Fried Shad

Description

Seafood Recipes by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, public domain government resource—original source of recipe

Ingredients

• shad
• cornmeal
• peanut oil

Directions

1. Cut headed, eviscerated, scaled shad into ½ inch strips and rinse strips.
2. Coat strips in corn meal.
3. Fill fryer with peanut oil.
4. Heat oil to 365°F.
5. Place shad strips in the fryer.
6. Fry until cooked: shad strips float, are brown and minimum 145°F.