Beer-Battered Vegan Fish and Chips (With Hearts of Palm) - LFD Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What are vegan fish and chips made of? ›

The best vegan comfort food! Vegan fish and chips made from artichoke hearts and hearts of palm which is battered and then fried. I opted for sparkling water so this one doesn't have any beer in the batter but the batter is just as delicious and light!

Carbonated water: The air pockets from carbonated drinks is extremely important to created a really light and crispy batter. You can use club soda, sparkling water, seltzer or beer but I would stay away from anything with too many sugars. Consistency: You definitely don't want your batter to be too thick.

Swap the beer for soda

Found among the beer and wine, but lacking the alcohol, is the perfect swap for beer battered fish: club soda. Full of bubbles due to its carbonation, club soda can give the same lightness to a batter as beer would.

Most are fair game for beer batter (Pilsner Urquell, Stella Artois, Modelo, and Firestone Pivo Pils are particularly nice), with the exception of Bohemian pilsner, which comes with a heavy dose of spices that can change the overall flavor of your dish. In a beer batter, pilsner is one of the more low-key options.

By that definition, a pescatarian is someone who chooses to eat a vegetarian diet, but who also eats fish and other seafood. It's a largely plant-based diet of whole grains, nuts, legumes, produce and healthy fats, with seafood playing a key role as a main protein source. Many pescatarians also eat dairy and eggs.

Some of the most common ingredients that can make potato chips non-vegan include dairy products like milk, cheese, cream, and buttermilk. You should also be on the lookout for “Natural Flavors,” which may or may not be made using animal products.

Beer Batter Ingredients

Egg: An egg creates a more delicate crust and helps seal in moisture.

In a medium mixing bowl add the flour, sugar, baking powder, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and salt. Stir with a wooden spoon to combine. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the eggs and milk. Stir to combine and until no dry bits remain and a smooth batter forms.

Ginger ale, with its citrusy, sometimes even sour tang, is a great option if you need something akin to a pale ale. For dark or ruby beers, the molasses-adjacent taste of the sassafras in root beer works really well as an alternative.

The use of beer is recommended as the fizz in the beer is what lends the batter its light, airy texture. If you really must substitute for a non-alcoholic version, use soda water or carbonated drinks such as Sprite instead.

Can you use Budweiser for beer batter? ›

So, all in all, if you deep fry for larger groups several times a summer, you want a light American lager. Little flavor, plenty of carbonation, enough alcohol, and cheap to boot. I use Budweiser. The beer batter works because of the alcohol and the CO2 in beer.

Pabst Blue Ribbon is an inexpensive beer that can be easily mixed within the batter. One of the reasons we love using this beer style is that it does not alter the taste of the pairing like some dark or more bitter beers.

Different beers will yield varied flavors. I like a robust beer, like an IPA or stout, but any American light lager (Coors Light, Bud Light, Miller Lite, etc.) works great, too. Fish with white fillets are ideal for beer batter.

More or less anything goes with a beer batter, although pretty much everyone agrees that a simple malty lager – think Miller High Life, Grain Belt, or Rainier – works the best. Malty English ales, like an English mild or an amber, also work very well. As do all kinds of Mexican lagers, even the dark ones.

The chips part is easy so long as they're not fried in oil that's been used to cook meat or fish, but if you'd like to have something battered then we need to get a little more creative. A few popular vegan 'fish' ideas include: Banana blossoms – the flowers that grow at the end of bunches of bananas.

Standard plain potato chips are fried sliced potatos with salt. If the oil used for frying is vegetable oil, then they are likely vegan. But if it is an animal fat, then no. Flavored chips can be as vegan as the flavoring.

Ima Gluten-free Plant-based Salmon

The flavour is very subtle and perhaps a little too sweet with not much of a fishy taste, but once marinated in soy sauce and thinly sliced (as the instructions recommend), the product is a very convincing and tasty alternative.

Vegans don't eat any foods of animal origin. This includes meat, fish and dairy foods, and also honey. If you're a vegan, you need to make sure you're getting enough protein and iron, but it can also be difficult to get enough vitamin B12.