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Fish & Chips

Name: Fish & Chips
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 4 cod fillets; 1 cup flour + 1 tsp baking powder; 300ml cold lager; 1kg Maris Piper potatoes, cut thick; Oil for frying, salt, malt vinegar

Beer-battered cod with thick-cut chips — crisp shatter, flaky flesh, malt vinegar mandatory.

Photo: Matthias Meckel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

1h 4 servings Medium

Ingredients

4 cod fillets
1 cup flour + 1 tsp baking powder
300ml cold lager
1kg Maris Piper potatoes, cut thick
Oil for frying, salt, malt vinegar

Method

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Soak cut chips in cold water 20 min, dry well. Fry at 140°C 6 min, drain.

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1
Soak cut chips in cold water 20 min, dry well. Fry at 140°C 6 min, drain.
2
Whisk flour, baking powder and lager into a thick batter. Rest 10 min.
3
Heat oil to 190°C. Re-fry chips until golden and crisp; keep warm.
4
Dip cod in batter, fry 5-6 min until puffed and golden.
5
Salt immediately. Serve with vinegar and mushy peas.