how do I

[picksbigwagon]

Keep fried fish hot/warm and crispy? We are frying up Devils Lake Perch for the Superbowl party this weekend and I would like to enjoy our company, not just stand in the garage and fry fish for two hours........

[Deitz Dittrich]

Thats a tough one Pixie.. uncovered on warm in the oven, but they still will not be as crisp as fresh off the frydaddy.

[Borch]

For my fish fries I put mine in a big roaster with a grate in the bottom set at about 200 degree and the cover turned sideways. After a while they will gradually soften up but they stay crisp for quite a while as long as you only partially cover them.

Best alternative is to fry up a couple of batches so they don't sit long. Say a bigger batch before the game and a smaller batch at halftime.

If you leave them in the oven on a sheet they will stay crispy but the fish dries out and your lose a lot of flavor/texture.

[picksbigwagon]

two batches? I never thought of that one.....that and the oven 200 should do well

[nofishfisherman]

Try taking a baking sheet that has a lip on the it and then lay a metal cooling rack on the pan. Lay the fried fish on the cooling rack on the pan. That will prevent it from sitting in residual oil which would be soaked up by the breading making it mushy.

Then put them in the oven with the oven as low as it will go. You will dry out the fish sooner or later but it will buy you some time.

Make sure to serve the fish with an appropriate amount of beer and no will is likely to notice slightly dried out fish

[SkunkedAgain]

Make sure to serve the fish with an appropriate amount of beer and no will is likely to notice slightly dried out fish

Haha - winner