How to Make Restaurant-Quality Fish and Chips
Test cook Ashley Moore makes host Bridget Lancaster perfect Fish and Chips.
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Potatos are a tad on the skinny side to be called chips.
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Chips look to greasy
Best fried fish ever. Explaining why you folks do things helps me remember the recipes.
Those chips are way too thin and that means they are carrying a lot more fat than they should. The fish is half the size it should be. You'll never make a fish and chip shop in the UK.
I used a deep fryer but my fish got stuck to the basket???? Help!!!!! Anyone can tell me what I did wrong and suggestions? Thanks.
Start fries in cold oil???? yuk, they just absorb the oil and you get a greasy, wimpy fry (even with the second fry). You can see that in the video. A two fry method is great but I start my first fry in 300-325 degree oil just until chip is is tender, then fry again in 350-375 degrees for browning and crispness.
if you have nothing at all you could just fry wedges and shallow pan grill fish with anything or nothing. will still taste ok.
I've got to remember that trick with the fries because sometimes I forget to soak them
Not fish and chips
Looks great, is it in a recipe book?
…yum! … love fish and chips… this seems like a great way to make them crispy and creamy…
those chips look horrible
You don’t go to a pub for good fish and chips. If that’s you’re high point then you need to consider many of your other life choices. You get fish and chips from, surprise, a fish and chip shop. Would you buy a car at a bakery?
You can keep the oil but only use it to make more fish and chips, not donuts
It’s true, it’s a challenge to make fish n chips at home and serve it all hot. We have a method…husband and wife. My wife preps the potatoes, and fries them twice. Meanwhile, I make the batter and prep the fish. As soon as she’s done, I fry the fish. As soon as I’m done with fish (which holds the heat very nicely), she gives the chips one more fry (a minute or two) for a final crisping. Everything comes to the table hot, but more importantly, the couple that makes fish n chips together…stays together
16 minutes at 375 is way too long! You will overcook the fish for sure. I recommend no more than 8 minutes, if even that.
No malt vinegar ???
Just a thought for those who don't like the smell of fried fish in the house. Do you have a barbecue grill? Does it have a side burner to heat sauces and such on? If yes, there you go. Grab your pot of oil, go outside and cook this stuff on the patio grill or Weber. No smell, no fuss and you're done with the mess in short order. What would some people do if there was no such thing as an oven or a modern kitchen? Say, you lived in the forest in a tent , cave or bivouac? Could you survive? Yes I did such for 4 years. Just need to think outside the house/box is all. 😚
Needs Malt Vinegar
Best Batter recipe I have come across since Covid started in the UK in March 2020!
We're cooking fish and chips tonight using cod and this is the recipe that we're going to use I think the boys are going to really like this
I save my used fish frying oil in the fridge. You can scrape off anything that separates and use it for more fish frys. The oil is fairly expensive. Very light olive oil works well. I don't care for peanut oil.
2:23 this lady needs to increase her vocabulary, she uses the word "nicely" 3 times in 10 seconds and it is very off-putting.
If you made fish n chips like this in the UK we would beat you up!!!
How do you properly rid of the oil after all this is done?
My son and I did this last night and the fish was outstanding. I think the chips might have been slightly overdone but I was plating up the fish and boiling some peas while he was finishing the chips and I wasn’t paying attention to the time. Still a fantastic meal and highly recommend this method – it does help to have another pair of hands!
Chips are best when par boiled first.