Paula Deen Beer Battered Fish And Chips

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large baking potatoes, cut into french fry strips
• 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)
• 1 cup salt
• 1/4 cup black pepper
• 1/4 cup garlic powder

Recipe

• 1 in a dutch oven, heat oil to 375 degrees f.
• 2 fry 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.
• 4 preheat oven to 225 degrees farenheit.
• 5 batter:.
• 6 in a large bowl, pour in 1 bottle of beer.
• 7 sift 1 1/2 cups flour into the bowl, whisking in gently until just combined, stir in house seasoning.
• 8 pat fish dry and season on both sides with salt and pepper and dredge in 1/2 cup of remaining flour.
• 9 coat pieces of fish in beer batter and slide into oil as coated.
• 10 fry fish, turning over frequently, until deep golden and cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes.
• 11 transfer to a paper towel-lined baking sheet and keep warm in oven.
• 12 fry remaining fish in batches, returning oil to 375 degrees f between batches.
• 13 serve fish with french fries.
• 14 mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.