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 Onion Rings is nearly impossible.
This 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’ flavour, which no one here really likes.
Adapted from a recipe at Allrecipes.com
Gluten Free Beer Battered Fish
Ingredients
Batter:
Instructions
Notes
Don’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 wouldn’t recommend making doughnuts in it. Instead, you can use it to make:
- Deep Fried Home-Fries
- Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Chicken Balls
- Crispy Gluten Free Onion Rings
- Gluten Free Fried Chicken KFC Style
This recipe and images were updated in February 2018.
Carolyn says
May 11, 2011 at 10:36 amWow, that looks amazing! You are adventurous in the kitchen, and thank goodness for the rest of us!
Mary says
May 9, 2019 at 1:53 pmThis 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!
Carrie says
May 11, 2011 at 2:11 pmYou are awesome!! I hope I can find some GF beer and try this sometime soon!!
Hallie says
July 25, 2016 at 5:56 pmRed bridge is a good gluten free beer
kftaylorquilts.com says
May 11, 2011 at 5:02 pmWell now I want some beer battered fish! That looks fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing your talents!
freeeatsfood.com says
May 11, 2011 at 10:34 pmIt 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.
judie says
May 16, 2011 at 9:17 amcould 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.
Carrie says
May 16, 2011 at 9:24 amthis 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!!
Nikki says
July 6, 2013 at 6:56 pmThis 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 🙂 THANK YOU!
Jeanine Friesen says
July 8, 2013 at 7:57 amSo 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. 🙂
alicia says
September 12, 2013 at 9:44 amOmg i used to love getting beer battered fish at mimis cafe….ive missed it this goes on this weeks menu for sure!!!
alicia says
September 12, 2013 at 9:57 amDo you have a recipee for the slaw?
Jeanine Friesen says
September 12, 2013 at 10:09 amI 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
Jeanine Friesen says
September 12, 2013 at 10:08 amI hope you enjoy it, Alicia!
Lorna says
January 15, 2014 at 11:19 pmMade 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!
Jeanine Friesen says
January 29, 2014 at 2:17 pmPerfect! Thanks for sharing that, Lorna, I’m sure others have a hard time finding gluten-free beer as well. 🙂
MK says
July 5, 2015 at 2:15 pmWe 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.
Jeanine says
July 7, 2015 at 7:56 pmYeah!! I’m so glad that you found it too! 🙂 I haven’t made this in a while, may need to change that. 🙂 Thanks for popping in, MK!
Robert says
August 14, 2015 at 11:43 amThough 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.
Debbie says
January 17, 2016 at 7:39 amMade 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.
Debbie says
January 17, 2016 at 7:42 amOh forgot, Redbridge is easy to find in grocery strores here in Florida and it works great for the beer part of this.
Tracy Joyner says
March 4, 2016 at 5:11 pmTHANK 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” 🙂
Jeanine says
March 8, 2016 at 2:48 pmIsn’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. 🙂
Dan says
January 8, 2017 at 4:28 pmI’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.
Kurt says
March 18, 2017 at 6:02 pmMade it today. What a treat for my wife, who has had to be gf for 10 years now. Hard cider worked nicely.
Donna Harman says
May 4, 2018 at 10:06 amCan 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.
Dick L. says
May 12, 2018 at 3:36 amThe 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.