🥞 American

Fish and Chips

Name: Fish and Chips
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tsp Salt; for deep frying Vegetable Oil; 4 large, thick cut Potato; 1.5 cups All-Purpose Flour; 1/4 cup Cornstarch; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 500 g, thick fillets White Fish; 1/2 tsp Black Pepper

🥞 American

The working-class classic that crossed the ocean and never left — thick white fish in a shattering batter, chips thick as fingers, malt vinegar mandatory. Wrapped in paper, optionally, for the full effect.

Prep 20 min Cook 25 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Salt2 tsp
Vegetable Oilfor deep frying
Potato4 large, thick cut
All-Purpose Flour1.5 cups
Cornstarch1/4 cup
Baking Powder1 tsp
White Fish500 g, thick fillets
Black Pepper1/2 tsp

Optional extras

Lemon1, cut in wedges

Instructions

1
Cut potatoes into thick chips; soak 20 minutes and dry thoroughly.
2
Whisk flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt and cold water into a smooth thick batter.
3
Fry chips twice — blanch pale, then crisp gold at higher heat.
4
Dip dried fish fillets in batter; fry at 180°C till deep gold.
5
Salt everything heavily; serve with lemon and vinegar.

Chef's tip

Batter cold, oil hot — the temperature gap is the entire crispiness story.

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