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English Pub-Style Beer Battered Fish and Chips Recipe
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English Pub-Style Beer Battered Fish and Chips Recipe

English Pub-Style Beer Battered Fish and Chips is a dish consisting of fried fish in batter served with chips, known as French fries or steak fries in the US.
Prep Time45 minutes
Active Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Kid Favorite, Lunch, Main Course, Party Recipe
Keyword: Seafood

Ingredients

  • 4 Cod Fillets or 4 Haddock Fillets
  • 6 ounces plain Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda Baking Soda
  • 1 8- ounce bottle British Beer
  • Freshly squeezed Juice of 1 Lemon or Malt Vinegar
  • Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
  • Extra Flour
  • 3 pounds Potatoes See Notes below for Tips on choosing and preparing potatoes for "chipping"
  • Good quality Cooking Oil
  • Tartar Sauce for serving (See Notes below for recipes for Tartar Sauce from your favorite restaurants and more)

Instructions

  • Heat oil up in a chip pan or deep fat fryer to 375°F.
  • Peel the potatoes and cut into chunky sized chips. Rinse and dry thoroughly.
  • Fry chips for about 3 minutes until soft but NOT colored. Drain and shake well. Set aside.
  • Put some flour onto a plate.
  • Dredge the fish fillets in the flour thoroughly - this is VERY important, it stops the batter sliding off when fried! Leave the fish fillets in the flour while you make the batter. (Some recommend making the batter at least one hour before - we have found little difference - so make it before if it is convenient or make it now.)
  • Put flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and pepper into a large bowl.
  • Add the beer gradually, stop when you have a thick coating type of batter.
  • Drink any beer that is left!
  • Whisk thoroughly until mixture is smooth and there are no lumps.
  • Add lemon juice or a splash of malt vinegar, if desired. Mix thoroughly again.
  • Have your plates, newspaper or whatever ready for serving.
  • Adjust deep fryer to fish frying temperature of 320°F (See comment below by Donna for a good tip here).
  • Take one fillet of fish at a time and, holding it by the tail or thin end (!), swirl it around the batter until well coated.
  • Immediately plunge into hot oil.
  • As soon as it has crisped up and set, add your other fillets one at a time, taking out the first ones as they finish cooking, about 6 to 10 minutes depending on the thickness. Place onto a tray and keep warm in the oven.
  • Turn up the heat setting on the deep fryer to 375°F again.
  • Cook your chips until golden and crisp.
  • Serve on plates or newspaper with salt, vinegar and plenty of homemade tartar sauce.

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