Vegan Fish and Chips

This is a different kind of fish and chips to say the least.  It is made from (get this) banana blossoms. 

Beer Battered Vegan Fish and Chips

• Servings: 2 to 4
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Marinade Ingredients:
4 cups water
1/4 cup dulse flakes
1/4 cup wakame
1 tsp old bay seasoning
1 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp coarse kosher salt
juice of 1 lemon
2 (18 ounce) cans of banana blossoms

Beer Batter Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp coarse kosher salt
1 tsp old bay seasoning
1 tsp all purpose seasoning
1/2 cup unsweetened soy milk
1/2 cup beer of your chosing
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions:

Combine all marinade ingredients except lemon and banana blossoms in a large sauce pan. Bring to a simmer and simmer 10 minutes. Strain liquid into a covered container, add in lemon juice and banana blossoms. Let marinade overnight.

Start heating oil to 350 deg. F for frying while you make the beer batter.

In a large bowl whisk together all batter ingredients until smooth (should be consistency of thick pancake batter). Remove banana blossoms from marinade and drain well. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Dip blossoms into batter, let drip and then place in hot oil. Do not overcrowd the oil or your vegan fish could be soggy. Cook until nice and brown. Remove to paper towels to absorb excess oil. Repeat with remaining blossoms. When you get to the smaller pieces form them into shapes with your hands before putting in batter and frying.

To make these extra crispy you can place in an air fryer after oil frying for about 5 minutes. Alternatively you could use a very hot oven.

Serve with chips and tarter sauce.

Enjoy!!!