Fried Pickles

Name: Fried Pickles
Yield: Makes 16 pickles
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, cornmeal; 4 kosher, dill pickles, quartered lengthwise, patted dry with paper towels; 1 cup, all-purpose flour; 1 cup, cornstarch; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 1 (12-ounce) bottle cold, beer; 3 quarts, peanut or vegetable oil

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2012

SERVESMakes 16 pickles

TIME45 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Instead of buying precut pickle spears for this Fried Pickles recipe, we went with firmer whole kosher dill pickles and sliced them ourselves. When it came to selecting the perfect beer for the batter, we found that almost any style worked ...

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