Air Fryer Fish and chips is an easy way to make this restaurant favorite at home. Air frying makes homemade fish and chips not just easy and but healthy too!
1poundwhite fish filletsI used haddock, but cod or pollock are also good choices.
1cupall purpose flour
2egg whites
1cupPanko breadcrumbs
1teaspoonOld Bay seasoning or Cajun seasoning if you prefer
Kosher salt and pepper to taste
cooking spray
French Fries
2-3large yellow or russet potatoeswashed, sliced into standard sized fries and soaked in cold water
tablespoonavocado or olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
Preheat airfryer to 390 degrees F. If your air fryer is not that precise anything in the 380-400 degrees range will do.
Drain the potatoes, blot lightly with paper towel to remove excess moisture and dump into a large mixing bowl. Add oil and seasoning, then toss fries to coat.
Pour the fries into the air fryer basket and spread out into a single layer. Air fry for 15 minutes, shake the basket to toss the fries at the halfway point. (Steak fries will take a little longer.)
While you cook the french fries, prepare fish for air frying. Start by patting your fish fillets dry with paper towels. Then cut the fish into serving pieces with a sharp knife and season with salt and black pepper.
Next set up your dredging station. Mix the breadcrumbs and Old Bay seasoning in one shallow dish, beat egg whites in another and simply place flour into the last shallow bowl. If you really love the seasoning add a teaspoon to the egg wash and flour as well.
Line the bowls up flour, egg then crumbs. Try and keep one hand dry and use the other in wet egg mixture. It is less messy and you won't be prone to lifting off your coating with sticky hands while working.
Work one fillet at a time. Use your dominant hand to coat each fillet in flour mixture, lightly shake off excess flour, and place in egg wash bowl.
Use your other hand to coat the floured fish with beaten egg whites, allow excess to drip off and drop into the third bowl with the Panko bread crumbs mixture.
Switch back to your dry hand and push crumbs over fish. Gently press to help coating adhere, then flip and lightly press down again. Left the fillet out shake of excess crumb coating and place on platter.
As soon as fries are done dump them into a paper towel lined bowl and set aside.
Spray the fish pieces on platter with cooking spray.
Arrange the fish in air fryer basket oil sprayed side down in single layer without overlap, so hot air can circulate efficiently. Then spray the tops well to ensure a crispy coating.
Air fry for 10-12 minutes. Turning halfway through cooking.
Perfectly cooked fish will have crispy Panko breadcrumbs outside and an internal temperature of 145 degrees F. Remove the fish from air fryer basket.
Reheat your fries for a couple minutes, then plate the fish and chips with lemon wedges, coleslaw and tartar sauce. Serve immediately.
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Notes
Soaking your sliced fries in cold water before air frying makes them crispy. Ideally, a longer soak, half hour minimum up to 24 hours is best. Even 10-15 minutes will still give you more crispy fries though. If you didn't pre-soak your fries before starting, you may wish to fry the fish first and give them more time to soak. You can reheat air fryer fish just as easily as the fries.Nutrition info based on ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt, 3 potatoes and I subtracted quantities of flour, etc that was leftover after breading. As always, this is just an estimate.