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🍽️ Crispy Fish in Beer Batter

372 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 125 g flour
• 125 ml beer
• 2 egg(s)
• 40 g butter
• 500 g red cod fillet(s) (or pollock fillet, depending on your choice)
• to taste salt and pepper
• to taste frying oil

Instructions

1. 1. Put the flour into a bowl and add a pinch of salt.
2. 2. Stir the beer into the flour until you have a smooth mixture.
3. 3. Separate the eggs and set the egg whites aside.
4. 4. Stir the egg yolks into the batter.
5. 5. Let the batter rest for about 15 minutes to rise.
6. 6. Melt the butter over low heat.
7. 7. Let the melted butter cool down briefly.
8. 8. Mix the cooled butter into the batter using a hand mixer.
9. 9. Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
10. 10. Gently fold the whipped egg whites into the batter.
11. 11. Cut the fish fillet into bite-sized pieces.
12. 12. Pat the fish pieces dry with kitchen paper.
13. 13. Season the fish pieces with pepper and salt.
14. 14. Preheat the deep fryer without the basket to about 170 degrees Celsius.
15. 15. Dip the fish pieces one by one into the batter.
16. 16. Carefully place the battered fish pieces into the hot oil without the basket.
17. 17. Do not fry more than five or six pieces at a time.
18. 18. Remove the cooked fish after about five minutes with a slotted spoon.
19. 19. Let the fish drain on kitchen paper.
20. 20. Keep the fish warm until all pieces are done.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 372
• Protein: 30 g · Fett/Fat: 21 g · Carbs: 23 g