Fish and Chips

Recipe courtesy Jamie Oliver

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (17)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(17)

Cook Time:
8 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 8 min
Total:: 23 min

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Ingredients

For the chips:

3 3/4 pints (2 liters) vegetable oil
2 pounds (950 grams) floury potatoes, like russets, peeled and cut into large chips

For the batter:

1 cup plain flour
1 cup beer
2 egg whites, whipped to soft peaks
Salt
4 (9 ounce/250 gram) fillets haddock or cod, skin on, and pin boned

Directions

Pour all the vegetable oil into a deep pan or deep fat fryer, and heat to 300 degrees F (160 degrees C.) Blanch the cut potatoes in the oil until soft, but not colored, about 4 minutes. Remove and drain.

Mix together the flour and the beer, then fold in the egg whites. Turn up the heat of the oil to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Dip the fish in the batter and fry for a few minutes with the chips until golden brown.

Drain on kitchen paper and serve with bread and butter, wally's (battered, deep fried pickles served with ranch dressing), and pickled eggs.

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Comments & Reviews

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julia Boone, NC 03-01-2009
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the batter does not stick to the fish!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I believe that I followed the directions correctly. The batter simply fell off the fish once the fish was in the oil. ... Everything turned into mush. I do not recommend this recipe.Read more
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Jo West Midlands UK, AL 01-13-2009
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Authenticity...
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Nice to see English cuisine making its way overseas! Even though we don't really have any cuisine... Speaking as an English... girl living in England, just thought I would add some notes on authenticity :-) Wallies (not wally's - that would be something belonging to Wally) are not deep fried or battered! That sounds evil. A wally is just a gherkin (pickled cucumber) served straight from the jar. And I have never, ever seen ranch dressing in a chip shop! It only really exists in bottles at the supermarket here. Which no-one buys because it's not ketchup. Chip shops have vinegar, ketchup and brown sauce, that's pretty much all your options. Maybe occasionally mayo or chilli sauce in kebab shop, but not at a traditional chippy. Robert from Honolulu - lemon and mayo for the chips? In Belgium maybe, but I always have to take my fish & chips home and add my own lemon. Apparently this is too sophiticated an item for most chip shops. And most people here view chips and mayo as some kind of blasphemy. Personally, I love it, but most English people seem to think that ketchup is the only sauce. If it's light and airy, it's certainly not traditional English! Our food is pretty dire most of the time. Sadly. Sorry. :-) If you really want authentic, use egg yolk & white, don't beat the eggs, don't use cod (not really widely available now), wrap it in paper (not newspaper any more) or put it in a polystyrene container, smother it in salt and vinegar, and eat it with a tiny wooden fork whilst standing at a bus stop in the rain next to a drunk! Tip: If you haven't got a deep fat fryer, cook the chips in batches in a normal pan.Read more
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gary chino valley, AZ 05-17-2008
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jamie oliver fish and chips
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This by far the best receipe for fish and chips I have used. I am married to lady from England who tells me that all we are... missing is newspaper.Read more
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Bettina Sterling, VA 02-21-2008
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disappointed
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

batter disintegrated once the fish hit the hot oil. not what i expected. will try something different next time.
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Anonymous 02-12-2008
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Taste of Britain
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My husband is from the UK and really misses the fish and chips. We tried this recipe and loved it. It is so easy and tastes... authentic. It is a staple recipe in our home now.Read more
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Anonymous 08-08-2007
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YummY
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

very light batter.....delisous.. My honey is from Scotland and this is the closest I have been able to get to his... liking......Read more