Slices of fresh Jalapeño coated in a simple beer batter and fried to perfect golden crispness!
So good as a beer snack for game day or an appetizer or side dish to BBQ food.
These crispy, spicy snacks have got me hooked! They’re super tasty little morsels and they pair really well with a bit of garlic mayo or some bang bang sauce!
My favourite way to serve these is as part of a barbecue with ribs, mac n cheese and chips.
📋 Ingredients
Self-Raising Flour – If you haven’t got self-raising flour, replace it with the same amount of plain (all-purpose) flour PLUS 1 tsp of baking powder (you’ll also still need to add the additional ½ tsp baking powder to the batter).
Beer – We use a light IPA for our batter. It gives a nice light batter with a tasty, savoury flavour. Don’t worry, you can’t taste the flavour of the beer.
If you use a darker beer or bitter, you may taste the maltiness of the beer a little in the batter.
You can swap out the beer for lager (we like Devon Rock, Coors lite and Madri).
The more carbonated the beer/lager, the lighter your batter will be.
How to make it:
Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post.
- Make the batter by mixing the dry batter ingredients together, then slowly stir in the chilled pale ale until there are no lumps.
- Mix together the cornflour, salt, and pepper in a separate bowl – this is the dry coating that we use to help the wet coating adhere better to the jalapeño slices.
- Dust the jalapeño slices with the cornflour mixture, then dredge in the batter.
- Carefully fry them in the hot oil for 1-2 minutes.
- Drain and serve.
Pro Tip
Make sure that whatever liquid element you are using for the batter is cold for the crispiest, lightest batter.
This recipe is perfect if you have a bit of leftover batter from frying crispy battered fish!
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Make it a part of your barbecue feast with these recipes:
- BBQ Dry Rub Ribs
- 4 Cheese Mac ‘n’ Cheese
- Homemade Air Fryer Chips
- … or dip into some delicious Bang Bang Sauce!
Super quick to make and a brilliant addition to any summer gathering!
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Fried Jalapeños
Ingredients
Beer Batter
- 120 g (1 cup) self-raising flour (see swaps)
- 2 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch in USA)
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 240 ml (1 cup) refrigerated pale ale (it MUST be cold) (see swaps)
Also:
- Oil for deep frying
- 3 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch in USA)
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 8 fresh jalapeños sliced into 1/2cm rings
Instructions
- Heat the oil in your deep fryer to 180C/350F.Oil for deep frying
- First make the batter. Place the flour, cornflour and baking powder in a bowl and stir together to combine.120 g (1 cup) self-raising flour, 2 tbsp cornflour, ½ tsp baking powder
- Stir in the pale ale until no lumps remain.240 ml (1 cup) refrigerated pale ale (it MUST be cold)
- Now make the dry coating by mixing together the cornflour, salt and pepper in a small bowl.3 tbsp cornflour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper
- Dust the jalapeno slices in the seasoned cornflour, then add them to the bowl with the batter (the dry mixture helps the batter to adhere better).8 fresh jalapeños
- Lift them out with a slotted spoon and allow the excess batter to drain off.
- Add to the oil and fry to 1-2 minutes, until golden. You’ll likely need to work in 2 batches, to ensure you don’t overfill the pan/fryer.
- Drain and serve.
Notes
Can I make it ahead?
Swaps:
If you haven’t got self-raising flour, replace it with the same amount of plain (all-purpose) flour PLUS 1 tsp of baking powder (you’ll also still need to add the additional ½ tsp baking powder to the batter). If you don’t want to use pale ale, you can use lager, or for a non-alcohol version, replace the pale ale with soda water (remember it needs to be COLD).How to scale up and down this recipe:
You can halve this recipe to serve a few or double it to serve a crowd, as long as you stick to the same ingredient ratios.Nutritional information
Nutritional information is approximate, per serving, based on this recipe serving 8 people as a snack (1 sliced jalapeno each). I’ve estimated that 75ml (5 tbsp) of oil will be absorbed during frying, but this can vary.Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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