Fish n' Chips

This was inspired but the challenge between Alvin and Aaron. Who would have thought that a basic dish could be so vital to the competition! My version of fish n' chips was my own in a way but also got some help from the masterchef magazine.

So first, boiled some potatoes (whole with skin on) till just cooked. Took them out and cut them into nice thick chips and fried them until nice and crunchy on the outside but fluffy on the inside. It took a couple tests to make sure the oil was at the right temperature but we got there in the end.

For my batter, I used the recipe from the magazine. It was a mixture with equal amounts of plain and self raising flour, a little bit of oil and a can of beer. Let that settle for about 20 minutes and then started to coat my fish. I decided to use Sea Bass because it was cheap. I have never cooked with fish so I thought it would be worth a shot. So portioned my fish, coated it in corn flour and then dipped into my batter and fried it for approx 3 minutes. Didn't take long at all.

For sauce, I didn't have time to make my own tartare sauce, so instead, Fil made a Peri-naise sauce. It was Perinaise (peri peri sauce and maynonaise sauce) and added mustard seeds, capers, parsley and some lemon juice. It was perfect for the fish n' chips. Sorry I didn't take pics through the process but it can get a bit messy to make so didn't want to ruin a camera.

This challenge has made me not want to buy normal fish n' chips again. Maybe buy the chips, but fish is easy to batter and cook and its fast so I will definitely be making this dish again.