Fish and chips recipe..... 2 thumbs up

[BobR]

Quite a few years ago I was watching the food channel and Tyler Florence did a fish and chips recipe. I tried it a few times with wheat flour and was underwhelmed. Today when walking through the store I spied a nice slab of north atlantic cod so I figured I would give it another try. I pulled up the recipe, thank you modern technology, and saw I needed rice flour. Well, that must have been the secret because it came out great. I will be adding this to the occasional dinner plans.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/fish-and-chips-recipe.html

And, if your wife is like mine, and doesn't believe in malt vinegar for her fish and chips, kopycat has a really good recipe for the pina coloda dipping sauce from Red Lobster. Just cut the recipe in half, it makes a lot.

bob

[Nick1911]

I am going to have to try this - I *love* fish and chips.

[MillCreek]

You can make rice flour quickly and easily by grinding raw white rice in a food processor, blender or coffee grinder. 

[K Frame]

Fish & Chips may well be my favorite food, but only if it's made with cod.

If you try to serve me fish & chips made with tilapia, I'll through it at you.

[lupinus]

Fish & Chips may well be my favorite food, but only if it's made with cod.

If you try to serve me fish & chips made with tilapia, I'll through it at you.

Cod or haddock are the only proper things for fish and chips.

Anything else is an overpriced fish stick.

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[dm1333]

What about halibut or ling cod?

[K Frame]

Haddock and halibut are barely acceptable.

I'll eat such fish & chips, but it's not my favorite food at that point.

As far as I know, I've never had lingcod.

[MillCreek]

Here in the PNW, it is not uncommon to find salmon or halibut as fish and chips.  Both are excellent. 

[K Frame]

I've had deep fried salmon. Can't say that I'm at all crazy about a deep-fried oily fleshed fish.

Sure as hell beats tilapia, though.

[Northwoods]

You can make rice flour quickly and easily by grinding raw white rice in a food processor, blender or coffee grinder. 

That leaves it gritty as hell.  You can taste the sand in it.  Commercial rice flour is 1000x better. 

[Northwoods]

What about halibut or ling cod?

Haddock and halibut are barely acceptable.

I'll eat such fish & chips, but it's not my favorite food at that point.

As far as I know, I've never had lingcod.

Halibut is wasted in fish-n-chips.  Why in God's name would you deep fry $20/lb fish?

Ling cod is good for frying, or anything else whether baked, broiled or grilled.  Rockfish can make some mean fried fish tacos, and works well in fish-n-chip.  But the best fish, imho, for fish-n-chips is Cabezon.  Though, you have to catch it yourself as it's not a commercially caught fish.

[K Frame]

Halibut is wasted in fish-n-chips.  Why in God's name would you deep fry $20/lb fish?

Oh, just for the halibut, I'd say...

[Northwoods]

Here's a 9-ish lb Cabezon I caught off Makah Bay.  The red down its side in the first pic is blood from cutting its gills.



 

[roo_ster]

Hmm, loves me some fish and chips. 

And, yes, using poop-eating tilapia in fish & chips is a sign of moral turpitude.

[SADShooter]

Hmm, loves me some fish and chips. 

And, yes, using poop-eating tilapia in fish & chips is a sign of moral turpitude.

Whereas consuming poop-eating tilapia at all could be a sign of general twerpitude.

[mtnbkr]

I've had deep fried salmon. Can't say that I'm at all crazy about a deep-fried oily fleshed fish.

I grew up eating fried flounder and various "trash" fishes in Eastern NC.  I love deep-fried oily fish.  I lurves me some fried bluefish, spot, or mullet.

I especially love cold fried fish for breakfast the next morning.  One of the best camp breakfasts I've ever consumed was leftover fried bluegill from the previous night's dinner and scrambled eggs. 

I had fish and chips three times while in the UK a couple years ago.  The best was at a little hole in the wall restaurant in London.  It looked like a chain, but wasn't anything I was familiar with.  It could have been their version of Long John Silver for all I know, but it was damn good.  The 2nd best was at a proper pub in London.  Not bad, but could have been better.  The worst of the three was at my hotel in a small town southeast of London.

When we went to Disney later that year, I had fish and chips at an English-themed restaurant.  It was quite good, better than the pub or hotel in the UK, but not quite as good as the "hole-in-the-wall" restaurant.

Chris

[BobR]

I am going out soon to try my hand at fishing for burbot, a fresh water ling, I am betting it will make some great fish and chips.

bob

[K Frame]

Hey Chris?

The reason you love deep-fried flounder is because it is NOT an oily/fatty fish. It's a whitefish. But not from Coney Island. 


You can have yours fried to your heart's content. I'll eat mine grilled or baked.

[mtnbkr]

Hey Chris?

The reason you love deep-fried flounder is because it is NOT an oily/fatty fish. It's a whitefish. But not from Coney Island. 

You can have yours fried to your heart's content. I'll eat mine grilled or baked.

I said flounder AND trash fish, I wasn't saying flounder was oily.  I then went on to say I liked oily fried fish like spot and blue.

Chris

[dm1333]

Halibut is wasted in fish-n-chips.  Why in God's name would you deep fry $20/lb fish?

Because it tastes good?

Whereas consuming poop-eating tilapia at all could be a sign of general twerpitude.

And how many of you who complain about tilapia eat crab or lobster?   I'll stick with tilapia, than you!

 

[dm1333]

It's a whitefish. But not from Coney Island.

I wonder how many people here know what that is?

[roo_ster]

Because it tastes good?

And how many of you who complain about tilapia eat crab or lobster?   I'll stick with tilapia, than you!

Scavenger vs feces-fed farm-raised fish.  I think the scavenger still rates higher.

[K Frame]

No, this is what you said, oily fish boy...

"I grew up eating fried flounder and various "trash" fishes in Eastern NC.  I love deep-fried oily fish.  I lurves me some fried bluefish, spot, or mullet."

Read as written, you're lumping flounder into a group of oily fish that includes "trash" fish. 

Your syntax and construction are as flawed as your haircut.

I'd ask rhetorically why the pretty ones are always so dumb, but that's really not applicable here. At least the pretty part isn't applicable. 

[K Frame]

"And how many of you who complain about tilapia eat crab or lobster?   I'll stick with tilapia, than you!"

Me.

Know why I complain about tilapia?

Because to me it tastes BAD.

It's bitter.

You never see tilapia served with the skin on because the skin contains bitter compounds. Well, those compounds are also present in the flesh, just not in such large quantities. Some people apparently can't taste it, some can. I'm one of the ones who can.

[mtnbkr]

I wonder how many people here know what that is?

I do.

Some people apparently can't taste it, some can. I'm one of the ones who can.

Interesting.  I did not know that, nor have I noticed the taste.  To me, it tastes like bland white fish.  The only flavor comes from what you add to it (seasoning, other fish, steak, etc).

Your syntax and construction are as flawed as your haircut.

My hair is perfect thank you very much.  It still covers my head.

Chris