Cookbook:Fish and Chips
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| Fish and Chips | |
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| Category | Fish recipes |
| Servings | 4 |
| Time | 30 minutes |
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Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes | British Cuisine | New Zealand
Fish and chips is a popular dish in England, New Zealand, and Australia. The traditional fish in England is cod, though this is likely to fall apart or fail to cook in the middle.
Ingredients[edit]
For the fish:
- 125g/4oz plain flour
- 125g/4oz corn flour
- Salt
- Enough cold water to form a batter
- 4 cod/haddock/monkfish (or any other suitable flaky fish) fillets
For the chips:
- 4 White Potatoes, Maris Piper preferably
- 1 litre/1¾ pint vegetable oil for deep-frying
- Sea salt
To Serve:
- 1 lemon, wedged
- Sprig of parsley, to garnish
- Sea salt
- Vinegar
Materials[edit]
A deep fryer is the safest way to make fish and chips, just as they do at the chipper.
Chip pans are extremely dangerous, and are a leading cause of kitchen fires; this demonstrates a simulation of a chip pan fire.
Fish and chips involves deep frying and can be dangerous and should only be performed with care. It is a leading cause of house fires in England, and further, may spill hot oil, causing severe burns.
Procedure[edit]
- Preheat the vegetable oil in a deep fryer to 180C/350F, or until a cube of bread browns in 15 seconds when added to the oil.
- Peel the potatoes and cut into thick wedges. Deep-fry the potatoes in batches for 6-8 minutes or until they are crisp and golden.
- Drain on kitchen paper. Sprinkle with sea salt and keep warm.
- In a bowl, whisk together the plain flour, corn flour, salt and enough cold water to form a batter.
- Cut the monkfish into thick slices, then coat in the batter.
- Cook the fish in batches, in the hot oil for 5-6 minutes, depending on the size of the fish.
- Remove and drain on kitchen paper.
- Transfer the fish and chips to serving plates and garnish with lemon wedges and sprig of parsley. Or for a fun, traditional twist place the fried fish and chips on brown paper or newsprint.
- Top with salt and/or vinegar.
- Also can be served with pickles, pickled onions, pickled eggs, and mushy peas.
