Best SECRET Beer Batter Fried Fish Recipe...EASY PEASY

 All you have to do to ensure a great beer batter is to do the following: 


Add one can or bottle of beer (12 fluid ounces) to 12 ounces of flour ! Yes...that is it!

 Basically, the batter is just a 1:1 ratio of beer to all-purpose flour. Therefore, you can make any amount of batter you choose to - 2 cups beer, to 2 cups flour, and so on. THEN, with a whisk, mix those 2 ingredients well. Cover with a tea towel, and leave it alone! Let it sit for 3 hours, and you're ready to do anything! 

A chemical reaction occurs between the beer and the flour during that time period. Get out your seasoned fish fillets(make sure to dredge them in plain flour first for batter to stick stick), dip it in this mixture, then drop one at a time into HOT oil. Don't crowd the cooking vessel, and turn only once.

Drain on  a paper bag for best results or paper towels, serve hot! 

If you're feeding a crowd, and want to keep the fish warm while you're cooking the rest, place fried fillets in a slow oven (200 degrees F) while you're frying up the rest. This batter also makes the best onion rings and mushrooms!! 

*Special Notes

 ~For anyone that has a problem with the beer batter not sticking to the fish, I have a simple trick. Set out a bowl with about a cup of flour, and before you dip the fish in the beer batter, coat the fish in flour. Also- to keep them crispy, make sure to drain the excess oil on a paper bag after frying. You shouldn't have any problems after that!

~add a 1/2 tsp of baking powder to the mix if you want to puff up the batter a bit and get it extra crunchy.

Spotted Green Puffer Fish ~What you need to know

Green Spotted Puffer Tetraodon nigroviridis, spotted puffer, or leopard puffer as it’s also called ~is a unique fish. Its back has a bright green color that contrasts beautifully against its white abdomen. The green spotted puffer, like most puffers, has some personality –  it recognizes its owner and becomes very active when they see me. The pug-like dog face with slightly bulging eyes and petite little mouth give it a cute peevish expression. It is very playful, active, and curious making it a joy to watch. It will come to recognize its owner, getting excited when it sees you. It will quickly steal your heart, yet this is not an easy fish to keep as it has very specialized requirements for its care.

This little cutie can be found across Southeast Asia. Despite the fact that this species is frequently kept in freshwater tanks and sold as a freshwater fish by many retailers, this is a brackish fish. They inhabit brackish coastal estuaries, lagoons and river and stream openings.

"Freckles"

Meet Meatball (the biggest one}, Sprinkles and Freckles...our new green spotted Puffer Fish!!

Little did I know a trip to Walmart for paper towel would turn out so costly...

Oh Lawdy!!!What have I done...

I walked past the fish tanks just as they were adding their new shipment...I had my glam daughter along and of course she wanted to see the "fishies"...we watched as all the baggies were taken from the foam coolers they arrived in and were floated in each appropriate tank  . My eye caught these adorable little  green chubby fish covered with black spots...well anyone that knows me knows how much I love a cheetah print, and these little guys were right up my alley.I was hooked!(pun intended)

I asked the girl how hard it was to keep these little guys, and she said "Oh really easy. They are fresh water and eat tropical fish flakes"...easy peasy, right???

Well... how could I resist??

I came home to do more research after which they were already added to my tank of Goldies (the pond fish that I bring in for the winter) ..

I found out she could not have been more WRONG..

Now comes the costly part...

I had no idea Green Spotted puffer fish....

~Need at least 10 gallons per fish...some say 20...yikes!
~Need Brackish water(half salt water)(I had to buy special salt and testing equipment $$$)
~Eat just about any tank mate(now I needed to buy them their own house $$$$)
~GROW TEETH
~Owner may have to trim said teeth!!!oh hells no...
~Are carnivores
~Eat live prey like shrimp,clams, snails,etc.{ya..that is not happening}
~Need to have very clean water that must be monitored often.(I needed a better filter system$$$)
~Very susceptible to diseases due to their  lack of scales...(I found out a couple days later mine were sick and the tank needed to be treated with numerous different medicines $$$$$$)

I honestly wish Walmart would take the time to know what they are selling, and educate their employees...I have to wonder how many people are set up for failure to the demise of these little creatures.I am so attached now, that if they die , I will be very upset for a long time...

So I now had to treat all the fish including my Goldies ,as I have no idea what they have...I do not think it is ick, and was unsure if it was a fin rot due to a bacteria, or if other fish had just nipped them from being in such close quarters in transit...fingers crossed everyone makes it thru this process alive...

I will keep this post updated...thanks for stopping by...

This is what happens when you watch the fish too long...you are getting sleepy...very sleepy...then ya just pass out...#TVforCats

P.S. Just a word of warning if you buy live crickets for puffer food...they can and will chew thru the plastic bag they come in from the store!!!((Don't even ask how I know that))))



UPDATE...
As of 1.7.19 , these lil guys are getting so big...they have big appetites, so I have added snails to their diet.