Fish Fillets in Beer Batter
2020-08-17- Cuisine: Canadian
- Course: Main Dish
- Skill Level: Advanced
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- Yield: 4
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Ready In: 40m
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Fish fillets with beer batter. Dip fried battered fish fillets served with homemade red pepper mayonnaise. Very delicious!
Ingredients
- For Beer Batter:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- salt,to taste
- 2 eggs,separated
- 1 cup (250 ml) beer,at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- 1/2 cup finely chopped scallions
- For Fish:
- 8 small fish fillets(sole,cod,haddock)cut into halves
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 6 cups (1.5 L) vegetable oil
- sweet red pepper mayonnaise
- 2 lemons,cut into wedges
- For Sweet Red Pepper Mayonnaise:
- 1 cup sweet red pepper
- 1 cup (250 ml) mayonnaise
- 1 hard-boiled egg
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped shallots
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Step 1
To Make Beer Batter: In a mixing bowl,combine all-purpose flour,salt and egg yolks. Beat well with a whisker.
Step 2
Stir in beer,vegetable oil and Tabasco sauce. Cover and set aside.
Step 3
To Cook Fish Fillets: Sprinkle fish halves with salt and black pepper. Heat vegetable oil in a deep fryer to 380°F (195°C).
Step 4
Dip fish halves,one at a time,in the beer batter and add them to the hot oil. Cook,turning occasionally,until golden brown and crisp all over(2½-3½ minutes).
Step 5
Transfer cooked fish fillets to paper towel to drain. Serve fish fillets in beer batter with sweet red pepper mayonnaise(recipe follows) and lemon wedges.
Step 6
Sweet Red Pepper Mayonnaise: Preheat the broiler or charcoal grill. Place red pepper under the broiler. Cook it on all sides until the entire skin well charred.
Step 7
When pepper cool enough to handle,split it in half. Remove and discard the seeds and veins. Pull off and discard the charred skin.
Step 8
Put seeded pepper in a food processor and process until smooth.
Step 9
In a mixing bowl,combine the mayonnaise and the pureed pepper. Put the hard boiled egg through a fine sieve and add to mayonnaise mixture. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Serve cold.
