Fried Whiting

Name: Fried Whiting
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 cup flour, cornmeal, or a combination of the two; 1 cup cooking oil; sprinkle paprika; 4–6 whiting (or other mild fish), cleaned and scaled, and filleted, if you like; sprinkle salt and black pepper

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way

By Sallie Ann Robinson

Published 2003

About

As summer approached, whiting would begin feeding below docks and beside pilings on Daufuskie, and we’d begin fishing for them. You can buy farm-raised whiting, as well as saltwater whiting, in many good grocery stores and fish markets. But if you have a choice, pick the tastier saltwater fish.

Ingredients

4–6 whiting (or other mild fish), cleaned and scaled, and filleted, if you like
sprinkle salt and black pepper
sprinkle

Americas
United States
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Wash the fish and pat dry, laying them on a flat surface and sprinkling them with salt, pepper, and paprika on both sides. Heat the oil in a medium skillet until it is hot enough to brown, but not burn, a dab of flour dropped into it. Place the flour and/or cornmeal in a plastic or paper bag. Add 2 or 3 fish, hold the top of the bag closed tightly, and shake the bag until the fish are well coat