Frying fish?

[HD]

In your opinion, what do you use to fry fish? What is the best option? I have heard, turkey frier, dutch oven,  fry daddy, open pit.....what do you do?

[Reinhard]

Cast Iron pan and Crisco most of the time.  I did use and do use at times the Fry Daddy which is fine, but camping and at home the cast iron pan and crisco is the way to go for me for best results.  good luck.

[Boar]

I have finnaly found a way that suites me. I a huge fan of beer batter, I have a large deep fryer that will do a turkey, the problem with this unit the and others ive tried that have the BASKET,  is that even when slowley lowering the batter fish into the oil, it still sinks to the botom and cooks to the basket, and stays there till you pry it away fro the mesh of the basket. soooooo, I do it in a deep dish frying pan, fil it half full of what ever oil, yes the batterd fish sinks but only slightly adheres to teh bottom of the pan, but a quick slide of a spatula frees it up and alls good. tats how I prefer to cook fish. id remove the basket if I do it in the larer cooker again.

[glenn57]

just had fish tonite...............yea boar.............I caught them!!!!!!!!! we use a presto cool daddy. has a basket. works great. we use canola oil, sometimes peanut oil. if I fry for a lot of people I take out the big fish fryer!

[Jerkbiat]

My favorite way is a big cast iron dutch oven on a turkey burner. I like to use canola oil also. My favorite fish batter is House Autry medium hot. It is a thin batter that is nice and crisp. Boar what temp do you run your oil with the beer batter? When I do beer batter can't say that I have ever had it stick to the bottom. I run the oil temp between 325-350. Maybe it is the cast iron that keeps it from sticking.

[Boar]

that might be the problem, i get inpatient. but the ready lights says its ready and it happen all thru. with batches later.

[Bobberineyes]

Another vote for the cast iron, with a small amount of peanut oil. I might have to try cisco next batch.

[DDSBYDAY]

Boar make sure that oil is hot enough and lower the fish in very slowly.  Lower it away from from you.    Don't let go or it until the tip you place in first is starting to sizzle.  They won't sink on you anymore.  If it's not starting to sizzle immediately your oil is not hot enough.

[glenn57]

apparently mr boar hasn't caught enough fish in his lifetime to fry an adequate amount of fish to actually really know how to do this??????????

[dew2]

 Depending on type of fish I deep fry Mostly catfish, Nords and my favorite cod, fish and chips style, pan fry any one with a light dusting of seasoned flour OR saltine crackers crushed for full fish flavor, and we also like poached walleye nice clean 14-15 inch eyes filleted put in seal a bag before sealing add some real butter and a lemon wedge.Then slow poach at around 100-120 degrees in the bag. we do salmon this way also.Its tasty!!!

 boar I threw away the deep fryer basket!! My fish go in the fryer and a slotted spoon or spider for removal Even french fries go that way!

[LPS]

I usually dust my fillets in Lawrys, garlic powder and pepper and drop in a pan of hot butter for a few minutes.  Or sometimes cut in chunks and do in Fry Magic or similar and drop in Fry Daddy. 

Hey Dew that in the bag program sounds interesting.  Great camping idea with no mess.

[Boar]

yueaj bbut glenn at least fry thhe ones i do catch not sombbody elses
..man ur relentless

[dew2]

Hey Dew that in the bag program sounds interesting.  Great camping idea with no mess.

  Try it out! We dont freeze our fish that way but green beans, yellow beans,spinach and most veggies get frozen wit butter and either lemon, salt an pepper seasoned  to just drop in boiling water.All veggies were parboiled first.
 The fish need to be fresh and fishy tasting fish to us are terrible it just increases the fishy flavor!
 Camping I use a wok for almost everything,My wok fits in a 14 inch weber just right!

[glenn57]

yueaj bbut glenn at least fry thhe ones i do catch not sombbody elses
..man ur relentless

like I texted you yesterday.........................just earnin my smites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ThunderLund78]

A few of you may have heard me talk about it before... But I'm a sucker and bought "The Frying Saucer" at the Sportshow a few years ago.  Let me tell ya - it's AWESOME!  Easy set-up, you do it outdoors, fries in batches and keeps the food warm while any extra grease drains and other food cooking, REALLY easy clean-up.  Plus it's fast because your'e not using a gallon of oil, only a couple cups.  I highly recommend it.  I've made shrimp, fish, wings, tater tots, mushrooms, onion rings - often all in the same session.

[roony]

I love my cast iron frying pan. Always use it when cooking fish outdoors and sometimes in the house. My wife likes an old 60's era electric frying pan which we got new in the box from my grandmother after we were married. She mixes some spices and garlic in the flour, dips them in egg/milk mixture first. YUM YUM   In my mind the most critical thing is to have the oil plenty hot but not so hot that it smokes.

[dew2]

We use cast iron alot,Then some stainless steel pans 14 inch 12 inch an a 10 inch stainlesss.
 A 6 and 4 quart cast iron kettles enamel coated ( Dutch ovens)
 Heres a pic of cast Iron in 14,12,10,8.6 and 4 inch with a 11 inch square.They are all used for certain cooking.The 4 inch makes eggs perfect for one of my and the old girls favorites! Egg sandwiches.I'm gettin hungry now.Tonight its scrambled eggs with asparagus, onions,cheese and a dab of sauce from chipotle home made peppers along with Hormel little sizzlers an hash browns. Yah breakfast for supper!! Gotta do it now an then!!

[roony]

Nice pans and that sounds like a great supper.

[KEN W]

I always fry fish in a deep fryer with a basket with the element inside of the oil. If you are making a few batches the breading falls under the element and won't burn.

Any other pan I have ever used  including cast iron ....the breading falls to the bottom and will burn after a few batches. Plus with a fryer you can set the temp to a specific temp and it won't overheat the oil.

If I were to make only 1 batch for the wife and I ....then using a fry pan wouldn't be a problem.

[HD]

Has anyone tried the coconut oil yet? I  bought some, just haven't tried it yet.

[deadeye]

I had been using a 3 liter Cabela deep fryer and it worked great. Last year I got the 5 liter model (caught too many fish for the smaller one).  The 5 liter model has a drain spigot for the oil which makes saving it for the next fry a breeze.  I use Canola oil and for the breading I use "Andy's seasoning" Fish Breading Yellow which is a traditional corn meal recipe. It doesn't over do the batter and you can taste the fish. I believe it's sold at Fleet Farm in 5 pound bags. I think Running's had it in one pound bags.  Great and easy to use. Not much mess in the cooker.

[Bobberineyes]

Has anyone tried the coconut oil yet? I  bought some, just haven't tried it yet.

   That's a great idea HD,  and right up our alley on less oil. Browning up some pheasants on Saturday so they'll be the test,  then I'll try fish..

[Reinhard]

Deadeye, I use Andy's also.  I like the cajun one.  Fleet Farm has the 5 pound and the one pound bags.  good luck.

[Boar]

I like Dews arsonal of cast iron crazyness, wish i had a set like that. thats awsome.

[glenn57]

I like Dews arsonal of cast iron crazyness, wish i had a set like that. thats awsome.

I could imagine the welts on thee ole noggin jffin your wife had that arsenal!!!!!!!!!!!