Easy Crab sticks in batter

From crab sticks you can cook not only salads or cold snacks. Here is a recipe for a hot appetizer of crab sticks - crab sticks in batter.

Ingredients

• Crab sticks - 300 g
• Salt - 0.25 tsp (to taste)
• Ground black pepper - on the tip of a knife (to taste)
• Flour - 100 g
• Vegetable oil - 1 cup
• Milk - 150 g
• Eggs - 2-3 pcs.
• Mayonnaise - 100 g (to taste)
• Gherkin (optional) - 100 g (to taste)
• Lemon - 1 pc.

Directions

1. Put the crab sticks in an enamel bowl, add salt, ground black pepper, 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, sprinkle with lemon juice. Stir and refrigerate for 15-20 minutes to marinate.
2. To prepare the batter, dilute the flour with warm milk, stir, add salt.
3. Then add egg yolks. Whisk everything and leave for 10 minutes.
4. Whisk the whites.
5. Before frying, fold the chilled beaten egg whites into the batter. Mix everything.
6. Dip the crab sticks into the prepared dough.
7. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan (or in a cauldron) and carefully place the crab sticks in a saucepan with oil.
8. Fry crab sticks in batter for 2-3 minutes until golden brown. Crab sticks in batter are ready.
9. Serve battered crab sticks with mayonnaise, gherkins and lemon wedges.
10. Bon appetit!