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Fish and Chips

With the season of Lent up and coming for the Christians out there, and also the fish lovers 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. That will help you forget the fishy smell coming from the kitchen.

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Fish and Chips ~batter dipped fish of your choice fried to a golden brown. Fried chips can be homemade style, crinkle cut or french fries. 

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:
  • Calculate roughly 2 medium sized potatoes per person, peeled and cut into finger thickness
  • Other ingredients:
  • Salt and Malt Brown Vinegar for serving
  • 8 fish filets of your choice

Instructions

  1. If you are using frozen fish, defrost it.
  2. Turn oven on to 300F,
  3. Heat up the oil in your fry pan until it reaches 350F.
  4. 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.
  5. Mix your flour and salt and pepper well in a shallow dish and cover the fish with the flour shaking off any loose flour.
  6. Mix in salt and pepper coating fish with flour
  7. 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!
  8. Peel and cut the potatoes into chip shapes, then rinse and pat dry with a clean towel.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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
  12. Increase your oil heat to 350F.
  13. Place a few sheets of paper towel in your baking tray. We will use this to place the fish once it's cooked.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. When you've finished cooking the fish, scoop out any bits of batter floating in the pan or fryer.
  18. 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

Serve while still hot and crispy. Sprinkle some salt and shake some vinegar on your fish and chips. ENJOY!.

 

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1

Amount Per Serving

Calories 260

% Daily Value

Total Fat 5 g

8%

Saturated Fat 1 g

5%

Cholesterol 5 mg

2%

Sodium 530 mg

22%

Total Carbohydrates 47 g

16%

Dietary Fiber 3 g

12%

Sugars 3 g

Protein 7 g

14%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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  3. 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

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    • 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!

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  4. 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’!

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  7. 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

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  9. 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

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    • 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!

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  10. 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

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    • 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!

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  12. 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!

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    • 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!

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  13. 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

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    • Thart sounds wonderful. We have a local place where the batter tasted like lightly fried bread. I love it. Have a great weekend!

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  17. 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?

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    • 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!

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  18. 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)

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    • 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.

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