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Paula Deen Beer Battered Fish and Chips

Ingredients

  • 4 large baking potatoes cut into French fry strips

Beer Batter

  • 1 12 ounce bottle beer
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon house seasoning recipe follows
  • 1 1/2 lbs cod fish fillets skinned with bones removed, and fish cut diagonally into 1-inch-wide strips (5 to 6-inches long)

House Seasoning

  • 1 cup salt
  • 1/4 cup black pepper
  • 1/4 cup garlic powder

Instructions

  1. In a Dutch oven, heat oil to 375 degrees F. Preheat oven to 225 degrees Farenheit.
  2. Fry the potatoes until golden brown, roughly 10 minutes removing with a slotted spoon or spider.
  3. Hold in low oven to keep warm while cooking the fish.

Batter:

  1. In a large bowl, pour in 1 bottle of beer. Sift 1 1/2 cups flour into the bowl, whisking in gently until just combined, stir in House Seasoning.
  2. Pat the fish dry and season on both sides with salt and pepper and dredge in 1/2 cup of remaining flour.
  3. Coat pieces of fish in beer batter and slide into oil as coated.
  4. Fry fish, turning over frequently, until deep golden and cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes.
  5. Transfer to a paper towel-lined baking sheet and keep warm in oven.
  6. Fry remaining fish in batches, returning oil to 375 degrees F between batches.
  7. Serve fish with French fries.
  8. For the House Seasoning: Mix the ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.