fish & chips

2017-10-01

A delicious way to eat fish. Use only nice pieces of firm white fish for this.

I can rarely get fresh fish that is suitable for this, and even then, I'll probably roast it in the oven. Frozen fish sticks is all I can find here, but those tend to be all bread & batter with very little fish inside.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 2 servings:

up to 1.5 lbs. cod fillet, thawed
or any firm white fish e.g. haddock, pollock, halibut
2-4 potatoes, cut in fries
S&P
fish batter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup corn starch
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 cup milk
- S&P
- optional:
  - ½ cup dark beer
  - ½ cup sparkling water
  - 1 egg

Pic1: fish & chips - 2017-10-01
UK pavilion @ Epcott - Disneyworld, FL

Directions

Preheat the deep-fryer to 350 ºF.
Prepare the fish batter.
- Reserve 2 tbsp. each of flour and corn starch.
- Mix the remainder in a mixing bowl with baking powder, salt, and pepper.
- Whisk continuously to add egg yolk, beer and water to the mixture. Continue whisking until you have a thick, smooth batter.
- Refrigerate for 30-45 minutes.
Bake the fries for 4 minutes, remove, drain and spread them to cool.
Pat the fish dry. Season to taste on both sides.
Drag the fish through the lightly-beaten egg white.
Place fish in the remaining flour / corn starch.
Drag the fish through the batter.
Prepare the batter and only dip the fish at the last moment before plunging into hot oil to fry for a light and crisp batter.
Fry 6-8 minutes @ 350 ºF until golden brown. Remove and drain.
Increase the heat to 400 ºF.
Fry the potatoes 4-6 minutes until golden brown and floating.
Remove, drain.
Serve and enjoy the essence of Britain.

2020-02-28 — Sam's Club breaded cod fillets

Pic2-4: these were the best I have found so far, nice piece of fish, very thin batter

2020-01-01 — another brand:

Pic5-7: a much thicker batter layer here

2019-11-03 - again another brand:

Pic8-10: batter is too thick, prevents the fish from cooking properly inside.

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org