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Caballa en Adobo Gaditana
Caballa en adobo is Cádiz in a frying pan: oily mackerel sharpened with vinegar, garlic, pimentón, oregano, and cumin, then fried fast so the crust crisps and the fish stays juicy.
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Boquerones en Adobo
Boquerones en adobo are coastal Andalucía in a frying pan: fresh anchovies in a vinegar-garlic-pimentón bath, drained dry, floured, and fried fast so they come crisp, sharp, and clean.
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Acedías Fritas de Cádiz
Acedías fritas belong to Cádiz: tiny wedge sole, salted, dusted in frying flour, and dropped into very hot olive oil so the rims crisp while the fish stays tender.
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Salmonetes Fritos Andaluces
Salmonetes fritos are Andalusian coastal cooking at its plainest: small red mullet, salt, flour, and hot olive oil, with no batter hiding the fish.
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Puntillitas Fritas de Cadiz
Cadiz fries puntillitas whole and fast: tiny squid, barely floured, into very hot oil for seconds, not minutes. Crisp outside, tender inside, and no heavy batter anywhere near them.
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Cazón en Adobo Gaditano
Cazón en adobo is Cádiz in a paper cone: firm dogfish soaked overnight in vinegar, garlic, oregano, cumin, and pimentón, then floured lightly and fried hot.
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Bacaladillas Fritas Andaluzas
Bacaladillas fritas are coastal Andalucía's cheap, good sense: small blue whiting, cleaned whole, floured lightly, and fried hot enough that the edges crisp before the delicate flesh can dry out.
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Tortillitas de Bacalao Gaditanas
Tortillitas de bacalao are Cádiz's flat salt cod fritters: desalted fish, chickpea flour, wheat flour, parsley, and hot oil, spooned thin so the edges fry crisp and lacy.
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Fritura Malagueña
Fritura malagueña is Málaga in a paper cone: tiny fresh fish, squid, and red mullet, barely floured, fried fiercely in small tandas, and eaten before the crispness has time to soften.
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Chocos Fritos de Huelva
Chocos fritos are Huelva's fried cuttlefish, plain and exact: clean choco, dry it well, flour it lightly, and fry it hard and short so the sea stays tender.
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Boquerones Fritos Malagueños
Boquerones fritos are Málaga's little fried anchovies: fresh, silver, lightly floured, and dropped into very hot olive oil so they seal fast and stay clean, crisp, and sweet.
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Tortillitas de Camarones
Tortillitas de camarones are Cádiz lace: a thin chickpea-and-wheat batter with tiny whole shrimp, spooned into hot oil until the edges crisp into a golden web.
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Ortiguillas Fritas de Cádiz
These Cádiz sea anemones need almost nothing: no salt, no batter, just a dry flour coat and oil hot enough to crisp the ridges before the briny centre tightens.
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Pijotas Fritas Gaditanas
Pijotas fritas are Andaluzas from the Cádiz fry: small hake, salted, floured, shaken clean, and dropped into very hot oil so the coating crisps before the flesh dries.
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Huevas Fritas de Cadiz
Huevas fritas are Cadiz shore food: fresh fish roe sacks, salted, floured, and fried whole until the outside is golden and the inside sets cleanly.
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