French Fries with Baked Fish
French fries with baked fish is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the fish category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg frying oil
- 800 g large, waxy potatoes
- 4 fish fillets about 180 g each (cod or haddock)
- Salt
- pepper freshly ground
- Lemon juice
- 200 g Flour
- 250 ml light beer (or non-alcoholic)
- 1 egg
- 0.5 tsp Salt
- 1 Egg white
Instructions
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1.
Prepare the fryer and heat to about 170°C, or heat oil in a large pot until bubbles form on a wooden spoon handle dipped into it. Peel the potatoes, cut into sticks, and dry thoroughly.
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2.
Peel and cut the potatoes into sticks. Fry in batches for about 5 minutes until tender but still pale; remove and drain.
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3.
Wash the fish fillets, pat dry, season with salt and pepper, drizzle with lemon juice. Sift flour into a bowl, add beer, egg, and salt, stir, cover, and let rest 15 minutes. Then whisk vigorously. Beat the egg white lightly and fold into the batter.
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4.
Dip each fish fillet in the batter, turn to coat evenly, lift out and drain. Fry in the 170°C oil until golden‑yellow and crisp (6–8 minutes). Drain well on paper towels.
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5.
Fry the fries again in batches for about 2 minutes until crisp and golden brown; remove, drain, and season with salt. Arrange the fish atop the chips and serve.
