Air Fryer Brathering (German Fried Herring)

Name: Air Fryer Brathering (German Fried Herring)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 19 min
Total time: 39 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 8 piece Herrings (cleaned and ready to cook, approx. 150 g each); 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 1 tsp Salt; Pepper to taste; 60 g Plain flour; 2 tbsp Rapeseed oil

A German classic from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: whole herrings, lightly floured and fried crisp in the air fryer basket. The skin turns golden brown and crunchy, while the flesh underneath stays white and juicy. Unlike in a frying pan no hot fat spits and the kitchen smells less, but the fish does not brown as evenly as it does in deep frying fat.

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Cook time

39 min

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Servings

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Ingredients

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Nutrition

per serving

415 kcal

Calories

34 g

Protein

28 g

Fat

8 g

Carbs

Ingredients

For 4 servings

Estimated cost~€0.20 · ~€0.05/serving

Kitchen Tools

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Instructions

1
Wash the herrings inside and out in cold water and pat them very thoroughly dry.
2
Drizzle the fish with the lemon juice and season them inside and out with the salt and the pepper.
3
Put the plain flour on a flat plate, turn the herrings in it all over and tap the excess flour off well. Loose flour would blow around in the airflow and burn onto the basket.
4
Brush the floured fish thinly all over with the rapeseed oil.
5
Preheat the air fryer to 190 °C.
6
Lay four herrings side by side in the basket in a single layer with space between them and do not stack anything; cook larger quantities in two batches. Cook at 190 °C.
7
Turn the fish carefully with two spatulas and carry on cooking until the skin is crisp and browned and the centre has reached 62 to 65 °C.
8
Cook the second batch in the same way and serve the herrings hot, or leave them to cool completely for pickling.