fish and chips

[beastmonkey]

there seems to be a plethora of recipes to make f+cs on the net, but does anyone have a chipshop batter recipe?

most on the net involve beer and i've not seen any beer in the few chip shops i've had the pleasure of seeing behind the scenes.

i have however seen bleach for chip whitening and a green gunk for making the peas greener, but that is another story

[scarlets fan]

I have been making batter for years, my mother passed the recipe down to me, she always reasoned - fish and chip shops (40+ years ago) would not waste money on eggs or beer for their batter. I use flour (plain or self raising) a pinch of salt, pepper and (a secret ingredient given to me by a retired chip shop owner) half a teaspoon of Bicarbonate of Soda. Mix these ingredients with enough water to make a smooth batter. If possible leave to stand for a while. Coat the fish with flour and then dip in the batter. Deep fry for a lovely golden crispy batter (the crispy bits left in the pan are great). I also use this batter to make fritters. Slice some potato (not too thick) coat in the batter and deep fry. Heaven. Good luck, hope this works for you.

[Booldawg]

Gordon Ramsey adds a teaspoon of curry powder. Gives it some flavour and a nice colour. Tried it before and it worked quite well.

[beastmonkey]

thank you that is just what i am looking for.

[valerieb1254]

I add vinegar to my batter for fish and also in my yorkshire pudding batter,Got some yorkshire puds in the oven at the moment.

[learntojive]

My hubby works in a large fish restaurant and they use a batter mix, I think a lot of them do for convenience and it is delicious

[piggynose]

thanx scarlets fan. i live in n.spain, so i do miss fish and chips, but not very keen on them being too greasy. so i tried your recipe tonight. bloody ´ell it was like proper fish in batter but better, it will need fine tuning, but quite tasty for a 1st effort

thanx once again
piggynose