Beer Battered Fish and Chips

                                                               

Hello I know it has been awhile, but we have been having a crazy summer between the kids and all the weddings not to mention the Restaurant Consulting.  I have finally have found time to sit-down and write again.

This year was a big learning curve for me to learn about great comfort food with awesome flavor and a twist. I felt the need to learn about the simple things again and  to go back to the basics and then to take it up a notch by finding something I could do even better to some new recipes I created this year.

So I have to begin to tell you about my favorite comfort food fish & chips. Through out this past year when I was out, I would frequently hit up a pub and one of my favorite things to order at a pub is fish and chips. Up until now I have not tried to make fish and chips at home as I don't have a deep fryer that could be used. It had been too long since I last had fish and chips and I was craving it. It was time to try making fish and chips at home!

I had seen the fish described as being beer battered on several menus and I wanted to try making beer battered fish. I went with cod for the fish but you could use pretty much any white fish such as haddock or halibut, etc. For the beer I went with Guinness and it gave the batter a nice dark color. It is very easy to make Guinness battered cod you can do it too! The batter was nice and light and crispy and the fish was moist and tender and so good! To complete the pub fish and chips experience, I serve the fish with chips, coleslaw, tarter sauce, lemons slices and of course a pint of Guinness.

Ingredients:
1 bottle beer
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 large egg(lightly beaten)
1 pound cod fillets (or halibut, or haddock, etc, cut into serving sized pieces)
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup flour
oil for frying

Directions:
1. Mix the beer, flour, baking powder, salt and egg into a batter in a bowl.
2. Season the fish with salt and pepper.
3. Dredge the fish in some flour and shake off any excess.
4. Dip the fish into the batter.
5. Fry the fish in preheated 375 Fahrenheit until cooked, about 4-5 minutes.

Sit back have a cold pint and enjoy one of my favorite comfort foods.