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Fish and chips

We've updated this classic seaside fish and chips recipe with soy sauce for added taste, and lager for a crisper texture

We've updated this classic seaside fish and chips recipe with soy sauce for added taste, and lager for a crisper texture

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Cooking Time

Cook: 50 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: £1.47 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 664g serving contains

Energy
3420kj
817kcal
41%
Fat
21.9g
High
31%
Saturates
4.0g
Med
20%
Sugars
5.3g
Med
6%
Salt
1.33g
Med
22%
1
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
515kj/123kcal

Ingredients

4 large King Edward potatoes (or Maris Piper potatoes)

400g frozen peas

6 mint leaves

4 tbsp reduced-fat crème fraîche

275g self-raising flour, plus extra for coating

325ml chilled lager

2 tbsp Amoy Reduced Salt Soy Sauce

Sunflower oil, for frying

4 pieces cod loin (or fillet), about 150g each

Method

1
Pre-heat the oven to 150C/130C Fan/Gas 2. Line 2 baking trays with double-thickness kitchen roll. Peel the potatoes and cut into thick chips. Put in a bowl of cold water and set aside until you’re ready to cook them.
2
Boil the peas with the mint leaves for 5 minutes. Drain and put in a bowl. Add the crème fraîche, then blitz with a hand-held blender to get a rough purée. Set aside and keep warm until ready to serve.
3
Sift the four into a bowl, add a pinch of salt, then gradually whisk in the lager and soy sauce to make a batter that is about the thickness of double cream.
4
Pour sunfower oil into a large pan or deep fryer until one-third full. Heat to 120C, or until a small piece of bread sizzles gently when dropped in the oil.
5
Drain the chips, then pat dry with kitchen roll. Put enough in a chip basket to fll a quarter of the way up - don't cook too many chips at once as they won't fry properly.
6
Lower into the fat and cook for 8 minutes, or until the chips are soft when pierced with a small knife. Lift out and set aside while you cook the rest.
7
Increase the heat of the oil to 180C, or until it's hot enough for a piece of bread dropped in to turn brown within 20 seconds.
8
Put some flour on a plate. Dust one piece ofthe fish in it to coat lightly all over, then shake off any excess. Dip in the batter to coat thickly.
9
Put in the hot oil and fry for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown and crisp. Keep warm in the oven on a lined baking tray. Repeat with the rest of the fish. (If you have room in the pan, you could cook 2 pieces at a time.)
10
When all the fish is cooked, fry the chips a second time in batches, until crisp and brown. Drain on kitchen roll. Serve as a side with the fsh and peas.

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