Fried Whitebait

• 1 all-purpose flour (to coat)
• 12 whitebait (more or less depending on how many whitebait you want to use)
• 1 sunflower vegetable oil (to fry)
• 1 optional: fresh lemon juice, to sprinkle over fish
• 1 optional: mayonnaise, to serve alongside the whitebait

1. Wash and prepare the whitebait.
2. Dab with kitchen roll to remove any excess water and place in a bowl.
3. Sprinkle with salt, add as much as you prefer.
4. Leave in the fridge for 30+ minutes to absorb some of the salt.
5. In a shallow bowl add a good amount of flour.
6. You can deep fry the whitebait however I chose to do mine in a shallow fry.
7. So if shallow frying pour about 200-300 ml of oil into a frying pan and heat on a medium to high heat.
8. Coat the fish evenly in the flour and carefully drop into the hot oil as you go along.
9. Fry for 4-5 minutes on each side.
10. Dab with kitchen roll to absorb some of the oil.
11. Optional: sprinkle with the fish with the lemon juice, serve with mayonnaise.
12. Serve almost immediately.
13. It's great as a starter.

flour, whitebait, vegetable oil, lemon juice, mayonnaise

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/358969-fried-whitebait (may not work)