🇬🇧 United Kingdom cuisine · #1

Fish and Chips

Fish and Chips
Time45 min
Serves4
Ingredients11

Cod or haddock fillets in crisp batter with thick-cut chips, served with mushy peas and vinegar — Britain's national takeaway.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Cut potatoes into thick chips, parboil 5 minutes and dry.
  2. Fry first at 130°C for 8 minutes and lift out.
  3. Whisk flour, baking powder and salt with sparkling water into a thick batter.
  4. Pat the fish dry, dust with flour, dip in batter and fry at 180°C for 6–8 minutes.
  5. Fry the chips again at 180°C until crisp; mash boiled peas with butter and mint.