Main Dishes

Fish & Chips

One of my students from my Indian & Pakistani cookery class was a trained UK chef. She shared this excellent fried fish recipe with me, very easy to make and just like shop bought in the United Kingdom!

Fish & Chips

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Cuisine: British Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 12 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2lb white fish (e.g. Cod, Haddock, Plaice), de-scaled or de-skinned, cut into 6inch pieces
  • 2 cups Self Raising flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbs vinegar
  • cold water (for batter)
  • oil for deep frying

Instructions

1

Wash the fish pieces under cold water and drain in a colander for 10 mins.

2

In a deep bowl, add the flour, salt and vinegar; add enough cold water to make a batter of medium consistency (similar to pancake batter).

3

Place enough oil for deep frying into a wok or chip pan, heat until medium hot.

4

Place some dry flour in a large flat plate (optional).

5

Dip the fish into the dry flour (optional), coating both sides, dip into the batter and gently lower into the heated oil, fry until golden brown, turn over carefully with a fork.

6

Use a slotted spoon to remove fried fish onto paper towels or newspaper to drain some of the oil.

7

Serve with chips and lashings of vinegar, ketchup and pickled onions!

Meal: Main Dishes