A fish and chips tea is as British as The Queen. So, it makes sense that Queen Elizabeth II and the rest of the royal family love a portion of fish and chips, and like many other households in the UK, get stuck in on a Friday.
And now former royal chef, Darren McGrady, has revealed Liz’s favourite fish and chips recipe.
Darren shared two videos on his YouTube channel showing viewers how to make the iconic meal In the first video, he shows you how he used to make the dish for Buckingham Palace staff. And the second video focusses on how he'd cook it for The Queen. He starts by saying, “Even the chefs looked forward to Fish And Chips Friday."
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He adds that The Queen is quite specific about the batter that goes on her fish, and even more specific about the shape of her chips.
“The Queen wouldn't really eat the fish fried in all that crispy rich batter – a little bit too much for her. She preferred a more refined fish and chips. The chips were all cut the same length - every one the same length, perfect rectangles.”
The best potatoes for his chips are Maris Pipers, according to Darren.
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Talking about the fish, Darren says: “When making the fish, we'd actually do a Panko crusting. We'd take the fish [cod] and season with some salt and pepper. It would go into flour and then a mixture of egg yolk and melted butter. The egg yolk helped bind the Panko crumbs to the fish and the butter helped fry the fish as it cooked in the oven.”
Darren bakes the fish in the oven at 200°c for 10 minutes. Then gets the chips in a deep fat fryer for 5 minutes.
Now comes the fancy stuff – Darren presents the chips in a little tower. So regal. He also serves the fish and chips with a tarragon sauce hollandaise sauce, before popping a pansy flower on the plate.
If we tried asking for a chip tower and a pansy in our takeaway order from The Codfather, we’d get a slap across the face with a cold, wet cod…
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