These crisp little fish are great served with lemon wedges! They also go great with thinly sliced brown bread and butter.

Serves 4

What You Need to make Deviled Whitebait Recipe

• Oil for deep frying
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 lb whitebait
• Salt, freshly ground black pepper and cayenne pepper

How to make the Deviled Whitebait

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan or deep-fryer. Put the milk in a shallow bowl and spoon the flour into a paper bag. Season the flour with the salt, pepper, and a little cayenne.
2. Dip a handful of the whitebait into the bowl of milk, drain them well, and then pop them into the paper bag. Shake gently to coat them evenly in the seasoned flour. Repeat until all of the fish have been coated. This is the easiest method of flouring the whitebait, but don’t add too many at once, or they will stick together.
3. Heat the oil for deep frying to 190 degrees Celsius, 375 degrees farenheight. Add a batch of the whitebait, preferably in a chip basket and fry for 2-3 minutes, until crisp and golden brown. Drain and keep hot while you fry the rest. Sprinkle with more cayenne pepper and serve the rest.