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Over the last few days as I have been contemplating my St. Patrick's Day dishes, but I could not get the thought of fish and chips out of my head. After a while I decided that the easiest way to get past the road block was to simply give in and make some fish and chips. I do not make fish and chips all that often so when I do I like to indulge a bit and I go with cod for the fish. Cod is my favourite fish for fish and chips as it has an amazing texture after frying that just goes perfectly with the crispy coating. Speaking of the batter, with all of the thoughts of St Patrick's day I could hardly not go with a beer batter and a Guinness beer batter at that!

At this point another one of my recent obsessions, an obsession with po'boys, took hold, and I could not resist turning the fish and chips meal into a crispy fried fish sandwich with fries. So the idea was a fried fish sandwich but the fish was looking rather lonely in the bun all by itself and a dollop of mayo was certainly not going to be good enough! We needed some serious condiments for this proud and noble fried cod in a bun! After a quick thought about a remoulade sauce was dismissed as not being Irish enough, I realized that I would be missing out on my favourite fish and chips sides, the creamy coleslaw and the tangy tartar sauce and with that I had my condiments and they would do the cod proud!

Crispy Beer Battered Fish Sandwich

Light flaky, tender and moist cod wrapped in a beer batter and fried until crispy and golden brown; served in a baguette with coleslaw and tartar sauce.

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Oh my. This is what I must have for St. Paddy's day lunch. I've never had cod--it wasn't local when I lived in Florida, and I was spoiled on the fish my Dad caught--but the way people talk about it makes me want to try. And what better way to try something new than battered and fried?

Kevin, this looks AMAZING!! I love fish sandwiches, and haven't made beer-battered fish in a long time... I think I'm gonna have to go to the grocery store this afternoon to pick up the ingredients for this!

I should really give this a try. "Fish and Chips" is the only seafood my husband will eat besides tuna sandwiches..go figure. I've never tried it at home. I'm afraid of trying the batter. But yours looks so great I'm inspired. And the po-boy is genius. I'm from Louisiana so I've got a soft spot for them too :-)

Gotta try it some time. For the uninitiated, it might be more helpful if you can chat a bit on tips on ingredient shopping, cooking tools and utensil etc. Like when you dogricery, do you have recipes planned ahead? For a frying dish like this, did you use a special pan? What's the trick to reduce the smoke/ splatter (the screen?)

SnowWhite: I normally write out a meal plan, gather the recipes and write out a grocery list for the next week and then go and get all of the groceries at once. Since I have a small kitchen I do not use anything special for frying dishes like this. I just use a very large sauce pan to make sure that it does not over flow when it bubbles up when you add things to the oil. There should't be any smoke when making this dish.

Are you kidding me? I do not like fish, but want to make ammends with that. Maybe I'll try it again with a deep fried batter between slices of delicious bread and creamy 'slaw like this! Seriously, your plate looks straight from a restaurant and I'm salivating! :)

This looks like a great seafood recipe for a hot summer day. We love the reference to fish and chips, with the addition of the coleslaw. This sandwich is a great reference to European food influences. Thanks for sharing, we'll have to give this a try soon!

I tried this for supper tonight and loved the taste. I think I might have undercooked it a bit because the batter lost it's crunch quickly and when my bf and I bit into the sandwich the fish went everywhere out the sides.Will try this again and hopefully perfect it next time.Also tried your recipe for pan seared salmon with sour cream dill sauce and loved it!

I tried this batter & it is fabulous... My spousal unit owned and operated a fish & chips stand & fried thousands of ponds of fish over the years & he thinks this is even better than his original recipe! Your tartar sauce is great too as it is dang close to mine... I always add a drop or three of worchestershire sauce to pump it up a notch!

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.