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nats



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 15, 13 2:15 pm    Post subject: Fish and chips Reply with quote
    

Without deep fat fryer. Preferred method? We do have a deep fryer but not enough oil I think and I don't like using it and plan to get rid!

sean
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 15, 13 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Go and buy them. Seriously, it's one of the things that you can't do properly in a domestic kitchen.

Pilsbury



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 15, 13 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Agreed, its that or compromise, use breadcrumbs on your fish and shallow fry or oven bake but you just cant replicate the frying of fish in a small fryer or pan.
At work i have 15 liter fryers and only cook in batches of 3 or 4 because they really need the space to float around in the hot oil to cook properly.

nats



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 15, 13 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Son is DEMANDING home made! I offered to buy them! Breadcrumbs then? Shallow fry or bake? Plan to also do roast beetroot ('cos we have lots) and maybe courgette polpettes a la river cottage. And maybe some oven chips. Is that too much for the oven so shallow fry the fish?

cir3ngirl



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 15, 13 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2515/chunky-oven-chips I do chips like this

Pilsbury



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 15, 13 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Breadcrumbed and baked is, in my opinoin jist a little bit dry, i would shallow fry and transfer to the oven t finish cookimg or try baking after a spray of frylite or sometjing just to damp down the breadcrumbs.

Boarstall Girl



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 15, 13 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Chips in an old fashioned pan without basket, in good old dripping, and microwave the fish. Fish retains its moisture and flavour when microwaved, and flash it in the frying pan for a minute to crisp the skin up. Bung it in a newspaper to eat, and very little washing up!

jamanda
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 15, 13 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

But what about the batter?

Bodger



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 17, 13 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I don't think that we've ever had a deep fat fryer, in fact we hardly ever fry a thing, I guess its just a life style choice.

oldish chris



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 17, 13 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bodger wrote:
I don't think that we've ever had a deep fat fryer, in fact we hardly ever fry a thing, I guess its just a life style choice.
I'm with you on this, when the boys left home we dumped the fryer. The alternatives are "wedges" or shallow fried cold potatoes, which we eat rarely.

Boarstall Girl



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 13 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There is nothing to replace proper chips, where you end up licking the butter off your arms, after a day of s**t and piglets.

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 20, 13 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

you could try battered goujons, rather than large fish fillets. It would work better shallow fried or at least 'knee deep' in a frying pan.

It also means you can use cheaper, yet tasty fish, such as whiting, dab, gurnard etc

dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 20, 13 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the buy them and goujon options are good

re home chips ,double fry ,long time /medium hot to soften take them out heat the oil to very hot and cook en a second time fast to crisp them up

estima ,maris piper and similar spuds work best for chips and parboiled spiced oven chips

re fish deep fried in a small pan /fryer i find "balls" or fingers of about 50 gm fish floured and battered work in batches of 6 or so

thinking about it i usually deep fry oven intended battered fish fingers as they come out less greasy

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