Fish and Chips
By Mark Knowles
English Fish and Chips Recipe
How To Make Genuine English Beer Battered Fish 'n' Chips
This is one of the few genuinely English recipes that is recognized world wide. Everyone knows that Fish ‘n’ Chips come from England, and I can’t imagine an English town without a Fish and Chip shop. It is not as hard as you might think to create your own perfect Beer Battered Fish at home. It just takes a little preparation time, that’s all.
The actual cooking is done in just a few minutes and the preparation time can also be measured in minutes. I have made a separate Hub for the chips, so this one is just for the fish. You can use the oil that you just cooked the chips in as well. I like to reuse oil that I have used for deep frying chips in, but after cooking fish in it, it is best thrown away because there is a lingering after taste in the oil.
You can batter any kind of fish with this recipe, but for genuine English Fish ‘n’ Chips, it is best to use a white fish such as Cod or Haddock. This recipe will be enough for 4 large fillets of fish. The fish, although it is deep fried, actually cooks inside the batter, and is really steamed because it never touches the oil, just the batter does. I love this recipe and it’s one of my wife’s favorites. I can’t really call it a low fat recipe, but if the oil is hot, the fish is very crispy, holds very little fat and tastes steamed.
You will need:
Equipment:- A bowl
- A sharp knife
- A sifter
- A cutting board
- A whisk
- A deep heavy bottom pan
- A frying basket
- 4 pieces of Cod or Haddock roughly 1/3 rd lb each
- 1 sprig fresh parsley
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup heavy beer (Guinness is best but any heavy beer will work)
First, make the batter and let stand. In a bowl, sift the flour and salt. Next crack the egg into the bowl and whisk the mixture. Next, slowly add the beer, whisking all the time. Keep adding the beer until the batter is a thick consistency. Set aside.
Place the oil in the pan, no more than a third of the way up the side. If you are using the oil you just cooked chips in, allow it to reheat. When the oil is hot, place the frying basket in the pan. Now, wash and chop the parsley finely. Next, sprinkle some flour on the cutting board and sprinkle the parsley over the flour. Next, wash the fish under cold water and roll in the flour/parsley. It should now be coated in flour and parsley. Make sure the oil is hot. Dip the fish pieces, one at a time into the batter and drop into the oil. Do not put the fish in the basket and lower th basket in, because they will stick to the basket. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until golden brown. Remove with the basket, place on a paper towel to drain and serve immediately. These will not stay crispy and must be served straight away. Serve with chips, salt and vinegar or tartar sauce. If you want to be really old fashioned, serve them on paper. Not newspaper, even in England, that’s illegal now.Bon Apetit!How to make English Style Chips
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Comments
amazing! this guy knows his stuff!
Proper fish and chips just the way it should be thumbs up from the riverfisher man capital of england,warm you up on a cold night nice 1 knowelsy!!!st George and England
Thanks Bill. Have a pint an some fish n chips for me. :)
good job man...its amazing just the way i wanted it.
My pleasure :)
sounds rather nice...
Great for all those New Year diets!
Oh my god, this is one incredible recipe mate! Just made them but without a deep fryer, and they turned out excellent, thanks alot!!
LG - What a diet?
Chris - My pleasure.
I had tried your receipy its realy wonderfull.
Thanks Tanvir - Glad you enjoyed them :)
my hushand--newcastle born an raised, (now in Washington State, USA!) is having his 40th this weekend and i wanted an english them to it...is this something i can pull off for 30 ppl? if not...any other good menu ideas for and english party?
Sure - but you will need a lot of oil and pans. You can probably cook 2-3 batches of chips and 2 lots of fish in each lot of oil.
Good luck :)
Hi Mark -It's 6-30 in the morning and you've made my mouth water for fish and chips! Great recipe, good article.
LOL
Much like beer - fish and chips is not just for breakfast any more :)
Thanks Mark for the Recipe, can't wait to try it out as I am now living not a million miles from San Francisco, have yet to find a chippie that does fish & chips like back home in Ipswich, or even down on the coast of Devon/Cornwall.
Glad you liked it Gary - let me know how they turn out.
Recipe looks good, I think I might try it later. Got to mention fish and chips don't actually come from England, although it is a staple English dish...
New Yorker.
Love Fish & Chips! - To your health --keep changing the oil!
Never had English fish n chips this was a delicious recipe. Thanks!
This recipe is delicious! Thank you so much! I've never had fish and chips and wasn't sure how to go about making it, but it turned out amazing. Once again, thank you!
UR A NEEK
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Fish and Chips. The best we've ever had
was in Ullapool, Scotland U.K. Also, in Wick, Scotland.
WITH THE VINEGAR !!! OH YUM!!!! I don't know if I can do
this recipe and have it be as good as theirs, but I'll give it
a go !!! Thanks....(:
Good luck. Get the oil good and hot :)
This sounds great! My wife is in England now having fish and chips. She is making the rest of us hungry. What kind of oil and flour do you use/
Ser fram til å prøve den. Spiste den hos gode venner Paul og Joan bosatt på Poros - Greece. Utrolig godt
why do i read stuff like this when im hungry :(
it looks so goooood!
Oh wow, this made me miss the UK!I used to walk to a local Fish and Chip shop almost daily in Southampton, ENgland. Check out my Hub on Stonehenge (where I did volunteer work) and the Dartmoor Pony. GREAT delicious read!
fish and chips is my favorite English food. Very easy to buy on streets and eat them. I say it is very English. Ha
sounds yummy!!
Thanks for the tips on the method!
I love to try making english style chips. They really look delicious. Thanks for the procedure mark :)
do you have to use beer i mean do they use beer in fish and chip shops because i can never taste beer when i eat fish and chips normally and id prefer without beer but i dont want to ruin recipe would this work without beer
Hey Dan - No - you do not have to use beer, water or milk will work also. You might have to experiment with the volume to get the consistency right, but this is a recipe for BEER batter. :D
thanks i will try this
so good
Having a Royal Wedding celebration at my house! Guess what's on the menu!!!! Do you think the Queen Mum will approve?
This looks soo good Iam going to try it , I jused to lived in Seattle Wa. had them all the time .. now iam in my country mexico ,,can´t find fish&chips here ..
You might as well save yourself the misery of buying fresh fillets and eat out. Washing seafood in unsalted water will ruin it. Please do yourself a favour and check a decent cokking site before making such an obvious culinary faux paus.
Enjoy your meal!
does it taste like H Salt Fih?
We have Fish & Chips in a number of east coast cities in the USA, esp Boston, however, what we're really missing are specialties like Cornish Pasties.
yum yum ******* yum bring it on
Woody Marx 4 years ago
I can almost smell the chips from here! Great stuff!