Long John Silver's Batter

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup club soda
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup Bisquick
• 1/2 cup self-rising flour

Instructions

1. Beat all ingredients together until smooth; let stand for 10 minutes.
2. Heat oil to 385 degrees F.
3. In small bowl put 1/2 cup club soda, in another 1/2 cup self-rising flour.
4. Dip fish first into soda, then into flour.
5. Set fish on cookie sheet until all the fish has been coated; let dry a few minutes.
6. Dip fish in batter, let excess drip off; and deep fry for 3 or 4 minutes per side.

Notes

Shrimp can be done the same way if peeled and deveined first.

Attribution

Posted by FootsieBear at Recipe Goldmine May 23, 2001.