How to make beer battered fish with homemade chips - Writing Wednesday

Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post, 

For today's post, I'm going to be giving you guys the recipe for the beer battered fish with homemade chips that I made on Saturday. You guys seemed to really love the the delicious chicken wrap recipe that I posted on here a couple of weeks ago now so I thought I would give you yet another delicious recipe that you can make on a Saturday night or whenever you fancy! Me and Alice are getting pretty adventurous with our meal choices for our Saturday night cooking sessions so I thought I would keep you regularly updated on all the different dishes that we try so that you can have a go too. I hope you enjoy! 😀💜

Prep time: 1h 30mins

Servings: 4 people (with leftovers) or 6 people in total.

Ingredients for the cheesy wedges:

• 8 potatoes.
• 100g of parmesan cheese and 50g of cheddar cheese.
• A bottle of vegetable oil to drizzle over the chips.

Method for the cheesy wedges:

1. Preheat your oven to 180°C.
2. Get your 8 potatoes onto a chopping board and cut them into wedges using a sharp knife. The way I like to cut the potatoes is in half length-wise down the middle and then into semi-thick strips across one half of the potato length-wise. Don't worry if some of your potato chips are uneven, they'll all look the same once they're cooked!
3. Place your potato wedges into a bowl filled just under 3/4 of the way full with water and let them sit in the water for 5-10 minutes. This will just remove the starch from the potatoes and make sure that they are nice and crispy when we bake them in the oven.
4. Once you have let your potatoes sit in the water for 5-10 minutes, place a handful of the potato wedges onto a paper towel and pat them dry, before placing them onto a baking tray, lightly drizzled with vegetable oil. Repeat this step for all the wedges.
5. Using a cheese grater, grate your parmesan and your cheddar cheese either into a bowl or onto a chopping board. We used 100g of parmesan and 50g of cheddar because we didn't have enough parmesan but feel free to just use parmesan if you've got enough on hand, or just use any cheese of your choice.
6. Drizzle a bit more vegetable oil over your potato wedges before sprinkling your cheese evenly over your potato wedges. Place them into your oven for about 45 minutes before moving onto the next step.

Remember to tidy as you go in order to keep your work surfaces organised and tidy! Now would be a good time to do so.

Ingredients for the fried fish:

• 8 haddock fillets.
• 1 bottle of cheap beer. We used Banks's Amber Bitter which was about 85p at Tescos.
• 180g of plain flour.
• 1 tsp of salt.
• 1 tsp of baking powder.
• 500 ml of vegetable oil.
• 1 tsp of salt and pepper for seasoning the fish.
• An extra 100g of plain flour for coating the fish later.

Method for the fried fish:

(Recipe inspired by Tasty - Tasty beer battered fish)

1. On a chopping board, using a sharp knife, cut each of your 8 haddock fillets into 3 pieces cut length-wise of the fillet. Place your cut pieces onto a tray. Tidy your chopping board, wash your hands, and santize your work surface in order to prevent cross contamination.
2. In a large plastic bowl, add in your 180g of plain flour, 1 tsp of salt, and 1tsp of baking powder and mix lightly using a fork. Add in half a bottle of your beer. Your mixture should be loose enough to coat your fillets, but not too runny so that it doesn't come away from the fish.
3. Prepare your frying station. Clear the surface of any unwanted equipment. Have your fillets, a roll of kitchen paper, your salt and pepper, your bowl of 100g of plain flour, and your batter at the ready. Fill a wok just over half way full with your 500ml of vegetable oil. Heat the oil over a medium heat. If you've got a deep fat fryer, feel free to use this and follow the instructions on how to use it.To test if the oil is hot enough, drizzle a bit of the beer battered into the oil. If the mixture floats almost immediately, then the oil is hot enough.
4. To fry your fish, first, pat one of your haddock fillets dry. Season it with salt and pepper and then roll it in the plain flour. Evenly coat it in the beer batter and gently place your fish into the oil. To avoid splashing any hot oil, place the heaviest side of the fillet in the oil first and then the tail end of the fish last. Cook until it floats to the top and becomes a light brown colour. Remove from the oil and place onto a tray lined with kitchen paper. Repeat this step for all of your fillets.

After you have finished frying, be sure to turn off the heat or your appliance and cover your fish in tin foil until it is ready to eat.

In the meantime, boil a kettle half way full with water. Once boiled, pour the water into a cooking pot and turn on the heat to full. Add in half a bag of frozen green beans into the water and cook until they've softened slightly (around 5-10 minutes). 

Your potato wedges should be done at this point so remove them from the oven and place them on the side for later.

To make a quick dip on the side for your chips, add around 6 tbsp of mayonnaise to a bowl along with 2 tsp of capers drained and diced. Mix together and voila, you have a lovely dip!

Time to plate your food!

To a nice white, flat plate add a spoonful of your green beans, 2 pieces of fried fish, a generous handful of your potato wedges, and a couple spoonfuls of your mayonnaise dip on the side as a garnish. I hope you find the meal just as delicious as we did! 😀💜

Have you ever made your own fish and chips before? Let me know in the comments below and I'll be sure to reply to them. I ♡ hearing from you!

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XOX, Juliette 

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