Crispy Fish Batter With Cornstarch Food

CRISPY FISH AND CHIPS

Steps:

• For the chips: Boil the potatoes in salted water for 10 minutes or until they just start to soften. Drain and allow to dry on a wire rack for 10-30 minutes.
• Heat a large pot of vegetable/canola oil until hot. Carefully add the potatoes in batches and fry until golden brown and crisp. Drain with a slotted spoon and place back onto the wire rack. Keep the chips in a warm oven while you fry the fish.
• For the fish: Combine the flours and salt in a large mixing bowl. Transfer half to a shallow dish / ziploc bag suitable for coating the fish. Whisk the beer or soda water into the flour in the mixing bowl until smooth. Coat the fish first in the flour mixture then in the batter.
• Carefully lower the fish into the hot oil, one to two pieces at a time and allow to fry for 7-10 minutes or until the fish is golden and crisp.
• Remove from the oil, drain on kitchen paper then serve with the chips and tartar sauce.

CRUNCHY BATTER FRIED FISH (NO BEER)

Steps:

• Mix together 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup cornstarch, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• Stir in enough club soda to make a batter about the consistency of thin pancake batter. You don't want it too thick, just thick enough to nicely coat a spoon.
• Season the batter to taste if desired with seasoning of your choice. I suggest Old Bay, Lemon Pepper seasoning, or seasoned salt. set aside.
• In another bowl, mix together remaining 1/4 cup flour and 1/4 cup cornstarch.
• Heat oil in a deep pan to 375°F Use a candy thermometer if you need to. Oil in pan should be about 3" to 4" deep.
• Cut fish into portion sizes and remove any pin bones, and pat dry.
• Dredge the fish in the dry flour/cornstarch mixture. Shake off any excess.This allows the batter to stick to the fish.
• Dip dredged fish into batter allowing any excess to drip off before carefully adding the fish to the hot oil.
• Cook the fish one or two pieces at a time until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels or better yet, on a cake cooling rack set up over paper towels.
• Serve while hot.

CRISPY BATTER THAT STAYS CRISPY (FOR A LONG TIME)

Steps:

• Place the flour/starch, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Stir to mix everything. Only prepare your batter when you are ready to fry your food.
• Pour about 1 1/2 to 2-inch of oil into a stainless steel pot or Dutch oven. Preheat the oil to 330 F. It helps if you have deep-fryer thermometer if not, dip a stick end of wooden spatula, bamboo skewer, or chopsticks into the oil. If there are steady bubbles around it, the oil is most likely more than 330 F, but the temperature will drop once you put in the things you are going to fry. As long as it doesn't bubble vigorously, if it is, lower the heat a bit and test again
• Pour in the ice cold water into the flour mixture and use a chopstick to stir. Do not over stir with all-purpose flour. It's okay to have some lumps in the batter. If you over mix the flour batter, it will turn out gummy and absorbs too much oil. If you are preparing gluten-free batter, this is not an issue because cornstarch doesn't have gluten in it
• Coat the food with the batter and fry the food. Another important note is not to overcrowd and frying too many. If you lower the oil temperature too much, the batter will be greasy, soggy, and almost definitely will not stay crispy (if at all). This step is to cook the food inside the batter. Depending on what you are frying, follow the instruction on the time
• Remove from the oil to a rack. Let them cool down for at least 10 minutes before you go for the second frying. You can even stop at this step if you are prepping ahead. Keep the half-fried food in the fridge and do the second frying just right before serving, whenever that is
• Remove any crumbs from the oil and bring it back up to hot again over high heat. This time we need about 375 F. Use a thermometer if you have one. If you don't have one, again, use the stick end of wooden spatula, bamboo skewer or chopstick to test the oil. The bubbles will be steady. When it's ready, fry the food for the second time. This round should be quicker. The food will turn golden brown too. This step is to crisp up the food further
• Place the fried food on a rack set on a baking sheet. You can keep the rest warm in an oven at around 200 F and serve when you are done with frying all

CRISPY BEER BATTER FISH & CHIPS

Steps:

• Whisk self-rising flour, rice flour, and baking powder together in a bowl. Freeze until ready to use.
• Pat fish as dry as possible. Cut pieces lengthwise to get eight 1-inch thick strips. Place rice flour on a plate and season with salt. Dust fish lightly with the mixture and shake off excess. Cover a plate with crinkled foil to make a quick drying rack; place fish on top.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Pour beer into the flour mixture and whisk, adding more as needed, until batter is the consistency of thick pancake batter. Dip fish pieces into the batter to coat; lift out and let excess drip off.
• Fry fish in batches until golden brown, dunking occasionally if needed, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Serve immediately.

CRISPY FISH AND CHIPS

Steps:

• Put all of the ingredients except fish and oil in a mixing bowl. Combine together with a whisk until mixture is smooth. Let set for at least 15 minutes before using or make up ahead of time and refrigerate it.
• Preheat oil to 350 degrees. Put fish into batter and let excess drip off. Add pieces to hot oil. Cook until fish is brown and floats on top of the oil. Remove fish to paper towels to drain. Add salt if adding additional.
• Serve with tartar sauce or malt vinegar.

CRISPY FISH TACOS

Steps:

• Drain the black beans (to get rid of some of that fart juice) and combine with the diced tomatoes in a medium-sized pot.
• Stir in cumin, salt, onion powder, and granulated garlic. Heat to a boil. Reduce to medium-low to simmer while you do everything else.
• Pat the fillets dry with a towel.
• Cut fillets into nugget-sized chunks. Season liberally with kosher salt and black pepper.
• Dump the cornstarch in a pie pan. Shake it back and forth to coat the entire surface.
• Add half of the fish. Toss to coat. Repeat this step once the first batch is in the skillet.
• Heat a skillet to medium-high. Add enough vegetable oil to coat the pan.
• Once the oil is hot add a layer of fish to the pan. Cook for about three minutes, or until golden brown on the bottom.
• Flip each piece individually with tongs. Cook this side until brown, about two minutes, then set on a plate to cool. Cook the remaining fish the same way.
• Finely chop the Nappa Cabbage.
• In a bowl combine mayonaise, 1/4 tsp. kosher salt, 1/4 tsp. black pepper, and lime juice. Whisk to a creamy sauce.
• Right before serving the tacos toss the cabbage in the sauce.
• One of the things I love about the local burrito chains is their elastic tortillas. They accomplish this with steam that heats & moistens them up a bit. You can achieve a similar result at home. Put 2 tablespoons of water into the fish pan once the fish is done and put an oven-safe plate on top.
• Add your stack of tortillas, then cover with a lid. In just a few minutes your tortillas will be nice, stretchy, and ready to serve. If you add too much water it will bubble over and the bottom tortillas will be wet and slimy.
• This is the order we put our tacos together: beans, fish, slaw, cilantro. Feel free to add the items in any order you want. I went a little light on this taco, but my second one was stuffed to the gills!
• Any way you want to throw these components together they are going to taste great!

CRISPY BEER BATTERED FISH

Steps:

• Dry & cut fish: Pat fish dry using paper towels or a tea towel. Cut into 7 x 3cm / 3 x 1¼" batons, or larger fillets if you prefer. If you have very thick fillets, cut in half horizontally (Note 1)
• Dusting bowl: Place ¼ cup rice flour in a shallow bowl.
• Heat oil: Heat 6cm / 2" - 3" oil in a large heavy based pot over medium high heat to 190°C/375°F.
• Salt & dust: While oil is heating, sprinkle 3 or 4 pieces of fish with a pinch of salt, then coat in rice flour and shake off excess. You can leave them like this for up to 10 minutes.
• Cold batter: Just before cooking, whisk together the flour, rice flour, baking powder and salt. Add very cold beer into the batter and whisk just until incorporated evenly into the flour. Do not over-mix, do not worry about flour lumps (Note 4). It should be a fairly thin batter but fully coat the back of a spoon. If too thick, add beer 1 tsp at a time.
• Dredge fish: Dunk a piece of fish in the batter, the let the excess drip off very briefly.
• Fry 3 minutes: Carefully lower into oil, dropping it in away from you, one piece at a time. Don't crowd the pot; fry in batches. Fry for 3 minutes, flipping after about 2 minutes, until deep golden.
• Drain: Drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining fish. Serve hot! However it will stay crisp for 15 - 20 minutes. (Note 5 for larger batch cooking).
• Serve with Tartare Sauce, lemon wedges and a leafy green salad on the side dressed with a classic vinaigrette. Easy single-fry-ultra-crunchy chips coming soon! In the meantime, use oven baked wedges!

BEER BATTERED HALIBUT

Steps:

• Pat halibut filets dry and dredge in extra flour. Mix together flour, cornstarch, baking powder and dash of each salt and pepper. Add enough of the beer to make a pancake-like batter. ( Not too runny but thick enough to coat fish). Do not over stir as batter will become tough.
• Coat fish in batter and let extra drip off back into bowl.
• Oil should be preheated at 365.
• Place carefully in hot oil and cook for 8 - 10 minutes until golden in colour and fish is cooked.

CRISPY BEER BATTERED FISH AND CHIPS

Steps:

• Cut potatoes into fries move into a large bowl filled with cold water.
• Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and cayenne in a medium-sized bowl. Slowly whisk in the beer, mixing until no lumps remain and the batter is smooth. Place in the fridge for at least 15 minutes, but no longer than an hour.
• Heat the oil in a large dutch oven of heavy-bottomed pan over high heat. Use a deep-fry thermometer and watch the oil temperature carefully.
• Drain the potatoes from the water and use a salad spinner or paper towels to dry the potatoes as much as possible.
• When the oil reaches 320 degrees, cook the potatoes in batches for 2-3 minutes or until they are pale and floppy. Remove them from the oil and place on a baking sheet lined with paper towels.
• Increase the oil temperature to 350 degrees.
• While the oil is heating, dip the fish strips into the corn starch and tap and brush off as much of the excess as you can.
• When the oil is 350 degrees, dip the fish into the batter and slowly lower it into the oil. Cook only 3-4 pieces of fish at a time, as to not crowd the pan. When the batter is set on one side, turn the fish over and cook on the other side until golden brown. Repeat until all the fish is cooked and keep the fish hot in a 200-degree oven, on a baking sheet lined with a baking rack, while preparing the fries.
• Increase the oil temperature to 375 degrees. When the oil reaches temperature, refry the potatoes in batches until they are golden brown. Drain on paper towels, season with salt and serve the fish and chips with fresh lemon juice, malt vinegar, and tartar sauce.

FISH AND CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat oil in a dutch oven or deep fryer for frying to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with paper towels and place a wire rack on top. Set aside.
• While oil is heating, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt and pepper.
• If the fish was frozen, you may need to coat it lightly with the flour mixture before proceeding to next step.
• Pour the beer into the remaining flour mixture and whisk until a thick batter is formed. You will need ¾-1 cup depending on desired batter thickness.
• Coat each piece of fish with the batter until fully coated, allowing excess to drip off.
• Place the battered fish into the preheated oil and cook for about 8-10 minutes or until golden brown and reaches 145 degrees.
• Remove fish from oil and drain on a wire rack. If desired, add the chips and cook until golden.
• While the oil is heating, boil the prepared potatoes in salted water for five minutes. Remove and lay out on a baking sheet to dry. Pat dry with paper towels if needed.
• Add to hot oil after fish is done and cook until lightly golden brown. (time will vary based on size and thickness).
• Remove from oil, season as desired and cool on a rack or paper towel.

CHINESE CRISPY LEMON FISH

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together Fish Fillets, Light Soy Sauce, Chinese Shao Xing Wine, Black Pepper, and Salt. Set aside and marinate in the fridge for 15 minutes.
• In a small bowl, combine Chicken Bouillon, Water, Light Soy Sauce, and Sugar. In another bowl, mix together Lemon Zest and Lemon Juice.
• In a small saucepan, on medium heat, add in Vegetable Oil and Garlic. Cook for about 15 seconds until fragrant. Then add in the Sugar mixture. Cook for about 3 minutes until the Sugar is dissolved.
• Add in the Lemon Zest and Juice mixture. Simmer and stir for about half a minute , then add in the Starch Water. Cook for another 30 seconds or more until the sauce has thickened up. You can cook a bit longer or less depending on how thick you want your sauce to be. Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl to cool down.
• Prepare the beer batter. In a large mixing bowl, mix together All-purpose Flour, Baking Powder, fine Salt, Cornstarch, and cold Beer. Combine well until you get a smooth texture.
• In a wok, on medium-high heat, add enough Vegetable Oil for the Fish to float. In the mean time, spread the extra Cornstarch on a plate.
• Fry the Fish in batches. Coat a few Fish Fillets with Cornstarch and shake off any excess. Dip each Fish Fillet into the batter one at a time and gently add into the hot oil.
• Cook for 3-5 minutes or until the Fish Fillets are nicely golden and cooked through. Drain on paper towel or a wire wrack. Then sprinkle with Sea Salt.
• Transfer the fried Fish Fillets to a serving plate. Drizzle some Lemon Sauce on top and garnish with some Sesame Seeds and chopped Green Onions. You can also just dip the Fish into the Lemon Sauce. Ready to enjoy!