Recipes
Guinness Fish & Chips
Such a fun tasty dish, and everyone loved it! I had to hide some to have a snack for later, so I’d call that a win!
Party Favorite
People love this and always go back for more!
Takes Time to Prep
There is a lot of prep. This is a simple to make dish, but prepping takes time! Thankfully, you can prep while waiting for other things
Inexpensive
As long as you aren't cooking as much as we did, this is cheap to make!
Simple Ingredients
A lot of this might already be in your fridge and on your shelves!
Ingredients:
– Fish (We used 4 lbs
– Potatoes – We used 4 lbs Cod and 1lb shrimp
– Oil – Veggie or Canola is fine, more is better for backup
– 8 cups all-purpose flour
– 1/2 cup cornstarch
– 1/4 cup baking powder
– 1 tbsp black pepper
– 1 tbsp salt
– 8 tbsp Old Bay seasoning
This took some time, but worth every minute (we also made a bunch of fish & chips)
This dish is all about prepping ahead of time and throughout making!
– Prep Potatoes
- Skin them well
- Cut into large rectangular chips
- Add to cold water to remove excess starch – this is key to great frying!
– Heat oil to 375
- Use large brasier to help with splashing and to cover chips/fish
- Med – med low (4 on our stove was too hot)
- It’s important to keep temp steady when adding food and more oil
– Prep dry coating for fish
- Do this while heating oil
- Add all dry ingredients (flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt/pepper, Old Bay)
- Mix well
– Cook chips
- Keep monitoring temp!
- Finish chips completely before adding fish
- Golden brown – toss in a bowl with favorite seasoning! We used Creole
– Prep fish
- Remove excess water with paper towels on plate
- Cut into smaller than hand-size, bigger than bite-size pieces
– Dust fish with flour mixture
- A nice solid coating is recommended. put fish right in the bowl!
– Make fish batter
- Add about 8-10 oz of stout beer
- Mix until smooth. Thicker is better than runny!
– Add fish to batter
- Be gentle. By hand is best
- Add to bowl so batter doesn’t stay behind on a plate, can cook in batches
- If you have a helper, have them cook and monitor oil levels/temp while you coat fish to save time!
– Cook fish
- Remember, 375 at all times!
- Like the fries we want these to be golden brown
- Cook about 4-5 minutes per batch