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Fish and Chips in Beer Batter
Description This is Dennis Miller's recipe of Albuquerque, NM. Thanks to Dennis
for this old English style of Fish and Chips.
Ingredients
1 lb# fish fillets, white cod*
2 cups, flour
1 egg
5 oz. milk
5 oz. beer, good quality, flat
1/2 to 1 tsp. salt
vegetable oil or shortening
malt vinegar
Methods/steps
Directions: Mix flour and salt in bowl, make into a well. Mix milk with egg
slowly. Add egg mix to center of well and beat until aerated. Set aside. Start
heating oil to 375F. Run fingers across fish fillets and remove any pin bones.
Slice the fillets into 1" by 3" strips. When oil is up to temperature add beer
to batter and mix in. Dip and coat fillets with batter** and place into oil.
Fry to a light golden brown, turning once. Remove and place on paper towels to
drain. To keep pieces hot, they can be placed in a 300F oven while the balance
is frying.
*There are other cods, known as brown or red, do not use! The texture of meat
and amount of natural oil doesn't give you the light flakiness desired.
**The batter will appear very thick and heavy, that's ok. As long as you keep
your oil temp up, there will be no sponging.
Options: Try adding dry mustard, (Coleman's) or hot Hungarian paprika to flour
mix. A bit of ground cayenne works too.
Chips
Peel 5 med. Idaho potatoes, slice into 1/2" square strips by the length of the
potato. Rinse in cold water to reduce starch. Leave in water until oil is 375F.
Grab a large handful and pat dry with paper towel until fairly dry, reduces
spattering. Place into hot oil and fry until golden brown. Do a handful a time,
keeping cooked ones warm in the oven.
Assemble plate, sprinkle with a little salt and malt vinegar and enjoy. Please,
"NO" ketchup.
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~~~***Rhonda G in Missouri***~ ~~
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