Beer batter fish

Choose your fish pieces carefully for this recipe. They need to be thin enough so they will cook through inside before the beer batter becomes burnt.

Ingredients

  • Firm fish fillets

  • 1 cup self-raising flour

  • 1 egg

    lightly beaten

  • 375ml beer

  • plain flour

    for coating

  • vegetable oil

    for frying

Allergy Advice

Contains Eggs

Contains Fish

Contains Gluten

Equipment

  • 1 Bowl
  • 1 Whisk
  • 1 Fork
  • 1 Kitchen towel

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, add the self-raising flour and beaten egg. Add beer slowly and whisk in.
  2. Place into fridge for 1/2 an hour to rest.
  3. Heat oil.
  4. Cut pieces of fish to serving sizes. Roll in flour and shake off excess.
  5. Take batter from fridge and give a light whisk to ensure it’s all incorporated. Using a fork, dip the fish pieces into the batter and let the excess batter drain off.
  6. Lay the fish gently into the hot oil. Cook until golden brown.
  7. Drain on kitchen towel and serve with wedges of lemon and tartare sauce.

Notes

Tip
This recipe goes great with homestyle chunky chips.
Tip
Choose your fish pieces carefully for this recipe. They need to be thin enough so they will cook through inside before the batter becomes burnt.
Variation
You can use this recipe and wrap it in baking paper to have pretend takeaway with the kids.

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