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Britain's Friday-night favourite at home: thick white fish fillets in a crisp flour-and-cornflour batter, with chunky chips, lemon, salt and malt vinegar. Adapted from “Fish and Chips” in the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0). Potatoes, water and fish given weights; 2 litres of oil instead of 1 for safe deep-frying, and a low oven to keep the chips warm. Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Fish and chips at Sainsbury's Low Hall, Chingford, London”).

50 min48 min hands-onServes 4Medium
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Ingredients11

4 servings

Chips

Fish

To serve

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Method7 steps

  1. Heat the oil2 l in a deep fryer or a large heavy pot (no more than a third full) to 180 °C, or until a cube of bread browns in 15 seconds. Heat the oven to 100 °C to keep things warm.

    Hands-off

  2. Peel the potatoes and cut them into thick chips, about 1.5 cm. Pat them dry.

    10 min Can start right away

  3. Fry the chips in two or three batches for 6–8 minutes each, until crisp and golden. Drain on kitchen paper, sprinkle with sea salt and keep warm in the oven.

    After steps 1 & 2

  4. Whisk the flour125 g, cornflour125 g and salt½ tsp with enough of the cold water to make a batter that coats the back of a spoon.

    3 min Can start right away

  5. Pat the fish dry, cut any large fillets4 in half and dip them in the batter, letting the excess drip off.

    3 min After steps 3 & 4

  6. Lower the fish into the hot oil, two pieces at a time, and fry for 5–6 minutes until deep golden. Drain on kitchen paper.

  7. Serve the fish and chips with lemon1 wedges for the fish and salt and vinegar for the chips, with mushy peas or tartar sauce if you like.

    2 min
Smart cooking plan

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50 min total · 48 min hands-on· saves 13 min vs. one-by-one

  1. 1
    Heat the oil…
  2. 2
    Peel the potatoes and cut…
  3. 4
    Whisk the flour, cornflour…
  4. 3
    Fry the chips in two…
  5. 5
    Pat the fish dry, cut…
  6. 6
    Lower the fish…
  7. 7
    Serve the fish and chips…
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By @soucrunch · Published

British · pescatarian · dairy-free · dinner

Source: en.wikibooks.org

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