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Vodka and tonic battered cod with chips and tomato ketchup
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Vodka and tonic battered cod with chips and tomato ketchup

23 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

James Martin’s recipe for the perfect homemade fish and chips.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1074
Calories
45g
Protein
30g
Fat
153g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 17 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Beef 100g cooked 250
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Dripping not in our table 0
Vodka not in our table 0
Cider not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Sauce not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1litre/1¾ pints vegetable oil
  • 1kg/2lb 4oz beef dripping
  • 400g/14oz chipping potatoes
  • 15g/⅔oz fresh yeast
  • pinch salt
  • pinch sugar
  • 175ml/6fl oz tonic
  • 200g/7oz plain flour
  • 25ml/1fl oz vodka
  • 1 tsp cider vinegar
  • 4 x 175g/6oz codcoleypollack
  • 250ml/9fl oz red wine vinegar
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ tsp ground coriander
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 75g/3oz light soft brown sugar
  • 1.6kg/3lbs 8oz chopped tinned tomatoes
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp English mustard
  • 1 garlic
  • sauce Tabasco
  • 2 tbsp tomato
  • 1-2 tbsp cornflour

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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