Favorite Smelt Recipes 2010

[dominodave]

Anyone care to share their favorite smelt recipes?
Beer Batter
I use Shore Lunch beer batter but doctor it up as follows. Instead of all Shore Lunch I mix it half and half with Hungry Jack Complete! I pre-dip the cleaned smelt in some dry mix first so that the batter stickes to the smelt better. Deep fry in some real good cooking oil. Never let your oil get over 360, it starts to scald and turn black and taste not so good. Golden Brown baby!!!!!
This is bad, I'm starting to drool like a black lab watching me eat!

[schmelty]

Like Domino, I do much the same in terms of dry batter or flour dip, then dip into beer batter. One addition that an old timer tipped me on was to add corn starch to the beer batter, when the mix hits the oil, the starch expands the batter into a tube of flaky, tasty ecstasy yet still allows the true goodness of the smelt itself to be revealed. Thus becoming more than just a vehicle for batter.

I need to be eating smelt right NOW!!!

[dominodave]

Sorry about that temp. I updated it to 360.

[jcan72]

Fry daddy, shore lunch w/ a bit of salt and ground black pepper. homemade tartar sauce and about 400 of those little buggers! ;D
Our family of 6 eats like the kings of old!

[royboy1256]

Senator Bob Lessard Beer Batter Recipe, also works well for Onion Rings & Chicken Tenders:
Ingredients
Walleye (or other fish) fillets

1 cup flour

2 teasthingys salt

1 teasthingy garlic salt

1 teasthingy lemon pepper

1 teasthingy baking powder

1 cup beer

1 or 2 eggs, as desired

Directions

• Combine eggs and beer, then mix in dry ingredients. Stir. Batter is too thick if it sticks to a finger without dripping slightly, too thin if it runs off altogether. Adjust in either case by adding more beer or more flour.

• Prepare fillets by cutting them in half. Important: Dry the fish on paper towels so the batter sticks to them. Dip fish in batter.

• Using oil of your choice, deep fry until golden brown (either in a deep fryer or deep skillet).

• Batter won’t spoil and can be reused if refrigerated. “The next day when you look at it in the refrigerator, it won’t look very good,” retired state Sen. Bob Lessard said. “But just stir it, again adding more beer or flour as necessary for desired thickness.”