We are very excited because this weekend we are trekking it to Austin, hanging with friends, and going to the Austin Food and Wine Festival to eat lots of good food. I have just purchased a pair of ‘chambray’ pants (more like mom pants) with a stretchy waistband that I will live in so I can eat more delicious food. Is anyone else heading over to Austin for the festival?
Today we have these Beer Battered Fried Olives. I am not a huge olive fan, so if you’re like me, you can totally substitute olives for pickled green beans, cocktail onions, or pickled asparagus. All those things go well with the yogurt sauce. Yum. These are a great way to fancy up your regular cocktail olives. Hope you all like it!
♥ Teri
More fun appetizer recipes you might like:
Beer Battered Fried Olives
INGREDIENTS
beer battered olives
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 12 to 16 ounces beer of your choice I prefer a dark beer like Guinness
- 2 cups pitted olives of your choice
- vegetable oil for frying
cumin-yogurt sauce
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon curry powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- pinch cinnamon
- ½ lemon, juiced
- salt and pepper to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Fill a pot with two inches of oil and preheat to 350°F.
- Whisk together all the dry beer batter ingredients and set aside.
- Place all the yogurt ingredients into a mixing bowl and whisk together until fully mixed and set aside until ready to use.
- Pour beer into the flour mixture and whisk together. Drop some olives into the batter, lift them out using a slotted spoon and shake until only a thin layer of batter coats each olive.
- Carefully drop the olives into the oil and fry for 3 to 5 minutes. Drain onto paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
- Repeat process until all olives have been fried. Serve immediately with yogurt sauce.
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What a great thing to fry. I would definitely try stuffing them with blue cheese first!
That snack so fantastic! With the olives so good we have in Spain we have to try for sure! Greetings ‘spicy’
yummers!
OMG, this is the perfect snack or appetizer to any party!
I’m so excited about making these, but not sure abuot the frying part. How would they turn out if I baked them?
I have tried this with cocktail onions and they were amazing! I am also not a huge olive fan but they are delicious if you stuff them with cheese (mozzarella or ricotta)!
Can these be freezer
I tasted these once at a food festival and I’ve always wanted to make them but never have! Thank you for reminding me!
hahahaha you wrote “slotted poon”
this looks delishouth
Lol, yes!! I saw that i did that, but left it up there to see if anyone else would notice, haha! Still going to leave it like that for a little longer :)
Such a fun appetizer. And the sauce sounds AMAZING!
Such a fun appetizer. And the sauce sounds AMAZING!
Made these for a client 7 years ago (from Verona, Italy – celebrating his 50th birthday). Apparently his mom used to make them for him for special occasions when he was a kid. I’d never made them before, but went for it following their instructions exactly (stuffed the pitted greens with bulk spicy italian sausage). They were a huge success. I love the yogurt dip you included. Think I’ll bring these delicious little nuggets out as an app. before dinner this Saturday. Great timing, as usual! :D
I only had these for the first time recently in a new bar in Dublin. They are delicious! Will definitely try this at home!
I am a huge fan of olives so I would love these!! Pinning post haste!
I don’t go for fried food much, but I love fried olives! I had them once at a restaurant and have been thinking about them ever since. I just might have to make these.
I never would have thought! Yum!
xo Lisa
Making Life’s Lemons
YUMM!
Oh man, talk about the perfect cocktail hour snack! This is such a great idea!
You have GOT to be kidding me!!!! Whoa! I want one of these so badly right now. What a great idea. I love it.
Get in my belly!!!!
The first time I tried a fried olive I almost fell off my bar stool! They are the best appetizer ever.
I just LOVE the look of these. Love, love, love.
I’ve never actually tried a fried olive, but these sure do look tasty!!
I just had fried olives for the first time on saturday night at Pastai in Chelsea. They were amazing.
I will definitely have to try this recipe to make some at home!
Quinn Cooper Style
I need to get on these! Yum!
Oh my!!! We are completely olive obsessed at my house. If I weren’t at work I would go home and make these right now. Maybe I can fake sick…..