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    Rum Battered Fish with Sweet Potato Fries & Coconut Curry Sauce

    Author: Amy Fulwood | Published: Jan 22, 2017 | Modified: Oct 3, 2024

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    This Caribbean style fish and chips is made up of rum battered fish, sweet potato fries, jerk onion rings and an incredible coconut curry sauce!

    I adore battered fish, it's delicious and one of my favourite ways to indulge but if you're looking for some more ways to use fish that are a little lighter then try out these sheet pan fish tacos or my peanut salmon noodles with pak choi.

    Keep reading for this yummy fish and chips recipe and an amazing rum batter for fish!

    This Caribbean style fish and chips is made up of rum battered fish, sweet potato fries and an incredible coconut curry sauce!

    One of my favourite ways to come up with recipes is to take a really classic meal and put a twist on it that uses flavours from a different cuisine.

    It's so fun to reimagine things I've grown up eating and try and create something new that still retains some of that familiar eating experience.

    This Caribbean style fish and chips is made up of rum battered fish, sweet potato fries, jerk onion rings and an incredible coconut curry sauce!

    Will was actually the one who came up with the idea of doing a Caribbean version of fish and chips. We've made a fish batter using gin before and it helps to get the batter really light and delicious.

    For this recipe we figured that using rum in the batter would help to give that signature Caribbean flavour.

    Ingredients you need for this rum battered fish:

    • Instant Yeast
    • Sugar
    • Sparkling Water
    • Flour
    • Dark Rum
    • Cider Vinegar
    • Salt and Pepper
    • Cod Fillets
    This Caribbean style fish and chips is made up of rum battered fish, sweet potato fries, jerk onion rings and an incredible coconut curry sauce!

    Once we'd figured out the fish we needed to work out the rest of the meal. Sweet potatoes seemed like the obvious choice for the chips. Something to sweeten everything up a bit.

    Ingredients you need to make these sweet potato fries:

    • Sweet Potatoes
    • Vegetable Oil
    • Mixed Herbs
    This Caribbean style fish and chips is made up of rum battered fish, sweet potato fries, jerk onion rings and an incredible coconut curry sauce!

    I outright refuse to eat fish and chips without curry sauce. I don't know why anyone ever would to be honest. Curry sauce is so delicious and there is nothing like chip shop chips dipped in curry sauce.

    Normally curry sauce is thickened with a little cream but we went for coconut milk and it gave an amazing flavour.

    Ingredients you need to make this coconut curry sauce:

    • Butter
    • Onion
    • Scotch Bonnet
    • Plain Flour
    • Curry Powder
    • Coconut Milk
    • Chicken Stock
    • Coriander
    • Lemon
    This Caribbean style fish and chips is made up of rum battered fish, sweet potato fries, jerk onion rings and an incredible coconut curry sauce!

    Finally, I think we can all agree that a meal can only be improved by onion rings.

    These ones have jerk seasoning stirred right into the batter before you dredge the onion rings and deep fry them so you get a wonderful spicy flavour with every bite.

    Ingredients you need to make these onion rings:

    • Onion
    • Self-Raising Flour
    • Sparkling Water
    • Jerk Seasoning

    Keep scrolling to get the full recipe for this rum battered fish with sweet potato fries & coconut curry sauce...

    This Caribbean style fish and chips is made up of rum battered fish, sweet potato fries, jerk onion rings and an incredible coconut curry sauce!

    We ate this a few weeks ago before we moved flats which is the reason it's taken a while to get it up on the blog and I've been AWOL for a week.

    We've been surrounded by boxes all week and coupled with the fact that it then took the internet folks a whole five days to sort out our wifi (I mean seriously, is it not just like, pressing an ON button?) I wasn't able to do any blogging which sucked. Fortunately our lives are starting to get a little more organised so I'll be back to regularly scheduled programming as of today.

    This Caribbean style fish and chips is made up of rum battered fish, sweet potato fries, jerk onion rings and an incredible coconut curry sauce!

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    WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEFTOVER INGREDIENTS YOU’VE GOT FROM MAKING THIS RUM BATTERED FISH WITH SWEET POTATO FRIES AND COCONUT CURRY SAUCE?

    If you’re anything like me then you’re always looking for ways to save money and avoid food waste so I want to make sure you’ve get plenty of ideas on how to use up any ingredients that are leftover from my recipes!

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    Recipe

    This Caribbean style fish and chips is made up of rum battered fish, sweet potato fries, jerk onion rings and an incredible coconut curry sauce!

    Rum Battered Fish with Sweet Potato Fries & Coconut Curry Sauce

    This Caribbean style fish and chips is made up of rum battered fish, sweet potato fries, jerk onion rings and an incredible coconut curry sauce!
    5 from 7 votes
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Caribbean
    Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 456kcal
    Author: Amy Fulwood

    Ingredients

    For the fish

    • 1 litre Vegetable Oil for frying
    • 7 g sachet Instant Yeast
    • pinch Sugar
    • 75 ml Sparkling Water
    • 100 g Flour
    • 25 ml Dark Rum
    • 0.5 teaspoon Cider Vinegar
    • Salt and Pepper
    • 4 small Cod Fillets

    For the sweet potato fries

    • 2 large Sweet Potatoes cut into fries
    • Vegetable Oil
    • Salt and Pepper
    • 1 teaspoon Mixed Herbs

    For the onion rings

    • 1 Large Onion cut into 1cm slices and rings separated
    • 150 g Self-Raising Flour
    • 180 ml Sparkling Water
    • 1 tablespoon Jerk Seasoning
    • Salt and Pepper

    For the coconut curry sauce

    • 50 g Butter
    • 1 Large Onion finely chopped
    • 1 Scotch Bonnet deseeded and finely chopped
    • 1 teaspoon Plain Flour
    • 2 tablespoon Curry Powder
    • 150 ml Coconut Milk
    • 200 ml Chicken Stock
    • 4 tablespoon Fresh Coriander finely chopped
    • Juice of Half a Lemon

    To serve

    • Fresh Coriander
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    Instructions

    • Bring a large pan of water to the boil and boil the sweet potato fries for 5 minutes, drain and set aside. Preheat the oven to 200°C (fan oven) and put a large roasting tray with a couple of tablespoons of oil in the oven to heat up. When the oil is hot, place the sweet potato fries on to the tray with the mixed herbs and a sprinkling and salt and pepper and return to the oven. Cook for 30-40 minutes until crispy and browned.
    • While the fries are cooking heat a litre of vegetable oil to 190°C in a large heavy based pan. For the fish, mix the yeast, sugar and sparkling water together in a large bowl. Add the flour, rum and vinegar with a sprinkling of salt and pepper. Leave to the side until it starts to bubble. Dip the cod fillets into the batter and make sure they're fully coated then place in the hot oil and fry for 3-4 minutes until browned then remove with a metal slotted spoon and place on a plate lined with kitchen paper to drain. Sprinkle with salt.
    • Make the onion rings. Mix together the flour, sparkling water and jerk seasoning then season generously. Coat the onion rings in the batter and fry in batches for a few minutes until browned. Places the cooked onion rings on a paper towel lined plate and sprinkle with salt. 
    • While the fish and onion rings are frying make the curry sauce. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat and add the onion and scotch bonnet. Stir through the flour and curry powder followed by the coconut milk and chicken stock. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5-10 minutes. Finish by stirring through the coriander and lemon juice.
    Nutrition Facts
    Rum Battered Fish with Sweet Potato Fries & Coconut Curry Sauce
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 456 Calories from Fat 189
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 21g32%
    Saturated Fat 14g70%
    Cholesterol 28mg9%
    Sodium 217mg9%
    Potassium 312mg9%
    Carbohydrates 53g18%
    Fiber 3g12%
    Sugar 1g1%
    Protein 11g22%
    Vitamin A 1060IU21%
    Vitamin C 4.3mg5%
    Calcium 44mg4%
    Iron 4.2mg23%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Comments

    1. Ginny McMeans says

      August 29, 2017 at 4:37 pm

      5 stars
      Oh yeah! I'm making that batter for some onion rings and the sauce for everything I can think of.

      Reply
    2. Beth says

      August 29, 2017 at 4:32 pm

      5 stars
      Seriously, Amy these look amazing!! The addition of the rum to the batter is truly inspired! And the sweet potato fries and onion rings? Well that goes without saying that I would gobble them up!! Lovely meal!

      Reply
    3. Christine says

      August 29, 2017 at 4:16 pm

      5 stars
      Wow-what a delicious looking meal! The fish and fries look so crispy and that curry sauce is amazing! Yum!

      Reply
    4. Nicola @ Happy Healthy Motivated says

      August 29, 2017 at 3:48 pm

      5 stars
      Everyone's heard of beer-battered fish, but rum?! What a creative idea! Love the sweet potato fries and curry sauce, too. Definitely going to have to make this asap!

      Reply
    5. Vanessa Price says

      August 29, 2017 at 3:26 pm

      5 stars
      I love this whole meal! Definitely pinning for later.

      Reply
    6. Dogum Gunu Pastasi says

      January 23, 2017 at 4:08 am

      5 stars
      Excellent sharing. Thank you so much.

      Reply
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