In collaboration with Young’s Seafood.
Hands’ up, who else loves fish and chips? Who else loves fish and chips but can’t face leaving the house and visiting the nearest chippie (which is our case is an hour’s round trip drive, plus waiting time!), or just don’t have the time or inclination to do so? Young’s large cod fish fillets to the rescue! With their unique, crisp, bubbly batter Young’s cod fillets are the Nation’s (and our!) favourite battered cod for making a chip shop style fish supper at home.
We’ve teamed up with Young’s Seafood to share our recipe for a quick and easy homemade fish supper. Ruth Langsford, TV presenter for This Morning, has also teamed up with Young’s Seafood to show us just how easy it is for busy parents to whip up a chip shop style chippie at home. For my recipe I’ve made some homemade potato wedges and a simple dill tartare sauce, while Ruth shows us how to make herbed potato wedges, curry sauce and minted mushy peas. Just watch the video below to find out how!
Frozen battered responsibly sourced cod fish fillets are a great standby option to have in the freezer for quick midweek meals that the kids (well, mine at least!) will actually eat without complaints. A hassle-free meal like this can be ready in under 45 minutes, great for busy parents. It’s also a healthier alternative to eating out.
With my home made dill tartare recipe you can use lighter than light mayo and fat free yogurt for a very low calorie sauce, and Young’s large battered cod fillets are only 243 calories each!
In addition to sharing some fab recipes, Ruth has shared some of her own top mealtime tips for family meals.
Ruth’s top mealtime tips:
1. Get the whole family together as much as possible – with different working hours, homework deadlines and social plans it can be very tricky to spend quality time together as a family. Try and schedule a dine-in night at least twice a week where you can eat dinner together and talk about your days.
2. No phones at the dinner table – family mealtimes should mean quality time together. With a no phones rule, everyone gets to spend time together chatting and enjoying a delicious dinner.
3. Use your freezer – it can be difficult to find healthy options that everyone will enjoy during a busy week but having delicious meals in the freezer means there will always be something quick and tasty ready to be served.
4. Eat fish more often– fish is naturally low in fat, yet high in protein, vitamins and minerals including omega 3. Young’s take all the hard work out of preparing delicious fish meals so you can enjoy it more often in the week.
5. Try something new – keep mealtimes exciting by adding a new dish to your repertoire every so often. The Young’s website has loads of recipe inspiration so take a look and let the compliments start rolling in!
What do you like having with your fish and chips? Are you a curry sauce person? A mushy pea person? A squeeze of lemon or a splash of vinegar person? Let me know in the comments!
Visit the Young’s Seafood website for more recipe inspiration, and don’t forget to follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Chip Shop Cod with Potato Wedges & Dill Tartare Sauce
Ingredients
for the potato wedges
- 800 grams Maris Piper potatoes
- 4 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes
for the dill tartare sauce
- 100 ml mayonnaise
- 100 ml plain natural yogurt
- 2 tbsp capers finely chopped
- 2 tbsp gherkins finely chopped
- 1 spring onion finely chopped
- 1/2 lemon juice only
- 1 tsp fresh dill
for the cod
- 4 Young's Chip Shop large cod fillets
- lemon wedges to serve
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 C fan.
- Cut your unpeeled potatoes into eighths to make chunky potato wedges. Place in a bowl and cover in cold water while you prepare the tartare sauce.
- In a measuring cup, measure out the yogurt and the mayonnaise. Add the remaining ingredients and stir well until combined. Pop into the fridge until the fish & chips are cooked.
- Drain the potato wedges and pat dry with paper towel. Dry the bowl and place the wedges back into the bowl. Drizzle over the oil and use your hands to make sure the wedges are coated in oil.
- Arrange the potato wedges on a large baking tray, season with the sea salt flakes and bake for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, turn the wedges and add the Young's Chip Shop cod fillets to the oven. Bake for a further 22 minutes.
- Serve your Young's Chip Shop cod fillets with the potato wedges, the dill-tartare sauce and lemon wedges.
This is a sponsored post for Young’s Seafood, although all thoughts and opinions (unless otherwise attributed) are our own. Thank you for supporting the brands who make it possible for me to do what I love: mess up my kitchen and share recipe stories.
Mum of three, daydream adventurer, OU Life Sciences graduate, occasional crafter, ex-pat Canadian & quite possibly Britain's most northerly food blogger.
Yaya says
Fish and chips is such a staple of the British diet, and one that I absolutely embraced. I prefer the chippy, but when you can’t be bothered it’s great to have a good quality frozen alternative. I have a difficult time finding a good one, but can 100% vouch that the Young’s chip shop range comes close. Being in the NW of England I must have gravy with my chippie chips! x
Jacqui Paterson says
I’ve been known to whip up a mean fish and egg burger, using Young’s Chip Shop cod and they taste blinkin’ AMAZING (if I may say so myself). Def going to whip up a batch of your dill tartare sauce – it looks delicious!! x
Jade - Raising the Rings says
Fish and chips is one of the best things ever. I love doing ‘fakeaways’, especially when I’m on a diet because I can track what I’m eating and control my portions. I used to work in a proper chip shop when I was younger and ate everything going. Love the top meal tips and this is going on our meal plan x
Little B & Me says
My parents are huge fans of a good home done fish & chips.
I’ll pass this on!
Those wedges look LUSH.
Thank you for the recipe x
Beth @ BethinaBox.com says
Oooh, this looks delicious. I’m really fussy with fish though and will only eat cod… Every other fish just tastes fishy.
Lol.
Clare says
I am loving this, you can’t beat a good old fish and chips and loving the fact you can make most of it yourself. Great, thanks for sharing 🙂
Tamsin says
This looks sooo good! My partner and son love fish and chips so I’ll definitely give this a whirl.
Kara says
I love fish and chips and find that shop bought can be as good as the real thing! Great meal tips from Ruth
Aj Wathern says
This looks so good! We are lucky enough that all the Chippy’s in Aberdeen deliver so we never have to put any effort into our takeout haha. These look like a great healthier alternative though that I’ll definitely make for my husband one days x
laura stevens says
I’ve only just had my breakfast but now I could eat fish and chips! x
Dena Jayne says
I haven’t had one of these for years, however, I do remember they were very yummy! Also your presentation is amazing. xo
Eva Katona says
You can’t beat a good fish&chips! If it’s properly done, it’s delicious.
Laur dove says
We love this fish! We always have a box in the freezer as it’s one of the meals I know the children will eat without moaning!! The wedges sound great!
Ami Rose says
I loved the photo of this you shared on Instagram. Youngs is one of my favourite fish brands and I always buy it when I can. Their fish cakes are probably my favourite.
Ami xxx
Susanne Remic says
This looks absolutely delicious! We always go for wedges too. Our goal this summer is to eat together more as a family. Its not always easy as my husband works away all week but I try to sit with the kids as much as I can when he’s not here, and at weekends its non negotiable! So important x
Katherine says
This looks great! We have fish and chips often and Youngs are the best.
Kate | Veggie Desserts says
THis looks great. My husband wanted fish and chips tonight so I’ll point him to these ones! I love the idea of dill in the tartare sauce.
Sarah Irving | The Urban Wanderer says
I’m love making my own version of fish and chips. There has to be some tartare sauce, mushy peas and definitely some vinegar ! Yum!
Michelle Twin Mum says
Definitely tartar sauce and lots of salt and vinegar for me please. I had fish and chips for lunch today funnily enough. Mich x
EssexKate says
You make the food look delicious. I think a good frozen fish is great to have in the freezer for an easy meal.
Rhian Westbury says
Even though our local fish and chip shop is much closer than yours I don’t always fancy the idea of going out, love the look of this dish x
Sarah Bella says
Ahh, we love fish and chips, haven’t hjad fish and chips for a while though. May need to put that on the menu for tonight and give youngs fish a try! The top meal tips are great! No phone at the table is a rule in our house, too!