
Agree that some housewives perceive daily cooking as a chore. For some, she is completely “strained”, while someone frankly does not like to stand at the stove. In fact, there is nothing complicated in cooking, if you understand the basic principles of cooking.
It is about them that I want to talk about the example of preparing simple fish dishes. I share my experience and tell you how to fry pollock in batter in a pan, as well as the secrets of making the perfect batter. This is a universal batter for frying not only white sea fish, but also other seafood, as well as poultry meat and onion rings to decorate fish dishes.
How to choose the right ingredients
- To prepare the dish, it is best to buy frozen pollock or any other sea fish fillet.
- Both chicken and quail eggs are suitable for batter, but it is more familiar with chicken eggs.
- For frying, vegetable oil should be non-aromatic.
- And in the fish and in the dough, you can add any spices and spices that you like.
Pollock fillet recipe in batter in a pan
- Marinating time is one and a half hours.
- Kitchen utensils: cup, saucer, bowl, measuring container, large serving plate, frying pan.
Ingredients
| Name | Quantity |
| Pollock fillet | 400 g |
| Chicken egg | 2 pcs. |
| Sour cream 15% fat | 2 tbsp. l. |
| Flour | 3 art. l. |
| Salt | ½ tsp |
| Lemon juice | 2 tbsp. l. |
| Pomegranate sauce | 2 tbsp. l. |
| Red hot pepper | on the tip of a knife |
| Vegetable oil | 100 ml |
Step-by-step frying in oil in a pan pollock fillet in batter
One of my favorite fish dishes is pollock fillet in batter, fried in a pan according to a very simple recipe. The main thing here is to prepare a good batter and heat the pan to such a temperature that the dough enveloping the fish pieces does not burn, and the fish does not remain raw during frying.
Marinating the fillet
Cooking batter
We fry the pollock fillet
Recipe for pollock fried in batter
- Time of active actions - 15 minutes.
- Total cooking time - 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Yield - 4-5 servings.
- Energy value of 100 g - 134.6 kcal.
- Cookware: cutting board, whisk, slotted spoon, knife, paper towel, couple of cups, serving dish, cauldron/deep fryer.
Ingredients
| Name | Quantity |
| Pollock | 600 g |
| Flour | 2-3 tbsp. l. |
| Chicken egg | 2 pcs. |
| Drinking water | 3 art. l. |
| Vegetable oil | up to 500 ml |
| Pepper, salt and spices | pinch by pinch |
Step by step deep frying battered pollock
I share my secret pollock recipe in batter with step-by-step photos of preparing a very tasty delicate fish dish.
Preparing fish for frying
To cook fish fried in batter, it is still advisable to buy fillets. But if you have whole fish carcasses, you need them:

Making a batter
Deep-fried pollock
This short story demonstrates the simple process of making dough for frying fish, as well as the preparation of pollock, fried in batter in a deep fryer.
Recipe for a simple batter for pollock
- Cooking time - 50 min.
- Quantity - for 4 servings.
- Energy value - 136 kcal / 100 g.
- Kitchen utensils: a bowl, a couple of kitchen cups, a spoon, a whisk, a mixer, a frying pan, a measuring container, a flat plate.
Ingredients
| Name | Quantity |
| Pollock (fillet) | 2 pcs. |
| Chicken egg | 2 pcs. |
| Wheat flour | 3 art. l. |
| Water | 50 ml |
| Salt | 1 tsp |
| Vegetable oil | 2-3 tbsp. l. |
| Seasonings, spices | taste |
Step by step preparation of universal creamy batter
Cooking for me is a huge field for creativity. Here are the most delicious experiments. I want to tell you how I make batter for pollock fish, although it can be considered a universal dough for frying not only fish, but also vegetables.

Beating the creamy dough
fry fish
Serving and decorating
Pollack fried in batter is decorated with fresh sprigs of dill and parsley or chopped herbs. Serve fish to the table with a side dish or as an independent dish. As an ideal side dish for fish dishes, rice is considered to be flipped, and soy sauce, which perfectly emphasizes the taste of the finished fish, is considered to be the sauce.
Common truths
- Excess oil after frying can be removed if, before laying on a serving plate, put the pieces of fish fried in batter on a paper towel for 1-2 minutes.
- The amount of batter should correspond to the amount of food fried in it.
- It is better to make the dough for frying in advance, 30-40 minutes before frying.
- Keeping batter in the refrigerator for more than a day is not recommended, as it loses its enveloping properties.
- For frying seafood, white wine is added to the batter, for meat - red, for red fish - vodka.
Popular recipes for fish snacks
- Take an interest in how pink salmon is fried in batter and what kind of dough is needed to cook red fish.
- Amazingly delicious shrimp in batter will delight you and your family.
- You can surprise guests with a real delicacy if you cook sole in batter for the New Year's table. Check out the ingredients to make it.
- It has a very unusual taste of tilapia in batter. This tender and high-calorie fish can be served both for a family dinner and for a festive table.
