Fritter Batter
By: Anonymous
Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 1:00am

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

1 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. 2 Heat vegetable oil (2 to 3 inches) in deep fryer or Dutch oven to 375F. Beat batter ingredients with hand beater until smooth. 3 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; 4 *IF using self rising flour, omit baking powder and salt.**If adding salted foods to the batter, omit salt. 5 Drop by level tablespoonsful into hot oil. Fry until completely cooked about 5 minutes; drain. 6 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.