Crispy Smelt

Crispy Smelt or should I call Crispy Dilis but a little bigger and thicker. I don't know the Filipino or Tagalog name of this fish but I know this is one tasty little fish and nutty. What I remember back home we uses this fish a lot in making Kinilaw.



Ingredients

• 1 lb. smelt, cleaned
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder or 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 cup cooking oil

Instructions

1. Combine flour, cornstarch, garlic powder salt and ground pepper.
2. Coat fish with flour mixture.
3. In a pan, heat cooking oil.
4. Shake off excess flour mixture and fry fish in batches, turning frequently until it turns golden brown.
5. Remove fish from heat and drain excess cooking oil.
6. Place in a serving plate and serve hot with spiced vinegar for dipping.

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