I do love Fish & Chips although sometimes I also think it is nice to play around with classic meals to give them a new and different flavour. One day I decided that I should play around with everyone’s favourite classic British dish ‘fish and chips’. I thought that I might spice it up literally! I decided to give it an Oriental makeover and even if I do say so myself it was a hit! Take a look at this:
The is fabulously crispy on the outside but as you bite the fish goujon the soft, moist cod flakes apart. The various ingredients including panko, shoaxing rice wine, chilli, ginger wasabi work well to give that Oriental feel to the dish.
Ingredients
Serves 2
280g Cod fillet
1.5-2 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine
2 Spring onions
1 tbsp grated ginger
Freshly ground sea salt to sprinkle
White pepper to sprinkle
12 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
2.5 tsp Chilli flakes (alter amount depending on the desired heat)
3.5 tbsp plain flour
2 beaten eggs
Cracked black pepper for seasoning
White pepper for seasoning
650g potatoes
Cracked black pepper for seasoning
Chilli flakes for seasoning
Freshly ground Sea salt for seasoning
4 tbsp of Mayonnaise
2 tsp wasabi paste
Pinch of freshly ground sea salt
2 separate pans / woks with enough vegetable oil to deep fry
Method
Place the cod in a deep dish and pour over the rice wine. Slice up the spring onions and toss these over the cod. Add the grated ginger a sprinkle of freshly ground sea salt and white pepper. Cover (Clingfilm) and place in the fridge to marinate for a few hours. You can always prepare this part in the morning or night before and finish the rest you are ready to eat.
Place the panko breadcrumbs on a flat dish. Add in a sprinkle of freshly ground sea salt, white pepper and the chilli flakes.
Beat the eggs gently in a small bowl.
Remove the cod from the fridge and slice into fingers. Place each in the flour and coat then roll in the beaten egg Allow any excess egg to drip off before coating with the panko. I normally fill a plate with these and then fry. Drain on kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
Wash the potatoes and slice into chips, you can leave the skin on. Fry the chips and then drain on kitchen towel to remove excess oil. Once you have removed the excess oil season the chips with cracked black pepper, chilli flakes and the freshly ground sea salt.
The mayonnaise can be combined in advance and set aside in the fridge whilst the rest is being made. To make this simply place the mayo into a small bowl, add the wasabi and pinch of salt and mix well. This can be transferred to small serving dishes after.
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This looks yummy I love Chinese and English cusines x
I like to mix it up a bit sometimes.
I feel hungry all of a sudden!!
Lol, this is a great dish!
Really interesting take on fish & chips, would never have thought of cookign the fish like that – it sounds very tasty
It is very tasty. Hubby and my friends love it.
I do like my food so I will try this out. Made standard fish and chips myself today so this is a new method for me.
It’s nice and easy but tastes great, enjoy!
Ooh sounds tasty (especially the wasabi mayo) thanks for the recipe! 🙂
It’s really good, the panko works a treat.
Look very tasty.
It is and little ones seem to like it too which is handy.
oh looks yummmy
Oh this sounds fab.
This is something I would never have thought of doing myself.
Fish & Chips is what I eat when I go out for meals with my family, as I always stick to what I know I’ll enjoy rather than take chances but after looking at this I’m going to give it a go.
Thank you for the suggestion 🙂
Now this sounds delicious – what a great idea I like the look of the fish! x
This looks so yummy! You always make great food!
xoxo
I love panko breadcrumbs, I make Chicken Kiev with them and it works a treat. I have to admit this looks really tasty, I may have to make this tonight!
Now this I absolutely love the sound of and I adore Wasabi too x
I love to mix things up a bit, this works really well.
Wow. blend of Europe inspired and Asian taste. Looks good. I can actually eat bulks of fish and chips. 🙂
This tastes really good and luckily is simple to make!!!
This sounds delicious and easy to make too
A twist o traditional fish and chips thankyou
I *love* the sound of this – cod can be a bit boring sometimes, but I bet these flavours really perk it up!
This really does make cod more interesting.
What a great twist in traditional fish and chips. I love anything spicy, so the wasabi mayo sounds great to me!
I love making this it’s so yummy!!!
Mm this does look super yummy! I’m half British, half Chinese, so this appeals to both sides of my culture!
Glad you like it Laura, these do taste really good!!!
Such tasty twist on a classic dish. Love it!
Oh my that dip would be fabulous with the cod. What a delightful meal idea!
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