Beer Battered Sunfish on the Grill
August 14, 2018
How do i cook sunfish on the grill? I’m glad you asked! This is a simple D.I.Y. recipe for cooking bluegill or sunfish (also known as pan-fish) using your gas grill along with a deep cast-iron pot. I have to say our group of friends enjoys fishing and our wives get really happy when we bring home a big mess of sunfish to deep fry in beer batter. We used a gas grill with this recipe so we could control the temperature, but I am sure you could duplicate this method with charcoal.
We used the double beer-batter method (more about that in a minute) to get a nice even coating of yummy beer batter all over our pan-fish.
Note: Pan-fish is a general term for smaller fish that are good eatin’ and can be cooked in a small pan. These would include: Yellow Perch, Bluegills, Hybrid Bluegills, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Green Sunfish, Red-ear Sunfish, and Pumpkinseed Sunfish)
Yes, we were cooking bluegill filets on a Charbroil Grill* this weekend, but you could certainly use this same technique with walleye pike, northern pike, bass, trout, catfish, or heck… any fish that you wish to batter fry for that matter. OH and we used BEER! So you know right away it’s going to be good.
Let’s get to the recipe…
BEER BATTER MIXTURE:
1 Box Beer Batter Mixture (Shore Lunch)*
1 Tablespoon Old Bay Seasoning*
1 Tablespoon Orange & Lemon Pepper Seasoning (Olde Thompson)*
1 12 oz Beer (we used Widow Maker Black Ale)*
YOU WILL ALSO NEED:
Canola Cooking Oil
1) Pour your cooking oil in your cast iron pot and place on grill.
2) Fire up the grill and bring your oil temp up to 375F
3) Gather all your dry ingredients from the list above, combine in bowl and mix well.
Shore Lunch is our favorite Beer Batter Mix!
Next sprinkle in your seasonings to taste
We chose a smooth creamy dark beer (this one is very similar to Guinness)
4) While your oil is getting ready, gradually add beer to your batter mixture while mixing. You are looking to get an even mix that is not to runny, much like pancake batter
Batter Batter Batter – SAW-WING Batter.
5) pat down your fish with paper towels so they are mostly dry
6) place each fish filet in dry beer batter mix coat completly
7) move covered fish filet to wet mix and again coat completely
The Double Beer Batter Method
8) slowly place battered fish into oil (careful not to drop)
9) cook for a few minutes then use tongs or other utensil to flip the fish over then cook a couple more minutes until the covering is a nice golden brown
10) Remove from grill and let cool on paper towels a minute or two before serving.
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OH, and if you feel like buying us a beer… Well that would go pretty good with the fish!
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