I need a good fish and chips batter. Not a flakey corn meal type. Thanks

When in doubt I go with this guy's recipes.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/chips-and-fish-recipe/index.html

this worked well for me. I used shiner boch

Alton is usually very dependable!

agreed

Real recipe straight from the UK:

■4 cod fish fillets or 4 haddock fillets
■6 ounces plain flour
■1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
■1 (8 fluid ounce) bottle English beer, Small
■1/2 lemons, juice of
■salt & pepper
■extra flour


Put some flour onto a plate. Dredge the fish fillets in the flour thoroughly � this is VERY important, it stops the batter sliding off when fried! Leave the fish fillets in the flour whilst you make the batter.

Some people say you should make the batter at least one hour before � I have found little difference � so make it before if it is convenient or now.

Put flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and pepper into a large roomy bowl. Add the beer gradually, stop when you have a thick coating type of batter. Drink any beer that is left! Whisk thoroughly until it is smooth and there are no lumps. **Add** the lemon juice OR a splash of **malt vinegar** if desired. Mix thoroughly again.

Have your plates, newspaper or whatever ready for eating.

Adjust deep fat fryer to fish frying temperature of 160�C.

Take one fillet of fish at a time and holding it by the tail or the thin end (!) swirl it around the batter until well coated � plunge into hot fat immediately. As soon as it has crisped up and set, add your other fillets one at a time, taking out the first ones as they cook � about 6 to 10 minutes depending on the thickness. Place onto a tray and keep warm in the oven.

Here's the link for the entire thing and its got chips too...
http://www.lavenderandlovage.com/2011/07/fish-on-friday-real-english-fish-and.html

Someone on this forum recommended McCormicks Fish and Chip batter. I tried it and it's really good.

mix 1/2 corn meal with 1/2 flour ad lemon pepper to taste ad red pepper and salt to taste. can make as little or more as needed for the size fish fry you are having. fry's them fish up great. you can add any thing else to your taste. place some in a paper bag, place some fish in paper sack and shake. place in the hot greese and repeat untill all fish is fried.

Here is one we liked...TFF Post

just had fish and chips in norwich, UK. Nice, I supposed, but a bit bland for my taste. The vinegar added some flavor.

flour and egg. Mix in enough beer, a good dark one, to make it the consistency of pancake batter. Salt and pepper it and I like to throw in some Tony's. Dry the fillets off and then roll them in flour and then the batter and drop them in 400 degree oil. I like cod, but any good white fish will do and that includes tilapia. Malt vinegar on the side with some tartar sauce. Some folks put baking powder in the batter to make it fluff up a little. Some folks add soda water. I like it just fine without all that. Simple is usually better.