Beer Batter for Fish

So good! Also used it for a blooming onion. All the salt and extra beer

This was my very first try at beer batter. I made the recipe exactly as listed, except I used all-purpose flour because I didn't have pastry flour. My batter got quite thick, so I had to end up using a little more beer and quite a bit more milk to thin it out. In the end, the batter fried up nicely and had a wonderful, light, crunchy texture to it. The only thing I would say is that this recipe makes a ton of batter. It says this serves 2-4 people with 1.5 pounds of cod, but I think this recipe, as written, would seriously feed like 8-12 people. I would recommend cutting the recipe in half if you're serving six or less people. I also had a problem with the batter sticking to the basket of my deep fryer at first. I learned that you only need a very thin coating of the batter on the fish fillets. Make sure you drip off any excess before frying. Once I did that, the fillets came out beautifully. Great recipe. I will be using this again.

This was good but should be eaten right away!.. My deep fryer is small so I had to make them one at a time. Then I used up the leftover batter to fry up onion rings. When we ate dinner the bottoms of the fish had begun to get soggy. Also don't forget to season your fish with salt and pepper before dipping them. My fish was bland. I added a pinch of cayenne in my batter and a pinch of sugar. I served with lemons & tartar sauce; my sides werecoleslaw, onion rings and French fries...