Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Anthony Bourdain said this is one of his "very favorite things on earth". Note to self, when frying don't overfill the pot with 365º F oil. Let's cook Friture from Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook.

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📚 Chapters
00:00 - Friture, What is it?
00:37 - Going Shopping
01:37 - Prepping The Fish
02:59 - Comment Of The Week!
05:34 - Plating, Tasting, What I Would Do Different

🍎 Ingredients
• about 1 lb. white bait or smelts
• soy or corn oil
• 120 g. flour
• big pinch white pepper
• big pinch cayenne pepper
• small pinch ground nutmeg
• ¼ cup / 40 g. Kosher salt
• lemon wedges
• chopped parsley

🫕 Equipment
• large pot (notice what happens when you use a small one)
• spider style strainer
• wire rack

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