Simple fried Pintado recipe

Looking for how to make fried spotted fish? Here we share with you this recipe for painted fried, step by step, very easy to make, crispy and dry. Check out!

Pintado is a freshwater fish very cooked in the Pantanal region. There, this recipe is known as painted crackling because the breading is made with cornmeal too, leaving the painted filet very crunchy! The painted fried breaded is very easy to make and is great to serve as a snack, with tartar sauce, yogurt sauce or simply with lemon. See below how to make this simple fried painted recipe and try it out!

Ingredients for making simple fried Pintado:

 800 grams of painted fillet

 1 cup of wheat flour

 2 tablespoons of cornmeal

 ½ lemon (juice)

 1 cube of crushed garlic

 black pepper to taste

 salt to taste

 how much oil is enough to fry

How to Make Simple Fried Paint:

The first step is to season the painted fillets. To do this, place the fish in a container and mix it with garlic, the juice of half a lemon, pepper and salt and leave for 15 minutes.

Put the oil to heat and, to bread the fish, mix the wheat flour with the cornmeal. Pass the seasoned fillets in this mixture and squeeze lightly, to stick the ingredients to the fillets and get a firm crust.

Tip: Cornmeal helps to get a crunchier and more dry breading, so don't forget to use it!

When the oil is very hot, add it frying a few fillets at a time. Let it brown, remove to a plate with absorbent paper, and fry the remaining painted fillets. Do this until all the painted fillets are fried.

After the previous step your fried painted fish is ready! Serve with lemon slices or tartar sauce as a snack, lunch or dinner. Try it out and let us know in the comments what you think. Enjoy your food!

Looking for more fried fish recipes? Check out these tasty suggestions:

Dry fried sardines

Breaded and fried fish fillet

Tambaki fried dry

If you liked the simple fried Pintado recipe, we suggest you enter our Pintado Recipes category. You can also visit a list of the best Brazilian recipes. You may be interested to read about the pizza rustica recipe/ calzone dough recipe blogpost/ chayote benefits recipe/ kiwi jam recipe/ benefits of golden milk recipe.