fried pickle spears
Mmmmmmmmmmm!
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yield
16 pickles
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup self-rising buttermilk cornmeal or regular cornmeal (if that's all you can find)
- 4 whole - kosher dil pickles, quartered lengthwise, patted dry w/ paper towels
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 bottle beer, cold
- 3 quarts peanut oil vegetable oil
- - ranch dressing or garlic dressing
How To Make fried pickle spears
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Step 1Place cornmeal in shallow dish. Dredge pickle spears in cornmeal & transfer to plate. Combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt & cayenne in a large bowl. Slowly whisk in beer until smooth.
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Step 2Heat oil in large dutch oven over medium high heat until 350 degrees F (or use deep fryer). Rewhisk batter. Transfer 1/2 of pickles to batter. One at a time, remove pickles from batter (allowing excess to drip back into bowl) & fry in hot oil until golden brown, 2 - 3 minutes. Drain pickles on wire rack set in rimmed baking sheet. Repeat with remaining pickles.
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Step 3Serve with either ranch or garlic dressing.
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