Home Battered Fish, for a change

[AndrewT]

Dear Everyone,

I have had, for a while now, some 'lovely' Small Cod Fillets (in my freezer) they look absolutely beautiful- a 'Fresh' colour and overall 'Good' appearance. I have Looked Up a 'Simple', but rather nice sounding, Beer Batter mix suitable for Shallow frying (I only have a Frying Pan)

I'm out for Sunday Lunch, opposite a Tesco Local, tomorrow- I need some more flour, beer and cooking oil (I have a Very Good Quality one already... but for frying? I'll buy a Cheaper one!) My 'mechanical hand whisk' will get an 'airing', it is a good one too.

I think I'll leave, the Fish, until Monday... having had a Sunday Roast lunchtime!

AndrewT

[Rosepetal60 Gluten Free]

Looking forward to hearing about the results of the homemade batter.

[theoneil in reply to Rosepetal60]

Instead of beer try soda or seltzer. That’s what the Irish use.

[Rosepetal60 Gluten Free in reply to theoneil]

When the time comes for treating myself to GF battered fish, I’ll be off to the fish and chip shop for their once a month GF day . Interesting topic though.

[Hidden]

Hi Andrew if you mix up some batter leave it in the fridge then coat the frozen fillets with it and put it back in the fridge the batter literally sticks to the frozen fillets and you can now deep fry in batter or bake to use less fat. Enjoy your Sunday roast today. 👍

[Subtle_badger in reply to Hidden]

I am not sure that is good advice for beer batter, which relies on the bubbles in the beer to make the batter rise. It will partly freeze against the frozen fish which will drive out the bubbles, and generally the longer you leave it standing, the more bubbles will leave the batter.

I think frying is essential, it's the high heat that makes the bubbles expand. An oven won't do that. Recipes online for oven fried beer batter fish include beaten egg whites, to duplicate that explosive expansion.

[Hidden in reply to Subtle_badger]

Hey good point I don’t drink so have no experience with cooking with it.

[Subtle_badger in reply to Hidden]

You can make it with sparkling water too (though maybe not as good.)

[Hidden in reply to Subtle_badger]

Thanks a good tip.

[secrets22]

i just love battered fish,and i've heard of using beer before,but not yet tried it. But i still find fish and chips from the shop far better than i cook myself,in fact the local chip shop i go to, the portions are huge ,and generally enough for next day.

[Cockneyblue High Risk]

This looks good. I’ll give it a try as my batter always seems to come off while frying. Why is it necessary to leave it for half hour, that’s what I’m obviously doing wrong. Thank you for your advice. 👍

[Cockneyblue High Risk]

Or I could just come to yours? Shall I bring my own tartare sauce 🤣🤣

[Cockneyblue High Risk]

This is getting better by the minute 👍