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The Instacart guide to smelt
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Buy your favorite Smelt online with Instacart. Order Smelt from local and national retailers near you and enjoy on-demand, contactless delivery or pickup within 2 hours.
FAQs about smelt
Whether or not you decide to clean your smelt before cooking is a preference. While you should remove the entrails before cooking, the smelt doesn't need to be deboned. Its small size makes it the perfect snack and most people eat them whole. If you do prefer to clean it before cooking, simply remove the heads, rinse the rest of the body off, and then cook it as you desire. Once cooked, you can eat the whole smelt as is, including the bones.
One of the most popular methods of cooking smelt is frying. Frying smelt is easy and you only need minimal ingredients. Combine flour and cornmeal in a bowl. Then, coat the smelt in the mixture. Drop it in a pan lightly coated in oil for 2-3 minutes on each side. Once the smelt is finished cooking, let it dry on a wire rack until cooled. Then, serve it with your favorite dipping sauce. Hot sauce or garlic butter are both good options.
No matter how you intend to cook and serve smelt, when you use Instacart to shop, you can get all the ingredients you need for dinner delivered to your front door. Your personal Instacart shopper will select the type and quantity of smelt you want, delivering it to you in as little as 2 hours!