Ingredients
- Canola or peanut oil, for frying
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus 1 cup for dredging
- 1 teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper, plus more for seasoning
- 2 cups beer
- 3 eggs
- 3 pounds cod or haddock, cut into 3-ounce pieces
- Serrano Vinegar, recipe follows
- Spicy Chips, recipe follows
- Lemon-Habanero Tartar Sauce, recipe follows
Directions
Preheat a deep-fryer or a deep pot filled halfway with oil to 375 degrees F.
Whisk together the flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and beer in a large bowl. Set aside for 10 minutes. Fold in the eggs. Batter should be thin.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Season the fish with salt and pepper. Dredge fish in the additional flour, tap off the excess, and then dip the fish in the batter to coat. Fry in batches until golden brown on both sides. Remove with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels. Transfer to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. Serve with Serrano Vinegar drizzled over top, Spicy Chips on the side, and Lemon-Habanero Tartar Sauce for dipping.
Serrano Vinegar:
- 2 cups white wine vinegar
- 8 serrano chiles, pricked with a fork
- 1 tablespoon salt
Bring vinegar to a simmer in small saucepan. Add the chiles and salt, remove from the heat, and transfer to a glass bottle or jar. Let sit at room temperature for at least 8 hours. Strain.
Spicy Chips:
- 4 large baking potatoes, such as russets, about 3 pounds, peeled and cut into matchstick slices 1/4-inch thick
- Canola oil, for frying
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon ancho chile powder
- 1 teaspoon chile de arbol powder
- Chopped cilantro leaves
Place the potato slices in a bowl of cold water. Let stand 15 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water, and drain again. Pat dry with paper towels.
Heat enough oil to come 4 inches up the sides of a large deep saucepan to 370 degrees F.
Mix together the salt, ancho powder, and chile de arbol powder together in a bowl.
Add the potatoes to the hot oil in batches and cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels, and immediately season each batch with some of the spice mixture and some of the chopped cilantro. Serve hot.
Lemon-Habanero Tartar Sauce:
- 3 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups good-quality mayonnaise
- 2 anchovy fillets, minced
- 1/2 habanero pepper, minced
- 6 cornichons, minced
- 2 tablespoons capers, drained
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Bring the lemon juice to a boil over high heat in a small saucepan and cook until reduced to 1/2 cup. Let cool.
Combine about 2 tablespoons of the cooled reduced lemon juice, mayonnaise, anchovies, habanero, cornichons, and capers in a medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add more lemon juice, to taste, if desired. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

















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By anaonthenet
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on June 09, 2011
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Excellent.
By heatherlynn1
Oklahoma City, OK
on March 17, 2011
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I'm rating the fish only here since that's the only thing I made. This was very very good. The batter was as good as any beer batter I've had at a restaurant. I shallow fried it in a cast iron skillet rather than deep frying it and I used the 3 egg whites like the recipe is supposed to say. It really turned out fantastic. Thank you Bobby Flay!
By HimmelChef
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on February 21, 2011
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Usually my step-dad condemns me out of the kitchen whenever he's making fish,but last night I made this recipe.It blew him away!Now he wants me to make it at least once a month!Thanks Mr. Flay!
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