Learning how to make simple battered fish can come in handy for those days of craving fish and chips. You'll need a flaky white fish for this. Hake, Sole, or Kingklip work best for this recipe. 

What You'll Need - Serves 2

  • 2 fish fillets

  • 1.5 cups self-raising Flour (or 1 cup of flour & 1 tsp baking powder)

  • 1.5 cups of ice-cold soda water or beer

  • 1 lemon

  • Vegetable or canola oil for deep frying.

  • Salt & pepper

Prep - 10 Minutes 

  • Pat all the fillets dry with a paper towel.

  • Season with salt and pepper.

  • In a large bowl that can fit the fillets, put 1 cup of flour into the bowl and season with salt.

  • Pour the ice-cold soda water or beer into the flour while mixing with a whisk.

  • Once the batter is smooth, squeeze half the lemon into the batter and combine.

  • Season the remaining half cup of flour with salt and pepper as well.

Let's Get Cooking - 15 Minutes 

  • Heat cooking oil in a large pan or deep fryer. Enough oil to cover the fish.

  • Place the fillet into the flour first and coat it evenly then dip it into the wet batter.

  • Lift the fillet and allow the excess batter to drop off.

  • Place the fish into the hot oil and fry until golden brown on both sides.

  • Once the fish is cooked, place onto a paper towel to drip any excess oil and squeeze lemon juice over the fish.

  • Serve and enjoy

Love, 

V