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Ingredients

  • Vegetable oil
  • 2 pounds grouper fillets, cut into pieces
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 (12-oz.) bottle beer
  • 1 teaspoon hot sauce

Method

  • Pour oil to depth of 3 inches into a large Dutch oven; heat to 360°.
  • Meanwhile, sprinkle fish with salt and pepper.
  • Whisk together flour and next 2 ingredients in a large bowl. Whisk in beer and hot sauce. Dip fish in batter, allowing excess batter to drip off.
  • Gently lower fish into hot oil using tongs (to prevent fish from sticking to Dutch oven). Fry fish, in 4 batches, 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Place fried fish on a wire rack in a jelly-roll pan; keep warm in a 200° oven until ready to serve.