Fish & Chips

My battered whiting fillets.

An old favourite and a sure winner everytime! Who doesn't love fish and chips? the crunchy flaky batter with a squeeze of lemon and a sprinkle of sea salt...mmm...delish but sadly so unhealthy and greasy. My biggest enemy is the deep fryer, almost every homemade recipe requires a deep fryer unless you'll making crumbed fish. But but I don't want crumbed fish I want the delightful crunchy flaky batter, so here I am sitting, wishing and waiting - hoping it'll turn out! so far so good, first I mixed plain flour with salt, pepper, a bit of spice and lemon zest then coated the whiting fillets with the seasoned flour before dipping it in a batter of flour and soda water, and placed it on a tray that had been drizzled in oil and preheated in the oven. I sprinkled the leftover seasoned flour over the fillets and popped them in the oven preheated at 200C and flipped them half way through the cooking time to get a nice brown colour. I cheated with the chips and went with mccains original seasoned chips. Hehe popped it on a tray and banged it into the oven, an easy fuss free dinner served up with salad and half the fat as normal fish and chips from the fry shop!

Yummy!