Hello, everyone on this North Florida cloudy day. I hope your day is good and that you can find some joy in some little things today. Even if it is the lovely little songbirds that are flitting around and finding the tiniest of seeds to make their day a good one.
Last night I was in the mood for some fish and scallops. Just the two of them, nothing else. Something light, you know.
I had rearranged my back patio, as I am patiently waiting on a purplish pink rose bush (rootstock) to get here in a few days time. So now I have the heavy concrete pot that I emptied the dirt out of, from the front patio so that I could walk through the apartment to my back patio with it, and it was heavy.
So, after that little process, then I started clearing out my little storage room. I had a lot of stuff that I never use in there. So I gave away some and luckily had someone take two trips to the dumpster across the field for me, or I would not have finished it all. You see I have a good amount of canning jars in there and have to buy only a few jelly canning jars to be stocked for good on my jars. If you follow my blog, you know that I love to can, whether it is pressure cooker canning or water-bath canning!
Ok, I am sorry I drug you along on my events of yesterday! I was tired and sweaty after that workout of plants and the storage room. So I had to shower and cook supper afterward. So here comes the recipe, now.
I had lightly salted some fish in a Tupperware bowl and cut them in half. I put them in the refrigerator in the morning time.
Slap Ya Mama Fish Batter This was spicy hot!
Spray bottle with olive oil in it.
Air-Fryer with foil in the bottom (easy clean-up).
I used 1/2 c of Slap Ya Mama in a bowl to dredge the fish in, on both sides. Then I plugged in my air fryer and it came on at 370 degrees as always. I pressed the minute button from 15 to 5 minutes as fish cooks quickly.
I put in as much fish as would fit in the fryer basket, which was three pieces, as my air fryer is small. Next, I gave the top of the fish a little oil spritz each. I set the timer and walked away and when the timer went off. I came back and turned the fish over, with two spoons so I would not break the fish. I spritzed and set the timer for 5 minutes more and then I begin cooking my scallops to go with the fish.
I used a frying pan with 1 1/2 TBSP of butter that was melted down. I rinsed the scallops with water earlier and let them dry off well So now when the pan was hot at medium temperature, I put the scallops in the pan and sprinkled some garlic powder on them. I let them sit in the same spot for 2 1/2 minutes and then I turned them over for 2 1/2 minutes.
Scallops only have to be pink to be done, just like shrimp so you could cook them in less time. Possibly 3 minutes total. But I like to be on the safe side.
So this seafood dinner was cooked and ready to eat in 17 minutes. Breading 2 minutes fish 10 minutes and scallops for 5 minutes. And, I really liked the fact that my kitchen did not have the smell of fish cooking, lingering around for 2 days to get the smell out.
I know that I may not be the best seafood cook so please forgive me for all of you pro’s out there but I did enjoy my supper. And tonight I am going to cook the rest of my fish the same way but without the Slap Ya Mama breading mix. And I think that I will do a few hushpuppies by making a thick batter and freezing them into balls so that they can also cook in the air fryer
Thank you for your visit, today was a freebie recipe day. I will post another one on Thur-Sat and Tuesday. Connie B.
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