Beer batter fish
Beer batter fish
Beer batter makes a light and crispy coating for fish, chicken or even pineapple. It leaves the inside of the fish juicy and the outside with a nice crunch. Use your favourite beer!
serves: 6 | cook 0:10
ingredients
- Firm fish fillets
- 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 375ml of beer
- Plain flour for coating
- Vegetable oil for frying
method
- In a bowl, add the self-raising flour and beaten egg. Add beer slowly and whisk in.
- Place into fridge for half an hour to rest.
- Heat oil.
- Cut pieces of fish to serving sizes. Roll in flour and shake off excess.
- Take batter from fridge and give a light whisk to ensure it's all incorporated. Using a fork, dip the fish pieces into the batter and let the excess batter drain off.
- Lay the fish gently into the hot oil. Cook until golden brown.
- Drain on kitchen towel and serve with wedges of lemon and tartare sauce.
notes
- This recipe goes great with homestyle chunky chips.
- You can use this recipe and wrap it in baking paper to have pretend takeaway with the kids.
- Choose your fish pieces carefully for this recipe. They need to be thin enough so they will cook through inside before the batter becomes burnt.
- This batter is safe for kids to eat as the alcohol is evaporated when cooked.
- Coating fish in this batter is a great way to entice kids to eat fish. Other fishy meals that they’ll also gobble up include tuna and rice casserole with its crunchy breadcrumb top, and tuna fried rice.
- If your family loved this homemade takeaway-style fish, try making another takeaway kid-favourite, sushi. This DIY recipe is so simple and this one for beginners will have your little chefs helping you to make it. Â
- Did you know kids are supposed to eat two to three serves a fish a week? In addition to the fish you dish up in this delicious beer batter, make patties one night this week with either tinned salmon or tuna. Â
- Tinned fish is another great way to give kids their required serve of omega 3s. Try making their favourite tuna Mornay or this healthier version. Â
- If you have any fish leftover from dipping in this batter, use it up by turning it into another night’s dinner and making tasty fish pie. Â
- If you’re not a fan of battered fish but your kids are, make this dinner winner for them and creamy salmon pasta for yourself.
- This recipe was created by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, Australia's best recipe finder.
- Prep Time: 5 mins + 30 mins resting time.
