Channel the quintessential sea-side British dinner with fish and chips with a side of sweet and tender mushy peas.
Battered fish recipes to pair with your favourite pilsner or lager
Fish, chips, and beer – does life get any better? Here are 20 battered fish recipes to pair with a chilled pilsner or lager. See here for more drinks content and pairings.
Battered amritsari fish
Bring the taste of the sea to your summer menu and up your fish and chips game with Rick Stein's gourmet version with added Indian spices.
Fish with yoghurt tartar sauce and grain salad
Nothing screams summer like battered fish with tartar sauce on a hot afternoon! To access more delicious summer seafood dishes check out delicious. Feel Good Food (ABC, $39.99) by Valli Little, available in bookshops nationally.
Fish in coconut batter with green mango salad
A fresh Asian twist on fish and chips.
Beer-battered flathead with quick tartare and dill salt
Fish and chips are an easy midweek meal the whole family will love. Just add a fresh salad and a cold beer from the fridge.
Fish tacos by Matt Moran
The whole family will love these easy fish tacos. “Leave out the jalapeno from the recipe if you're heat-shy – the fish tacos will still be tasty,” says Matt Moran.
Josh Niland shares his recipe for the ultimate Aussie fish and chips
The vodka is Josh’s trademark, designed to bring out the taste of the beer in the beer batter.
Ensenada fish tacos with chilli and coriander
“For many years the beaches on the north coast of Cornwall were patrolled by Australian lifeguards, originally because they had the surf life-saving skills that were unfamiliar to the locals. For me, this meant many summers of friendship with pleasant Australians, all of whom seemed to be sunny and optimistic. Well, you would be, wouldn’t you, with a summer in Cornwall and lots of locals finding you irresistible? One such lifeguard was Rudy, who used to return year after year. Everyone was extremely fond of him – so much so that we filmed a little sequence about a trip he’d made to Ensenada on the Baja California coast, where they made fabulous fish tacos. We cooked some on the beach in Cornwall by the lifeguard hut, and Rudy took Chalky, my Jack Russell, out for a little surfing lesson. Sadly, when back in Australia five years later, Rudy died of cancer and I always thought that one day I’d get to Ensenada, find the tacos and maybe get the film company to show the early film and me standing on the beach with the taco in memory. That’s how it happened, and this is the recipe” - Rick Stein.
Asian-style fish and sesame-salt chips
Keep summer cooking easy with this Asian take on traditional fish and chips.
Soft shell crab with coconut dressing
Serve crispy battered soft shell crab with a fresh Asian-style coconut dressing.
Tempura prawns with lemon myrtle salt
Turning lemon myrtle into a spice dip for tempura prawns will blow your mind and please your taste-buds.
Tempura squid with ponzu
Get the party started with these tempura squid canapés. They will please even the toughest foodie crowd.
Tempura prawn rice paper rolls with chilli mayonnaise
These rice paper rolls are filled with crunchy tempura prawns, avocado and spicy mayonnaise.
Fritto misto (fried seafood and vegetables)
These fritto misto are best eaten straight away...but that won't be a problem.
Crispy rice fried prawns
In Bali "there’s a balance between raw and cooked, sweet and sour,” says chef Geoff Lindsay, whose restaurant Saigon Street is doing well on the island. “There was nothing like it here with that lighter, fresher style as well as being fresh produce driven, which is what Bali’s all about as well.” These crispy rice fried prawns are the epitome of that style and taste.