With St. Patty’s Day coming up this Thursday, it is only appropriate for me to celebrate in true Nest fashion – turning my kitchen into a Guinness factory and finding recipes that feature everyone’s favourite stout. Today I bring to you Guinness Battered Fried Pickles with Spicy Chipotle Dip.
Did you know: Guinness is the perfect diet drink. A pint of the good stuff contains only 198 calories. That’s less than most light beers, wine, orange juice or even low fat milk.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon seasoning salt
1 (12 oz.) bottle of Guinness
Panko Bread Crumbs/didn’t measure just enough to coat the pickles
Crinkle cut pickles
½ cup Mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons of chipotle salsa
Hot Sauce to taste
Method:
To make your dip: Combine about ½ cup of mayonnaise with chipotle salsa. Taste it for spiciness and add your desired amount of hot sauce.
Prepare 3 bowls. In the first, combine flour, seasoning salt and garlic powder. In the second, whisk together the beer and he buttermilk. Put the panko breadcrumbs in the third.
Remove the pickles from the jar and pat them dry with a paper towel. Place each slice individually in the flour…tapping off the excess. Then dunk it in the batter, letting the excess drip off. Then dredge it in the panko crumbs. Set the battered pickle on a cookie sheet covered with a sheet of wax paper. Do this for all of your pickles.
In a heavy bottomed pot, carefully heat about one inch of vegetable oil to 350 degrees. Using tongs, place each slice into the hot oil. Working in small batches, fry each pickle until golden brown, turning them halfway through the process. Remove them to a rack or to paper to drain a bit.
Remember to let your oil cool completely before disposing it by putting it in a sealed container like a jar and throwing it in the garbage. Do not pour your oil down the drain.
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