Description
Best Long John Silver’s Batter is a light, crispy, and golden fried batter made with simple pantry ingredients. This easy copycat batter recipe is perfect for fried fish, shrimp, and seafood, delivering that classic fast food crunch with homemade flavor.
Ingredients
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup cold club soda
Instructions
1. Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, and sugar
2. Slowly add cold club soda and whisk gently until smooth
3. Pat fish dry and dip into batter
4. Fry in hot oil at 350°F until golden and crisp
5. Drain briefly and serve hot
Notes
Use very cold club soda for best texture
Do not let batter sit too long before frying
Keep oil temperature steady for even frying
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Seafood
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 portion
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 480mg
- Fat: 1g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 0mg