Fried whitebait with chilli

Name: Fried whitebait with chilli
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 4 lemon wedges; vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 8 teaspoons Sambal Bajak; ½ teaspoon ground chilli or paprika; 600 g/1 lb 3 oz fresh whitebait, washed and dried on paper towel; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon ground chilli or paprika; 3 tablespoons plain/all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon sea salt; 3 tablespoons plain/all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Stir

By Christine Manfield

Published 2001

About

Ingredients

3 tablespoons plain/all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon sea salt

Oceania
Australian
Australia
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Season flour with salt, pepper and chilli. Coat whitebait with seasoned flour.
Heat oil to 180°C/350°F in deep-fryer or large pot. Cook whitebait in small batches for 1 minute, or until crisp. Drain on paper towel.
Serve with sambal bajak and lemon wedges.