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Crispy Beer-battered Fish – Best ever!

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14 March 2017 BY Julie Biuso
SERVES: 6 or more

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This is a great fish batter – crisp, puffy and fluffy, with an underlying yeasty aroma, and an ability to stay crisp for some time.

Ingredients
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Beer batter 1 tsp dried yeast 1 cup flat beer, at room temperature (plus a little more if required) 150g (5 oz) standard flour Pinch of salt 1 Tbsp oil 750g (1¼-1½ lbs) filleted white fish Olive oil for frying Sea salt, vinegar, tomato ketchup, lemon wedges for serving

Method
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1 To make the batter, mix yeast in a small bowl with ¼ cup of the beer and stir on and off, squashing the yeast granules with the back of the spoon until soft and nearly dissolved. Add remaining beer. Sift flour and salt together into a warmed basin, make a well and pour in beer and yeast and the oil. Stir until blended (it will look a little lumpy), then leave to rise in a warm spot. It will take 20-40 minutes. The batter should be risen, well aerated and bubbly. (If it is too thick, thin it with a little extra beer; the batter should cling to the spoon and excess should drip off.)

Beer batter 2
Beer batter mixed
Beer batter 1
Beer batter forming bubbles
Beer batter
Beer batter puffy and fluffy

2 Heat a good depth of oil to 180°C (350°F) in a sturdy pot (the oil should come ⅓ of the way up the pot, no more). Dunk pieces of fish in batter one at a time, letting excess drip off, then carefully lower into hot oil; cook in batches. Cook until golden, then flip over and cook the other side. Remove with a large slotted spoon or spatula and drain on a cake rack set over a tray. Sprinkle with sea salt and serve.

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Fish & chips

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  1. Robb says

    29 June 2017 at 2:42 am

    I made this last night and it is the best batter ever!! I have been using Tempura Batter but this is far more superior in taste and texture and I found the batter didn’t absorb much of the oil.
    Thanks for the recipe Julie.

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    • Julie Biuso says

      29 June 2017 at 6:00 am

      Cool! Glad you liked it Robb. I think it is great, too, nice and crunchy and easy to get an even coating on the fish.
      Cheers
      Julie

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  2. Denise says

    15 May 2018 at 12:54 am

    Hi thanks for the recipe. I made it on Sunday with Tarakihi fillets and was a great batter, nice n crispy. Must admit at first i thought it was tooo clingy and thickish but it worked wonderfully. Will add in some herbs n spices next time. Thanks again.

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