Fish And Chips

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• deep fat (for frying) or oil (for frying)
• 8 medium fish fillets
• 4 ounces self-raising flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 5 fluid ounces milk
• lemon wedge (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 half-fill a deep pan with melted fat or oil.
• 2 heat until a faint haze rises from it (or until a bread cube sinks to the bottom of the pan, rises to the top immediately and turns golden in 50 seconds).
• 3 sift the flour and salt into a bowl.
• 4 beat to a smooth batter with unbeaten egg, butter and milk.
• 5 coat 2 pieces of fish with batter.
• 6 lift into the pan with a fork or kitchen tongs.
• 7 fry until crisp and golden, allowing about 6-8 minutes for large pieces and 4-5 minutes for medium.
• 8 remove from the pan and drain on unprinted () newspaper.
• 9 garnish with lemon wedges, and serve with fish and chip shop curry sauce (recipezaar#17175).