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Gluten Free Beer Battered Fish

May 11, 2011 By Jeanine Friesen 38 Comments

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You won’t believe how easy it is to make your own Gluten Free Beer Battered Fish at home. Add a side of  hot fries and some creamy coleslaw, and you’ve got the perfect pub dinner.

You won't believe how easy it is to make your own Gluten Free Beer Battered Fish at home. Add a side ofย  hot fries and some creamy coleslaw, and you've got the perfect pub dinner.

In the 10 years since my celiac disease diagnosis, I have only come across the occasion for gluten free fried fish while eating out twice. You may think – good, fried food is bad for you. True, I won’t argue with you there. But fried food is something that I think people that can still eat gluten don’t really think about.

Even finding a restaurant that has a safe deep fryer for french fries can be a challenge. So finding a place that has gluten free Beer Battered Fish or gluten free Onion Rings is nearly impossible.

You won't believe how easy it is to make your own Gluten Free Beer Battered Fish at home. Add a side of  hot fries and some creamy coleslaw, and you've got the perfect pub dinner.

This gluten free Beer Battered Fish dish actually comes together quite quickly. Quick enough that it can be prepared on a weeknight. If you have time to bake some french fries, you have enough time to fry up some fish. The fish actually takes less time to cook than the french fries.

I’ve made this with both tilapia and cod fish, and my family definitely prefers the cod. It has less of a ‘fishy’ flavor, which no one here really likes.

You won't believe how easy it is to make your own Gluten Free Beer Battered Fish at home. Add a side of  hot fries and some creamy coleslaw, and you've got the perfect pub dinner.

Donโ€™t discard the oil after frying this gluten free Beer Battered Fish.

Did you know that you can reuse your deep-frying oil? I often pour mine through a sieve lined with paper towel to remove anything that has sunk to the bottom, and store it in a jar in the fridge until the next time I want to deep fry something. Since you used this for fish, I wouldnโ€™t recommend making gluten free Old-Fashioned Doughnuts in it. Instead, you can use it to make:

  • Deep Fried Home-Fries
  • Gluten Free Chinese Chicken Balls
  • Crispy Gluten Free Onion Rings
  • Gluten Free Fried Chicken KFC Style

Gluten Free Beer Battered Fish recipe:

You won't believe how easy it is to make your own Gluten Free Beer Battered Fish at home. Add a side ofย  hot fries and some creamy coleslaw, and you've got the perfect pub dinner.

Gluten Free Beer Battered Fish

Yield: 8
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes

You won't believe how easy it is to make your own Gluten Free Beer Battered Fish at home. Add a side of hot fries and some creamy coleslaw, and you've got the perfect pub dinner.

Ingredients

  • enough oil for deep frying, about 2" in your pot/fryer
  • 8 (4 ounce) cod or tilapia fillets
  • 1/2 cup brown rice flour (for dusting the fish fillets)

Batter:

  • 1/2 cup brown rice flour
  • 1/4 cup potato starch
  • 1/4 cup tapioca starch
  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoons paprika
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups gluten free beer OR Club Soda
  • 1 large egg, beaten

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a heavy bottom pot or a deep fryer until 365 degrees F.
  2. Rinse the fish and pat it dry.
  3. Place 1/2 cup brown rice flour in one bowl. Set aside.
  4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the batter ingredients. The batter will be fairly thin, that's alright, it will work just fine.
  5. Working one at a time, dip the fish fillets into the rice flour, then into the batter, and then carefully place it in the hot oil. You shouldn't overcrowd your pot - only fry a few pieces of fish at time.
  6. Fry fish, turning once, until both sides are a golden brown (about 2 minutes per side). Drain on a paper towel lined baking sheet, and serve while still warm.

Notes

Adapted from a recipe at Allrecipes.com

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Gluten-free Beer Battered Fish

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Comments

  1. Carolyn says

    May 11, 2011 at 10:36 am

    Wow, that looks amazing! You are adventurous in the kitchen, and thank goodness for the rest of us!

    Reply
    • Mary says

      May 9, 2019 at 1:53 pm

      This was awesome! We substituted homemade Kombucha for the gf beer and it turned out great! In fact, the non-gf folks in our family preferred this recipe to their “regular” recipe. I am sure you could use your favorite store bought Kombucha with great success!

      Reply
      • Jeanine says

        June 8, 2019 at 8:49 am

        Thanks for sharing your substitution, Mary! Glad to hear that it worked well!

        Reply
  2. Carrie says

    May 11, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    You are awesome!! I hope I can find some GF beer and try this sometime soon!!

    Reply
    • Hallie says

      July 25, 2016 at 5:56 pm

      Red bridge is a good gluten free beer

      Reply
  3. kftaylorquilts.com says

    May 11, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    Well now I want some beer battered fish! That looks fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing your talents!

    Reply
  4. freeeatsfood.com says

    May 11, 2011 at 10:34 pm

    It looks like you have attained perfection here! Yum. The markets near me don't have a good selection of GF beer, but I will have to keep looking. Thanks for posting another great recipe.

    Reply
  5. judie says

    May 16, 2011 at 9:17 am

    could I make this using chia seeds or flax instead of the egg? or enrg egg replacer.This was always my favorite treat and I really miss it.Thanks.

    Reply
  6. Carrie says

    May 16, 2011 at 9:24 am

    this was delicious! We made this with friends and actually just used seltzer water (since none of us drink and gf beer is hard to find here) it was great!!! Definitely a once-a-year awesome treat!!

    Reply
  7. Nikki says

    July 6, 2013 at 6:56 pm

    This recipe is DELICIOUS!! I will never make it a different way. We used club soda instead of buying GF beer, and it works just fine ๐Ÿ™‚ THANK YOU!

    Reply
    • Jeanine Friesen says

      July 8, 2013 at 7:57 am

      So glad to hear that, Nikki! And thanks for the information on the successful substitution, that’s great to know too! Now I want fried fish. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  8. alicia says

    September 12, 2013 at 9:44 am

    Omg i used to love getting beer battered fish at mimis cafe….ive missed it this goes on this weeks menu for sure!!!

    Reply
    • alicia says

      September 12, 2013 at 9:57 am

      Do you have a recipee for the slaw?

      Reply
      • Jeanine Friesen says

        September 12, 2013 at 10:09 am

        I actually use a simply, straight forward coleslaw recipe from Allrecipes.com : http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sweet-Restaurant-Slaw/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Thumb&e11=restaurant%20slaw&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page

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    • Jeanine Friesen says

      September 12, 2013 at 10:08 am

      I hope you enjoy it, Alicia!

      Reply
  9. Lorna says

    January 15, 2014 at 11:19 pm

    Made this for dinner tonight and it was wonderful. GF beer is still unheard of here and I didn’t have club soda or 7-up both of which I’m sure would work. I just substituted plain old water and it was great…..just a nice thin crispy coating which was especially delicious with the garlic powder and paprika….Going to be a regular her! Thanks Janine!

    Reply
    • Jeanine Friesen says

      January 29, 2014 at 2:17 pm

      Perfect! Thanks for sharing that, Lorna, I’m sure others have a hard time finding gluten-free beer as well. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  10. MK says

    July 5, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    We made this last night and it was delicious. Our 8 and 10 year old gobbled it up. We used 7-up instead of gf beer and it turned out great. Thank you for sharing. We are so glad we found your website.

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    • Jeanine says

      July 7, 2015 at 7:56 pm

      Yeah!! I’m so glad that you found it too! ๐Ÿ™‚ I haven’t made this in a while, may need to change that. ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for popping in, MK!

      Reply
  11. Robert says

    August 14, 2015 at 11:43 am

    Though I haven’t tried it in our own kitchen yet, we dined in a GF restaurant in Colorado Springs called Coquette’s and they made fabulous GF fish and chips. Instead of beer, they used Strong Bow Cider which is easier to find in a liquor store than GF beer. If that brand is unavailable, try one of the European tasting ciders which are more tart than many of the New England brands.

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  12. Debbie says

    January 17, 2016 at 7:39 am

    Made this last night with fish and shrimp, it was the BEST! My husband who only eats GF for me (celiac), could not get enough! I’ve tried other beer batter before, this is #1, thanks a bunch for sharing.

    Reply
    • Debbie says

      January 17, 2016 at 7:42 am

      Oh forgot, Redbridge is easy to find in grocery strores here in Florida and it works great for the beer part of this.

      Reply
  13. Tracy Joyner says

    March 4, 2016 at 5:11 pm

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECIPE!!! Just recently diagnosed with Celiac and I was worried I would never be able to have another beer battered fish, especially during LENT. This recipe was wonderful. I used Bob’s Red Mill 1 for 1 Gluten free flour mix and Redbridge Gluten free beer. AMAZING flavor.

    Definitely will be stashed in my “favorite recipe pile” ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Jeanine says

      March 8, 2016 at 2:48 pm

      Isn’t it great to be able to re-create your favorites? No need to panic, you’ll be able to recreate nearly everything with time. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  14. Dan says

    January 8, 2017 at 4:28 pm

    I’ve made this about 4 times, with halibut I have in the freezer. It turns out perfect every time. A good gluten free beer I have recently found is called “ground breaker”, with a tractor on the label.

    Reply
  15. Kurt says

    March 18, 2017 at 6:02 pm

    Made it today. What a treat for my wife, who has had to be gf for 10 years now. Hard cider worked nicely.

    Reply
  16. Donna Harman says

    May 4, 2018 at 10:06 am

    Can Bobs Red Mill GF 1 to 1 flour be used is place of the other flours? And I am having trouble finding GF beer. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

    Reply
    • Dick L. says

      May 12, 2018 at 3:36 am

      The recipe now suggests club soda as an alternative to beer, and others have used 7-Up successfully. If you’re really trying to get some of the hop flavor from beer, you might want to try an internet search for things like “beer without hops” or “hop substitutes”. An Earl Grey tea bag in some club soda might do the trick. You may have to experiment a bit.

      Reply
  17. Kathleen H. says

    December 16, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    Can this recipe be made in an air fryer? Also has it been determined if a GF 1 to 1 flour be used?

    Reply
    • Jeanine Friesen says

      December 16, 2019 at 6:16 pm

      Hi Kathleen, I don’t have an air fryer, and I don’t think anyone has tried making it in there yet. I don’t use preblend flours ( https://www.faithfullyglutenfree.com/substitutions-all-purpose-gluten-free-flour/ ), but some of the comments mention using a 1-to-1 flour without any problems.

      Reply
  18. Treena says

    April 20, 2020 at 10:59 am

    This is a meal I have missed since being diagnosed with celiac. My husband and I made this last night. We used club soda. He is not celiac but he said this is the best fish heโ€™s had. Thank you so much for an amazing recipe!

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  19. Tara says

    May 2, 2020 at 4:54 am

    I finally made this recipe last night, and it was different, but decent. Don’t think I’ve ever used so much paprika in a recipe before. I was a bit nervous about the 2 tablespoons, but went ahead with it. The color of course, turns out amazing. I also used club soda with cod lions. Don’t know if I’ll use this for fish again, but what I was thinking of trying next with this batter is both onion rings & shrimp. I think it’ll do quite well. Especially for onion rings ๐Ÿ˜‹

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  20. Kellie Bean says

    July 9, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    Can I use a substitute for the egg? Like coconut milk or aquafaba?

    Reply
    • Tania Davis says

      October 30, 2020 at 4:11 pm

      I’m curious about this too. I wonder if it can be left out?

      Reply
  21. Shirley says

    February 8, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    for me the fish was a desaster, i used club soda. The fish fell apart in the oil. I also used peanut oil.

    Reply
    • Jeanine Friesen says

      February 9, 2021 at 8:53 am

      If the fish fell apart, I’d say your fish was the problem. Sorry to hear that.

      Reply
  22. Dana S Reeleder says

    March 6, 2021 at 7:46 am

    Can you make this batter the night before?

    Reply
    • Jeanine Friesen says

      March 7, 2021 at 7:32 pm

      I wouldn’t mix it that much ahead of time. You can mix the dry ingredients together, and add the wet when needed.

      Reply

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