Beer-Battered Fish Fry with Hushpuppies

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American · 50 min · Fish · pescatarian, high-protein

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Ingredients

• 3/4 lb cod or haddock fillets
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 4 oz cold lager beer
• 1/2 cup stone-ground cornmeal
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1/4 tbsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1, grated yellow onion
• 2 3/4 cups peanut oil
• 1/4 tbsp kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 lemons
• 1/4 cup tartar sauce

Method (tap to check — screen stays awake)

1. Stir the cornmeal, 1/2 cup of the flour, the sugar, baking soda, a teaspoon of the salt, the egg, buttermilk and grated onion into a thick hushpuppy batter and let it rest 10 minutes.
2. Heat the oil in a heavy pot, no more than halfway up the sides, to 365°F on a clip-on thermometer, and set a rack over a sheet pan.
3. Drop tablespoons of the hushpuppy batter into the oil, six at a time, and fry 3 to 4 minutes, turning them, until deep golden all over and cooked through in the middle; drain on the rack and salt.
4. Let the oil come back to 365°F, then whisk the remaining 1 1/2 cups flour, the cornstarch, baking powder, cayenne and the rest of the salt with the cold beer to the texture of thin pancake batter — lumps are fine, overmixing is not.
5. Cut the fish into 4-inch pieces, pat them very dry and dust them lightly with a little flour so the batter has something to hold.
6. Dip a piece in the batter, let the excess run off and lower it into the oil away from you, holding it a second before you let go so it does not stick to the bottom.
7. Fry three or four pieces at a time for 4 to 6 minutes, until the crust is deep golden and crisp and the fish is opaque and reads 145°F at the center.
8. Drain on the rack, salt straight away and hold in a 200°F oven while you fry the rest, letting the oil recover to 365°F between batches.
9. Serve with the hushpuppies, tartar sauce and lemon wedges.

Nutrition figures are estimates. Verify allergens on every ingredient label before cooking.

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