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December 10, 2004
Arthur Treacher's
Among Toronto's missing restaurants is a source for Arthur Treacher's fish and chips. Seriously, there is an Arthur Treacher's in Grand Cayman but nothing north of the border. That said, I may now hold the secret to their fish batter recipe... pancake mix and club soda (hat tip to SondraK who has the scoop on McDonald's Filet-O-Fish).
2 cups All-purpose flour
3 cups Pancake mix
3 cups Club soda
1 tablespoon Onion powder
1 tablespoon Seasoned salt
Dip moistened fish pieces evenly but lightly in the flour. Dust off any excess flour and allow pieces to air dry on eaxed paper, about 5 minutes. Whip the pancake mix with the club soda to the consistency of buttermilk- pourable, but not too thin and not too thick. beat in the onion powder and seasoned salt. Dip floured fillets into batter and drop into 425 oil in heavy saucepan using meat thermometer. Brown about 4 minutes per side. Arrange on cookie sheet in 325 oven until all pieces have been fried.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 10, 2004 07:42 AM
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Yup, club soda is an old trick. Beer works even better (especially for onion rings). But the real secret, as used by Harry Ramsden’s (I have a feeling your closest will be London, Hong Kong being a lot further the other way) is to deep fry everything in beef dripping. None of this vegetarian stuff, nor even pork lard.
Posted by: Tim Worstall at December 10, 2004 10:11 AM
At least this IS a recipe!!
That Fillet-o-Fish deallio is fricken retarded. Difficulty 3?? WTF??????
That makes this one a 5+.....at least....
Posted by: SondraK at December 10, 2004 03:48 PM
Mmmm. Beer and beef dripping.
Posted by: Flea at December 12, 2004 08:41 AM