Best Beer Battered Fish And Sweet Potato Fries Recipes

CRISPY BEER BATTER FISH & CHIPS

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Virtually every beer-battered fish recipe looks crispy coming out of the fryer, and some even stay crispy for a few minutes, but then the inevitable sogginess sets in. Well, with this simple formula, and a few easy tricks, you can achieve a fried fish where the last bite is as crisp as the first. The keys are keeping your batter really cold and patting your fish really dry. Serve over a bed of salt 'n vinegar chips with tartar sauce and lemon.

Provided by Chef John

Categories Seafood Fish

Time 25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 cup self-rising flour
2 tablespoons rice flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
4 (6 ounce) cod fillets, fully thawed if frozen
2 tablespoons rice flour, or as needed
salt to taste
1 cup lager-style beer, or more as needed
vegetable oil for frying

Steps:

Whisk self-rising flour, rice flour, and baking powder together in a bowl. Freeze until ready to use.
Pat fish as dry as possible. Cut pieces lengthwise to get eight 1-inch thick strips. Place rice flour on a plate and season with salt. Dust fish lightly with the mixture and shake off excess. Cover a plate with crinkled foil to make a quick drying rack; place fish on top.
Heat oil in a deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Pour beer into the flour mixture and whisk, adding more as needed, until batter is the consistency of thick pancake batter. Dip fish pieces into the batter to coat; lift out and let excess drip off.
Fry fish in batches until golden brown, dunking occasionally if needed, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 503.1 calories, Carbohydrate 42.7 g, Cholesterol 66.3 mg, Fat 22.1 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 27.3 g, SaturatedFat 3.6 g, Sodium 590.6 mg, Sugar 1 g

BEER BATTERED FISH AND SWEET POTATO FRIES RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Beer Battered Fish and Sweet Potato Fries Recipe - (4.5/5) image

Provided by WBLiquors

Number Of Ingredients 20

Ingredients

Sweet Potato Fries:
4 medium sweet potatoes, skin-on, cut into French fry strips
2 teaspoons canola oil
2 tablespoons corn starch
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Zest of 1 orange
Beer Batter:
One 12-ounce bottle of Sam Adams Summer Ale
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon House Seasoning, recipe follows
Cod:
1 1/2 pounds cod fillets, skin and bones removed, cut diagonally into 4-inch long, 1-inch-wide strips
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 teaspoon salt, for sprinkling after frying, optional
1 lemon, cut into wedges
House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup garlic powder

Steps:

For the fries: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the potatoes in a medium bowl. Whisk together the canola oil, paprika, salt, pepper, corn starch and orange zest and toss with the potatoes to evenly coat. Place the potatoes in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet and roast until the potatoes are tender and starting to brown, 40 to 45 minutes. Turn the oven up to 450 degrees F and continue roasting until the potatoes get crispy around the edges, 5 minutes longer. Reduce the oven temperature to 200 degrees F and hold the potatoes in the oven to keep warm while cooking the fish. For the beer batter: Pour the beer into a large bowl. Sift the flour over, whisking in gently until just combined. Pat the fish dry, sprinkle on both sides with the House Seasoning and coat the fish in the beer batter. For the cod: Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet until very, very hot. Remove the fish from the batter using tongs and allow the excess batter to drip off. Place into the hot oil and fry in batches until deep golden and cooked through, turning once, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper towel-lined baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. While the fish is still hot, sprinkle with the salt, if using, and drizzle with fresh lemon juice. Mix together the salt, garlic powder and pepper until well combined.