Healthier Home-made Fish and Chips

Home-Made Fish and Chips- a healthier way to have fish and chips, with home-made breadcrumbed cod and home-made oven chips.

breadcrumbed cod on a plate with peas

Fish and chips is just essential British food. There's something very comforting about it, perhaps because it reminds me of childhood holidays, eating fish and chips out of the paper on the seafront, and university, eating chips on the way home from the pub!

The trouble is that, like most delicious foods, and definitely most take-aways, fish and chips are not great for those trying to lose weight or live a healthier lifestyle. At least, not in their traditional, yummy, crispy, deep-fried form. So what to do if you want to reduce those calories a wee bit? Well, the first thing is to make it at home so you can keep it healthy and the second is to find ways to reduce the oil right down.

There are two options for the fish- batter or breadcrumbs. Home-made fish and chips are far easier to make with breadcrumbs instead of batter, so that's what I use. Breadcrumbs are also the more healthy option. Much less mess too, which gets the thumbs up from me!

My version of home-made fish and chips uses breadcrumbed cod which has an added touch of smoked paprika and garlic in the mix, to add a bit more flavour. It's really no fuss, there's no oil slick left behind and it doesn't make you feel over-full when you've eaten it, so it's great for summer too. Delicious crispy fish for a many fewer calories!

I can see us eating this regularly as a Friday treat!

By the way- this is my 100th post since I started the blog. Hopefully hundreds more to come!


This is a syn free Slimming World friendly recipe as long as you use spray oil for both the fish and the chips.



Looking for more fish recipes?
Crusted Cod Bites with Garlic and Rosemary New Potatoes

Asian Salmon with Noodles

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