Beer batter, double-fried chips
60 minutes Β· serves 2 Β· Medium
What you need
- 2 white fish fillets
- 150g plain flour
- 200ml cold beer
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 4 large potatoes
- Oil for frying
- Malt vinegar
What you do
- 1Cut the chips and rinse off the starch, then dry them completely.
- 2Fry the chips once at 130C until soft but pale. Lift out and cool. This is the step people skip.
- 3Whisk flour, baking powder and cold beer into a batter the thickness of double cream.
- 4Fry the fish at 180C for 6β7 minutes, then the chips again at 190C until golden.
- 5Salt everything the second it comes out.
