Fish and Chips

By McLean

Ingredients

• Vegetable oil (for deep frying)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup beer
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 lbs. cod fillets (about 3/4 inch thick), cut crosswise into 1-inch-wide strips
• Malt vinegar or lemon wedges

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Pour enough oil into deep-fryer to reach depth of 3 inches. Heat oil to 360 degrees. Add half the potatoes to deep fryer and fry until golden brown and crisp, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Using basket, lift out fries and transfer fries to paper towels. Sprinkle with salt. Can be kept warm in low oven.

Meanwhile, whisk flour, beer and salt in medium bowl until smooth batter forms. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Coat fish in batter. Add fish to deep-fryer and fry until coating is crisp and golden and fish is just opaque in the center, about 5 minutes. Transfer fish to paper towels and keep warm in the oven.

Deep fry rest of the potatoes. (This is clean fish odor from the oil for later use). Sprinkle with salt.

Serve fish with fries and vinegar or lemon wedges.