many years, but I have never fried it in batter. I usually dip boneless sea fish or catfish into the batter. I decided to try what would happen with the “bony” fish) I didn’t have silver carp this time, but I had a fresh carp. In principle, these types of fish are similar, both are fatty and tasty. For the batter, I decided to make homemade mayonnaise with a raw egg, added all the other ingredients to it and stirred. The fish steaks were pre-salted and peppered. I fried it on all sides over low heat so that the fish had time to cook, but also so that the batter did not burn. The fish with mayonnaise in batter turned out to be excellent; I didn’t even expect that ordinary river fish would turn out so tasty! The batter turned out to be porous, soft, and tasty, like the dough in a jellied pie. And the fish was well fried, but remained juicy and soft. Great recipe, I'll give it a try!