Fish bites for fish tacos

WHAT is this??

This is cod, cut into bite-sized pieces, chilled, dried, dusted with flour. Then dipped in batter and coated with panko. Then shallow fried in peanut oil. All for the love of fish tacos!

Batter recipe: This is scaleable. Make what you need. This batter makes the lightest, crunchiest batter for anything fried. Add water if you want a thinner batter.

rice flour (50%)

cornstarch (50%)

salt

pepper

other seasoning as desired (paprika? garlic powder?)

whipped egg white

mix all the dry ingredients

Whip the egg white - I actually used meringue powder (Wilton - used for baking. any baking supply store will have it or order online). 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp powder. Mix well then whip it up! So easy and no waste wondering what to do with the yolks. (Actually, make pasta with them)

water as needed

FOLD the whipped egg into the dry ingredients (don't mix the snot out of it!)

Dust the fish with flour then dip in the batter - last step: roll in panko crumbs.

These can be pan fried, deep fried or air fried. All are great!

These fish bites are great in tacos or just with a regular fish and chip dinner. We had them for fish tacos.