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Beer-battered fish and chips with jalapeño sauce

Cooking Con Claudia · ♥ 3.2K likes · 42.6K views · 6 min video

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▶ 0:10
  • 8 oz sour cream
  • 2 tbsp mayo
  • ½ lemon lemon juice
Mix the sour cream, mayo, lemon juice and jalapeño juice with the jalapeños, dill, garlic salt, salt and black pepper.
Jalapeno sauce instead of tartar
▶ 0:34
  • 1 tbsp jalapeno juice
  • jalapenos
  • dill
  • garlic salt
  • salt
  • black pepper
Taste the sauce for salt and adjust, then refrigerate it while the fish and chips are made.
▶ 1:07
  • 2 inch peanut oil
Heat about two inches of peanut oil in a pot over medium heat.
Heating oil and prepping fish and potatoesSoaking
▶ 1:25
  • 2 lb white fish
  • potatoes
Cut the white fish into pieces about an inch thick; drain the soaking potatoes and pat everything dry.
▶ 1:41
  • garlic salt
  • black pepper
Season the dried fish with garlic salt and black pepper and set aside.
▶ 2:05
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ cup instant corn masa
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp oregano
Mix the flour, corn masa, black pepper, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, oregano and baking powder.
Beer batter with corn masa
▶ 2:20
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • 1 whole egg
  • 12 oz beer
Beat one egg into the dry mix, then pour in the beer while mixing.
▶ 2:42
Keep mixing until there are no clumps; the batter should be neither too thick nor too runny.
▶ 3:20
Set the oven to its lowest setting to hold the cooked fries.
Frying the chipsDeep FryingRead
▶ 3:20
  • salt
  • black pepper
Fry the potatoes in batches for seven minutes, lift out, sprinkle with salt and black pepper and hold in the oven.
▶ 3:59
Stir the batter, dip each piece of fish, shake off the excess and fry about seven minutes until golden; work in batches.
Battering and frying the fishDeep FryingRead
▶ 4:36
  • lemon
Serve the fish and fries straight out of the oil with lemon and the chilled jalapeño sauce.
Serving and tasting
▶ 5:12
Variation: for a tartar sauce instead, leave out the sour cream and use only mayo, and use radish in place of the jalapeño.