Fish Churros

Canarian Recipes: Churros de Pescado

Resembling small fried fish fingers, churros de pescado are a popular Canarian tapa featuring strips of white fish (like cod or hake) marinated in garlic, lemon, and parsley, then coated in a fluffy beer-based batter and deep-fried until crispy. 

Ingredients 

4 servings

  • 8 White Fish Fillets(fingers)  eg Hake
  • 4 tbsp Flour
  • 100ml Milk
  • 1 Egg
  • 150ml Beer
  • Lemon for juice
  • Parsley, chopped
  • Sea salt
  • Olive oil

Method

  1. First, we salt the fish, drizzle it with lemon juice, and sprinkle it lightly with parsley. We set it aside for a couple of hours.
    Alternative: The day before, soak the fish in a bowl with milk and 2-3 crushed and peeled garlic cloves. Before cooking, dry it well.

  2. To prepare the batter, we put about four tablespoons of flour, the same amount of milk, a beaten egg, and a glass of beer into a bowl.

  3. The dough is worked, more or less, until we have a mixture that is thicker rather than thin.

  4. Before frying, we place a plate with flour, coat the fish in it, then in the batter, and into the hot oil,  medium heat so that it cooks inside and out without getting burnt.

Presentation:

Enjoy them with a good aioli, mayonnaise, mojo sauce or German Potato Salad