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English-Style Fried Fish Batter

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Fish and chips, anyone? Consider this with cod, the classic fish and chips staple.

"I've done it many times. It's a success. But, everyone who does it should adjust the batter's ingredients because, as example, the quality of the four changes the consistence of the whole thing. Also it's necessary a lot of very hot oil." - LuizLima

Yield: 4 Servings Ready in 10 minutes

Cuisine: EnglishMain Ingredient: Seafood-Other

(4.4, 29) 96% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 4 Servings
120 gramsFlour
1 teaspoonBaking Powder
1 Egg
Salt
1/4 cupWater
2 tablespoonsVinegar

English-Style Fried Fish Batter Preparation

Mix dry ingredients, then add water and then vinegar...lastly, add the beaten egg. Mix to make a smooth batter. Dip the fish into a little extra flour then into the batter.

Then shallow or deep fry the fish.

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  • Lemon-peppered battered haddock with sweet potato mash photo by ApronedAngel ApronedAngel

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  • Calories Per Serving: 128
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    English-Style Fried Fish Batter Reviews

    Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
    Awesome batter recipe! Came out golden and crispy. Ill add a bit more water next time for a thinner coating though.
    2 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 19 hours, 49 minutes ago
    4 months, 2 days, 7 hours, 16 minutes ago
    Awesome batter!!! I used beer instead of water turned out awesome and used the curry powder :) awesome
    5 months, 4 days, 22 hours, 35 minutes ago
    I like this batter that my fried fish fillet turns out very crispy. I don't weigh the flour though. I use 1/2 cup flour to 3/4 cup water. Add chilli and curry powder too. Very delicious.
    5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 10 hours, 41 minutes ago
    came out golden and perfect. used with pollock and pan fried with vegetable oil. i was extremely impressed with this batter. added crushed red pepper and garlic to the dry ingredients to give it more flavor.
    7 months, 1 weeks, 17 hours, 3 minutes ago
    You can add a bit more water which will create a thinner coating. The best batter recipe I've found so far. Fantastic!
    11 months, 4 weeks, 10 hours, 47 minutes ago
    Just like mom used to make
    12 months, 1 days, 22 hours, ago
    Easy to make and the kids liked it more than expected, I used cheap basa fillets and was just like bought fish and chips :)
    1 years, 2 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 7 hours, 23 minutes ago
    Having a sudden desire for one of the staples from my root origin, fish and chips of Yorkshire (UK), I found this recipe last night and popped on the apron! One hour later I was serving crispy battered fish with sweet potato mash. My fellow diners loved the crisp lemon-peppered fish batter and hot white flaked fish, which to my surprise I agree this was a very tasty dish indeed (as an amateur chef, the serving phase is the real 'proof of the pudding'!)

    Some addition points on the recipe:
    1. I used 500 gr / 17.6 oz of haddock fish fillets (labelled as églefin (FR) or schelvis (NL) in Belgium). This batter recipe coated the fillets very well, with enough left over to coat another 250 - 350 gr of fish fillets, in my opinion!
    2. I added lemon pepper instead of salt and pepper
    3. I used culinary white wine vinegar
    4. I sieved the plain flour (Bio flour) first
    5. I used a deep wok to shallow fry the battered fish in about 1.5cm / 0.6 ' depth of hot oil (pre-blend of 4 oils: rapeseed, linseed, olive and wheat germ oil)
    6. I turned the fish several times in the wok to keep the fish batter consistently crisp! Be careful of the hot oil!

    It's good to buy responsibly and check the international fish stocks from time to time. Haddock is OK* for now, but it could change.
    *thefishsite.com/articles/893/haddock-stocks-in-the-north-sea

    I will use this recipe again next week, with a view to start modifying it with other ingredients, including Belgian beers (which I highly recommend for cooking!)

    Thanks again to the authors and editors for posting this recipe.
    1 years, 4 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 7 hours, 41 minutes ago
    my family enjoyed it very much. i liked the fish too.
    1 years, 6 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 20 hours, 30 minutes ago
    Good recipe. Only thing I added was cornstarch, black pepper and sparkling water. Delicious!!
    1 years, 7 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 21 hours, ago
    Thank you me and my family love it thank you again
    1 years, 9 months, 6 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes ago
    Liked it :) love the flavor
    1 years, 11 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 22 hours, 39 minutes ago
    very simple and not quite what i remember as english styled fish batter. it was tasty though.
    2 years, 6 months, 21 hours, 29 minutes ago
    Great batter, had it for a tailgate party and everybody loved it.
    2 years, 7 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 23 hours, 50 minutes ago
    Simple but delicious recipe.
    2 years, 12 months, 1 days, 6 hours, 24 minutes ago
    The kids absolutely loved this. Having them help make the batter and dip the fish really helped.
    3 years, 1 weeks, 1 days, 12 hours, 45 minutes ago
    Hello Steve, how much is 120 grams of flour? like a cup hmmmm im lame in that dept. lol
    3 years, 5 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 9 hours, 58 minutes ago
    I've been looking for a recipe like this for a while. This one was fantastic the fish turned out delicious. I used a basa fillet for the fish. Yum! Definitely going in the books.
    3 years, 5 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 20 hours, 45 minutes ago
    This was pretty good. The batter wasn't necessarily spongy, but it wasn't flaky, either. It was very similar to pancakes.
    3 years, 7 months, 1 weeks, 1 days, 6 hours, 32 minutes ago

    Tags

    1. Egg
    2. Seafood
    3. English
    4. Seafood-Other

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