When it comes to re-creating your favourite takeaway at home, surely the go-to recipe to make is fish and chips.
If you’re looking for a quick and easy fish and chip recipe, Jamie Oliver’s is the one to try. The chef’s ‘cheat’s’ version comes with a bacon crumb, smashed peas and a quick mint sauce.
According to the chef’s website, he has shared some top tips for making the recipe yourself.
It reads: “Feel free to add an extra flavour to your wedges as they roast, such as a herb or spice. My River just loves smoked paprika at the moment. If you don’t want to use bacon in the crumb, swap it out for anchovy, sun-dried tomato, or a herb.
“You can mix things up on the veg front. I like to add frozen edamame and broad beans to the peas before smashing them, or roughly chopped fresh asparagus or green beans would work a treat, too.”
Method
Firstly, preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas 7.
Next, scrub the potatoes, chop lengthways into 2cm wedges, toss with one tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper, then arrange in a single layer on your largest roasting tray.
Roast for 40 minutes, or until golden and cooked through, shaking halfway.
Meanwhile, roughly chop the bacon and place it in a food processor, tear in the bread, add one tablespoon of oil and blitz into fine crumbs, then spread across a plate. Spread the flour across a second plate, and beat the egg on another.
One by one, turn the fish in the flour, then the egg, letting any excess drip off, and finally turn in the bacon crumb. Line up on a non-stick baking tray and roast for 15 minutes, or until golden.
Cook the peas in a pan of boiling salted water, then drain and mash well.
Pick the mint leaves into a pestle and mortar, pound into a paste, then muddle in one tablespoon each of red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil, and season to perfection. Serve the fish and chips with the peas, dolloped with the mint sauce.
