Okay all you fabulous cooks out there here's a question for you. I LOVE fish and chips and would like to make it at home but I'm LDS and don't drink so buying beer would be annoying because a- most recipes don't call for a whole can or bottle or whatever and the rest would just go down the drain b- I don't drink and while some of the alcohol will cook off not enough will for my taste. Does anyone have a recipe that they have tried and LOVE that doesn't use beer? Please help me.
You can use the same beer batter recipe but substitute really cold soda water or seltzer. It's the cold bubbles that do the trick and make it a light and fluffy crispy batter.
all you have to do is replace the beer with carbonated water. its the bubbles that make that "tempura" coating, it traps the air and makes it fluffy.
Beer however adds a nice wheaty/ricey/malty taste so id recommend a non alcoholic beer. There is like 0.5% alcohol in those so anything that could possibly be in there after the cooking will be long gone, or barely traceable.
Use non-alcoholic beer..
This is our family's favourite from Tyler Florence on Food Network. We are Australians who now live in the U.S. so this is a go to recipe for memories of home.
Just like the other responders mentioned...carbonated water will do the trick.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/fish-an...
Tempura batter!!!
Super easy (just buy a box from the store in the asian food section), and absolutely delectable. It's made with rice flour, so you get the light and crispy aspect that alcohol gives to wheat flour.
Serve with tartar sauce, aioli, or whatever your favorite dipping sauce is :)
You can buy tempura batter to use, or you can buy a box of the beer batter and just use water to mix with it. It even says you can do that on the package.....
Non alcoholic beer, such as O'Douls
Yes, Tempura Batter.
It comes in a box, on the shelf at grocery stores, Asian aisle.
Or, you could use "Panko", which is a fine bread crumb used for coating food and then frying. It is a Japanese coating. Again, it comes in a package, on the shelf at grocery stores, Asian aisle.
The 'key' thing with Tempura batter... is to use COLD water, when making it. Just follow directions on the box.
