The fish lovers in the room will love that I am presenting a wonderful recipe for Fish and Chips! All you need is a nice salad and a large bottle of your favorite wine. The aroma of the fish cooking in the kitchen will bring your family to the table just in time to be served. I love a meal that the entire family can all eat together at the same time. This one fits the bill! Try this Fish and Chips wit some malt vinegar or tartar sauce. Delish.
Need more dinner ideas? Try my Fish and Chips, Broasted Chicken and these Pork Chops. Your family will love them!
Fish and Chips
Ingredients
The Batter:
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons baking powder
- 7 Tablespoons Milk
- 1/2 Tablespoon Olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon water
- Pinch of salt
The Chips:
- 8 Medium Potatoes peeled and cut into finger thickness
Other ingredients:
- Salt and Malt Brown Vinegar for serving
- 8 fish filets of your choice
Instructions
- If you are using frozen fish, defrost it.
- Turn oven on to 300F,
- Heat up the oil in your fry pan until it reaches 350F.
- Check over your fish for any bones. If you have a thick part and thin part of the fish, cut the thin part off. Pat dry with paper towel.
- Mix your flour and salt and pepper well in a shallow dish and cover the fish with the flour shaking off any loose flour.
- Mix in salt and pepper coating fish with flour
- Make up the batter. Add all ingredients and give it a light whisk. Don't worry if there are lumps in the batter. This is good!
- Peel and cut the potatoes into chip shapes, then rinse and pat dry with a clean towel.
- Carefully place the chips into the fry pan, and allow to cook gently for approximately 8 minutes. They should turn soft and still have a pale color. You can check if the chips are cooked by using a sharp knife and feeling if it's soft inside.
- Take them out of the pan and place on your baking tray for now. We will refry them after the fish to give them a super crisp.
- If you don't have a thermometer, drop a bit of batter or end of a chip in the oil and see if it sizzles to the surface, testing if the oil is hot enough
- Increase your oil heat to 350F.
- Place a few sheets of paper towel in your baking tray. We will use this to place the fish once it's cooked.
- Cook 1 or 2 pieces of fish at a time. Take the end of a piece of fish, place it in the batter and coat it well. Take it out of the batter and leave the excess to drip off, say for about 5 seconds.
- Then gently place it in the hot oil, and cook for 7 - 8 minutes until it becomes crispy and golden brown. If the batter starts going brown too quickly, turn the temperature down a little.
- Place on the paper towel and keep warm in the oven. Cook the other pieces of fish the same way and add to the oven.
- When you've finished cooking the fish, scoop out any bits of batter floating in the pan or fryer.
- Return the chips back to the fryer and cook for 3 minutes until they are brown and crispy. When done, drain off the excess oil.
Notes
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I am Marilyn Lesniak. Writer, Photographer and Chief Bottle Washer behind the scenes at Marilyn's Treats. Follow me to my kitchen. 
A stable in our house for sure Marilyn, the kids prefer this to the regular fish version.
I love fried fish. Prepared with the bones in and displayed on the skin just freaks me out. This recipe is a good choice. Enjoy your week!
I love fish and chips!! I remeber as a child my grandmother frying up catfish. It was always a favorite!
Thanks for linking up @LiveLifeWell!
Blessings,
Amy
We used to fish at the lake and eat our catfish right from the gate on the truck. You nailed it. Great memories! Enjoy your week.
saw you on the linky party… have never bread fish before…usually drop it straight from frozen into the oil! but fried anything is my favorite…so I’m not too particular 🙂
For me frozen fish would splatter all over! I am glad you found me at the party. Have a great week.
Yum! True comfort food at its best!!!
Thank you. I love fish and chips for just that reason. comfort food. Have a great week.
Yum, yum! I love good fish and chips and these look good!! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
You are welcome Jann. I am glad the fish and chips appeal to you! Enjoy your week.
Looks fantastic Marilyn! I can’t wait to give this one a try – I LOVE fish and chips.
Thanks so much Chas! I hope you enjoy it. Have a great week.
We love fish and chips. Your batter sounds marvelous. Thank you for sharing at To Grandma’s House We Go.
Thank you Amy. I am glad you like the batter of this fish recipe. Enjoy!
Marilyn, my family would LOVE this recipe for fish and chips! I’ve actually never made it at home but I order it out at restaurants. I’m so excited to try this!
It is worth the try Michele. I found as long as I follow the directions it will taste good even if it doesn’t look the picture. (That happens a lot to me the first few time. LOL.)
This looks delicious Marilyn! I love good fish and chips. Thanks for sharing. I found this post on GRAND Social.
Thank you Christie! I am happy you found this fish and chips recipe talks to you. Enjoy!
Hi Marilyn
Fish and Chips is one of our favorites! Your batter sounds good, and it is all about the batter to make the fish taste nice and crunchy! I’m going to surprise my husband with this meal next time I see some nice codfish in the supermarket. Thanks!
It is all about the batter. When I was a kid we used to fish, clean and cook right at the bak of the river. My uncle had a mix that came in a box and it was delicious. Can;t remember the name, but they don’t make it anymore. This one is almost as good though1 Enjoy.
This is a beautiful meal!! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner Party!
Thank you Helen. It is a classic. Enjoy your day!
Thanks for the recipe, I may try this for lent, also i never thought about using milk in the batter.
Nina
We use milk all the time! Thanks for coming and have a great week.
Man I love fried fish!!!
Thanks for linking up at #LiveLifeWell
Blessings,
Amy
I do too Amy. I just wish I could add it to my diet more often. Enjoy!
Wish there were a way for me to have these right NOW!! I LOVE fish and chips!!
This may sound weird, but there was a grocery store in Washington that made made-to-order fish and chips with a side of lemon slices, it was shockingly amazing. And it was kind of horrible that it was that readily available to me. 🙂
Sadly/orLuckily, I didn’t give it a try until I was already on my way out of WA, because fish and chips from a grocery store…
Thanks for sharing with us at #MMBH
Anytime you can conquer extravegance and practice self control is a great day! We have Costco and they sell groceries with MANY different tasting areas. It always bothered me when they got into “real cooked” food. Have a great day!
As a Brit where, as you know, Fish and Chips from the Chippy is our staple diet (well actually it’s a now and again treat but we don’t need to tell anyone that!) this looks ‘proper’!
Now that is quite a compliment Julie! Much appreciated. Thanks for commenting and have a great week!
Now I want fried fish!! So tasty!Thanks for linking up another winner to the Friday Frenzy!
Thank you for the kind words Laura. Have a great week!
The perfect Fish Friday meal!!!
I love this recipe. I serve it every Friday in Lent. Have a great week!
These look delicious. I love fish and chips 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing your post with us at Welcome To The Weekend Blog Hop. Have a great weekend and we hope to see you soon! #Weekendbloghop
I am glad the recipe appeals to you! Have a great week!
I love a great classic recipe like this! Thanks for sharing at Friday Frenzy Link Party 🙂 PINNED!
Thank you for the pin Kelly. Have a great week!
I love fish and chips! I make homemade fries now and then, but have made battered fish for some time. Gotta try it!! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
When I was a kid we went fishing in the Everglades. My Uncle cleaned and fried the fish on the tailgate of his truck. I hope you get the opportunity to try this!
I love fish and chips. It always reminds me of when we were younger and my Mom made it for us every Friday. Sadly we don’t eat to much fish any more since my hubby is allergic, but I’m pinning the recipe for when he goes away on business and we’ll treat ourselves. Thanks Marilyn
I eat mostly no meat with occasional fish and chicken. But this time of year id when I indulge on fish. But I am PICKY. No skin, no possibility of bones and no heads! LOL. But at least I try. Have a great week!
I love fish and chips! This recipe sounds so good- especially with Lent!
Thank you Barrie. We eat a lot of fish during Lent and this is one of my favorite recipes. Enjoy!
Goodness they look good.Fish and chips from the chip shop is one of my all time faves.So good I have never even considered doing it myself but this recipe inspires me.They look delicious!
It always is nice to try at home. It will either convince you to do it or appreciate the fine restaurant near you! Have a great weekend!
I love fish and chips but, never try making them at home. I don’t have a fryer. But, we live nearby a local fresh fish shop, and they also make fish and chips, and a few other yummy fish meals. We occasionally visit when craving fried fish. Looks so good. Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight party. Sharing
Thart sounds wonderful. We have a local place where the batter tasted like lightly fried bread. I love it. Have a great weekend!
Yum. This all looks so good. We just had Gordon Ramsay Fish and Chips.
Yum!! This is my season to go wild on fish and chips!! Have a great weekend!
We love fixing and eating fish and chips. Found you on Blogger’s Pit Stop Link Party.
well, now I know what I’m fixing this weekend! Can’t wait to try your batter recipe
Thanks Linda. Let me know how it turns out. Enjoy!
We often have fish and chips on a Friday but have to confess I buy it from my local fish and chip shop which is very good.
Just one thing The calorie count seems very low in this recipe and I noticed that there is no oil in the ingredients list apart from the 1/2 tbsp in the batter. Could this be why?
Yes. This is mostly baked and then just “flash” fried 1/2 TBS oil only. It is listed in the batter ingredients. Thanks for asking so I can clarify. Enjoy!
Fish & Chips were an indulgent treat when I was growing up in England (I recall the days when the chip shop was still allowed to wrap them in newspaper!) but my favorite tip from your post was the importance of wine to help forget the fishy smell. A master stroke!
(Visiting from the Hearth and Soul link party)
I remember the newspaper too! And wine is such a great kitchen helper. LOL. Have a great week!
Do you know I’ve never made fish and chips!! This will be perfect for this weekend!!
XOXO
Jodie
I love fish and chips. We had a great little pool hall place that served this and we went there all the time. When they retired I GOT THE RECIPE AND STARTED MAKING MY OWN. Enjoy and have a great week.
I love fish and chips! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party.
Thank you Helen! They are so good. Have a wonderful week!
Fish & Chips are my absolute fave! Thank you for sharing your delicious recipe with us on the #SundayDinnerBell
I love them too! Have a wonderful week!
Oh yes! Fish and chips must be served with Malt or Balsamic vinegar. YUM!
There is no other way. No tartar sauce in my house! Have a great week.