Gluten-Free Beer-Battered Fish Fry Recipe

By
Elizabeth Barbone
Elizabeth Barbone: Contributing Writer at Serious Eats
Elizabeth Barbone
Elizabeth Barbone develops delicious and creative recipes for the food allergic and gluten-free communities through her site Gluten-Free Baking. Author of three cookbooks: Easy Gluten-Free Baking (2009), How to Cook Gluten-Free (2012), and The World's Easiest Paleo Baking (2016).
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Updated Aug. 30, 2018
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Elizabeth Barbone

This gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free recipe makes a crispy gluten-free fish fry.

If you can't find gluten-free beer, use seltzer water. If you can't find sweet rice flour, use an additional 1/4 cup white rice flour to replace it in the recipe.

Recipe Details

Gluten-Free Beer-Battered Fish Fry Recipe

Active 45 mins
Total 45 mins
Serves 4 servings

Ingredients

For the Batter:

  • 2 ounces (1/2 cup) white rice flour

  • 1 ounce (1/4 cup) sweet rice flour

  • 3 ounces (3/4 cup) cornstarch

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

  • 3/4 cup gluten-free beer, more as needed

For the Fish:

  • 1 pound boneless, skinless cod, cut into 5-inch pieces

  • 2 ounces (1/2 cup) white rice flour

  • 2 ounces (1/2 cup) cornstarch

For Frying:

  • 2 quarts vegetable oil

Directions

  1. In medium bowl, whisk together cornstarch, white rice flour, sweet rice flour, baking powder, granulated sugar, salt, and black pepper. Add gluten-free beer. Whisk until batter forms. Batter should flow easily from a spoon, slightly thicker than the consistency of heavy cream. If it's too thick, add an additional tablespoon beer. Set aside. In large bowl or pie plate, whisk together remaining white rice flour and cornstarch.

  2. Preheat oven to 250°F. In heavy bottomed Dutch oven, heat oil to 375°F. Dredge cod, one piece at a time, into the white rice flour-cornstarch mixture. Shake off excess. Dip cod, one piece at a time, into batter. Allow excess batter to drop off. Carefully lower fish into hot oil. Cook until batter sets, about three minutes. Turn fish and cook until batter turns golden brown, about another three to five minutes. (Frying time varies depending in the size of the cod pieces.) Fry cod in batches, about two to three pieces at a time depending on the size of your fryer.

  3. Drain fish on paper towel-lined plate. Serve at once or transfer to rimmed baking sheet and keep warm in preheated oven for up to twenty minutes.

Special Equipment

Deep fryer

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
523 Calories
19g Fat
54g Carbs
30g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4
Amount per serving
Calories 523
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19g 25%
Saturated Fat 2g 8%
Cholesterol 62mg 21%
Sodium 284mg 12%
Total Carbohydrate 54g 20%
Dietary Fiber 1g 5%
Total Sugars 1g
Protein 30g
Vitamin C 1mg 6%
Calcium 63mg 5%
Iron 2mg 13%
Potassium 325mg 7%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)