Fritter Batter

Photo: flickr user macguys

Ingredients

1 cup All-purpose flour*

1/2 cup Milk

1 teaspoon Baking powder

1 teaspoon Salt**

1 teaspoon Vegetable oil

2 Eggs

1 cup All-purpose flour*

1 cup Milk

1/4 cup Vegetable oil

1 teaspoon Baking powder

1/2 teaspoon Salt**

1 Egg

Preparation

Prepare food to be fried. Thaw frozen foods completely before frying. Dry food completely before dipping into batter. Use Fritter Batter with chopped or shredded foods; use Thin Batter when you want to retain shape of food.

Heat vegetable oil (2 to 3 inches) in deep fryer or Dutch oven to 375F. Beat batter ingredients with hand beater until smooth.

Fritters (chopped cooked shrimp or fully cooked smoked ham; cubed luncheon meat; corn; chopped apple or banana; pineapple cubes): Stir about 1 cup food into Fritter Batter;

*IF using self rising flour, omit baking powder and salt.**If adding salted foods to the batter, omit salt.

Drop by level tablespoonsful into hot oil. Fry until completely cooked about 5 minutes; drain.

Deep-fried Foods (whole shrimp, scallops, oysters, fish fillets, partially cooked chicken pieces, cutlets; eggplant slices, cauliflowerets, onion rings, zucchini slices; pineapple slices banana quarters, apple slices, apricot halves): Coat food with flour; dip food into Thin Batter with tongs or fork, allowing excess batter to drop into bowl. Fry in hot oil until golden brown; drain.