Deep fried fish scales anyone ??? it’s sounds odd and gross actually, but i guarantee it’s got a nice taste and texture. Crispy Deep fried battered fish scales taste not as bizzare as it’s sounds. The skin of most bony and cartilaginous fishes is covered by scales, and you know what; the FISH SCALES ARE EDIBLE. In Indonesia, cooking fish with it’s scales are common, actually in my Batak decent, Ikan Mas Arsik (Spiced Grass Carp Fish with Torch Ginger and Szechuan Peppercorn) and Ikan Mas Bakar Sambal Rawit (Grilled Grass Carp Fish With Bird Eye Chilli Sauce) is usually served with it’s scales to keep the moistures of the fish. Since the fish scales vary enormously in size, shape, structure, and extent, thats why i recommended you to use the large fish scales for this recipe. The best candidate for the fish scales ingredients is Ikan Batak/Sapan/Semah/Mahseer Fish that i’m using for my Gulai Ikan (Indonesian Fish Curry) recipe, but you can easily use any large fish scales like grass carp (ikan mas), tilapia (ikan nila), or parrot fish (ikan kakak tua). Smaller fish scales like salmon, snapper or even grouper fish can be use but not that easy to handle, make sure it’s preety dry before you dredge it in flour to prevent it’s sticked each others into a lumpy dough.
Despite the fish scales is commonlly considered a grossy thing, fish scales are a surprisingly nutritional food source. It’s containing layers of keratin and enamel, as well as a dermal portion and a layer of protein-rich mucus. Fish scales are said to be rich in calcium, phosphorus, collagen and a host of other nutrients which help prevent osteoporosis. Fish scales are also a raw material in collagen-based products such as skin moisturizers, anti-aging creams, wrinkle removers, hand creams, cleansing gels, and eyelid miracle cures. Collagen is the group of proteins that responsibility to your skins nice texture and health. Deep fried fish scales maybe not really in preserve the healthy colllagen because the high heat break the collagen protein, that’s why some people even made a fish scales jelly.
Deep Fried Fish Scale Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 500 gr fish scales ( sisik ikan)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar (i’m using kaffir lime juice/air jeruk purut)
- 1/2 tbsp chicken stock powder (kaldu bubuk instan)
- 2 cups or more all purpose flour (tepung terigu)
- 1 cup rice flour (tepung beras)
- 1/2 tsp Homemade Garam Masala (bubuk kari india)
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (kunyit bubuk)
- Salt and peper to taste (lada dan garam)
- vegetable oil (minyak goreng) for deep frying
Instruction:
- Wash your fish scale evenly in running water, rub it gently (Don’t over do this step since the mucus/slime is nutritious)
- Put the fish scale in a glass bowl, season it with lime juice, chicken stock powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder salt and pepper, mx it well and tei it marinade 30 munutes in the fridge
- Meanwhile, mix the all purpose flour and rice flour
- Take the fish scale and drain it well from the dripping liquid
- Dredge the fish scale into the flour, rub and mix it well until all the single “coin” of the fish scale are covered with the flour
- Heat up the oil, deep fried the battered fish scales until got nice golden brown color with medium low heat (It may curled and shrink a little bit, bot it’s ok)
- Drain the deep fried fish scale well
- Serve it immediately as a snack
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I totally trust you on that they’re delicious! I would SO try this!
Hey, I’m brave! Pass me a bowl please. I’ve never tried fish scales before but they look amazing Dedy. My dad has been a weekend fisherman my whole life – I cringe to think of the mountains of these tasty morsels he has discarded over the years. Honestly, I had no idea they were not only edible, but nutritious too!
This is why I always love visiting here as I always learn something new! The moment anything is deep fried, it automatically becomes delicious!!
I think almost anything that’s deep fried tastes pretty good! I must admit, though, eating fish scales would never occur to me! Sounds like such an interesting idea, though. Thanks for this.
pernah nyobain, enak yok digoreng garing gini..
ku biasanya bikin arsik ga ku sisir itu sisiknya.. sisiknya enak kalu dibikin arsik sih.. apalagi ikan mas yang gedegede..
Ohhhh!! sounds scary but the outcome is so good. I have never tried and I am not sure if I will do it. Let me ponder and than decide.
jadinya kriuk2 gitu ya ded?
Iyakak, crunchy2 enak….
Awesome post! i love that right now
Now that’s a new one! Fish scales? Sorry Dedy, I’ll takes your word for it.
Very strange recipe but maybe I must try this to see if I love it too! Very intruiging, Dedy!
WOW! I never knew you could eat fish scales. I love this idea – they must be so nice and crispy.
🙂 Mandy
They look very delicious,,,but what deep fried food doesn’t. I love how you use all parts of the food that you cook, It just makes so much sense not to waste
Oh yes my mouth is wide open and I am asking “did he say fish scales? Did I hear right?” All I can say is you are an expert on sea food and the end results looks very tasty. One day I might just give it a try. Thanks so much for teaching me something new. I am one idea wiser!
Ded beneran dari sisik ikan?, ikan apa yang banyak sisiknya? 😀 .
Ini pake ikan batak alias ihan, dekke jurung2 atau ikan sapan/mahseer kak, ikan yg sisiknya besar2, tp pake sisik ikan mas jg bisa….
sisik ikan? emang enak ya,,,?
CObain aja dulu mbak, pake sisik ikan mas juga bisa….
Wow, I am learning something new Dedy 🙂 Do you just stroll into a market and ask for “sisik ikan”?
I bet you won’t regret it….
I would not have a problem at all with fish skin…actually that’s the best part of the fish….like what you said above, it’s very nutritious!
belum pernah dengar sebelumnya ada sisik ikan yg bisa digoreng kriuk kriuk kayka di atas 🙂
pengen nyobain resep adonanya nih 🙂
I’m pretty sure Japanese eat everything, especially all fish parts, YET I haven’t heard of eating fish scales… Deep fried food is always good, and I am sure this is delicious. Wish to try!!
Interesting recipe, never done this with fish scales but with salmon skin yes and I love them
These deep fried fish scales are the most interesting food that I have seen in a long time – what a fun post – actually, I would not mind having a go at these, because they do look delicious.
Hope life is treating you well these days – have a great week!
Fish scales?? You’re kidding me! Only brilliant chefs like you would come up with stuff like these. Interesting!
It’s interesting! The challenge is to find those large scale fish here. The seasoning sound great, I may use the idea for frying fish skin.
You are very creative and a great chef! I’ll be checking out your recipes! 🙂
It looks so yummy! It is very interesting recipe for me, One day I can try it. Thanks for sharing. 🙂