The flaky texture of artichokes is perfect to make vegan fish. It's super easy to make: The artichokes are battered, fried, and served with potatoes and vegan tartar sauce. It tastes so similar to real fish.
Lately, I've been experimenting a lot with vegan seafood. Salmon was one of the hardest things for me to give up when going vegan, so sometimes I'm craving the flaky texture. I'm not craving the overfishing of the oceans and animal suffering, so I love to explore new vegan options. Most of the store-bought vegan seafood and fish products are not exactly... well, let's face it ... they are disgusting!
I prefer homemade vegan fish recipes. I've made Vegan Fish with Tofu (Tofish) and Banana Blossoms Fish before. Texturewise, I'd say that the Vegan Fish made with Banana Blossoms comes the closest to the original but Banana Blossoms are not always easy to find. So I want to provide an option that is much more accessible for anyone: Vegan Fish made with canned Artichokes.
For this recipe, I'm using canned artichokes in brine/water, not oil. I'd really recommend looking for oil-free artichokes because we are battering and frying the artichokes and that would be a bit too much oil.
The flaky texture of artichokes is perfect for making vegan fish!
How to make Artichoke Fish
The ingredients
You'll need:
- artichokes (canned in brine/water - not oil)
- for the flour mixture: flour, salt, nori, dill
- for the batter: flour, salt, turmeric, pickle juice, caper brine (or more pickle juice), water, lemon juice
- frying oil
The basic steps
Serve the Artichoke Fish with...
Served with baked potato slices or wedges this vegan ‘fish’ makes quite an appearance. Don’t forget to add freshly squeezed lemon juice on top and sprinkle it with chopped dill. Makes it only better! :)
The perfect dip is of course: Vegan Tartar Sauce.
Do you know what also would be good with this vegan fish? Rice and peas or mashed peas! Anything you would serve with regular fish would be delicious with this cruelty-free, vegan alternative!
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Artichoke fish
Ingredients
- 1 jar artichokes in brine/water (170g) about 15 pieces - quartered
- frying oil
Flour Mixture
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon dill
- 1 tablespoon crushed nori
Batter
- 1 cup flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch turmeric
- 1 tablespoon pickle juice
- 1 tablespoon caper brine (or sub with more pickle juice)
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- ¾ cup sparkling water
Instructions
- Rinse and drain the artichokes.
- In separate bowls, combine the ingredients for the flour mixture and whisk together the ingredients for the batter.
- In a pot or wok, heat the frying oil. You'll want enough so that the battered artichokes can swim in the oil but make sure you leave enough space in the pot/wok so that it doesn't spill over.
- Coat the artichokes in the flour mixture. Then dip them in the batter. Carefully lower them in the oil. Let them fry for about 4-5 minutes until golden brown, flipping them once.
- Transfer the fried artichokes onto a kitchen paper to remove excess oil. Serve with tartar sauce and potato wedges, for example. Add fresh dill on top and a squeeze of lemon.
Bob says
Hi, can your “fry” these in an air friier? Thanks.
Bianca says
I haven't tried that yet! I imagine it would work, but you would have to make a thicker batter so that it doesn't drip off the artichokes.
Petra says
How would you make the batter thicker?
Bianca says
by adding less water
Jennifer says
I think everything about pickles is disgusting and I don’t really want to buy capers just for 1 tbsp of brine - is there something I can use instead of those? Maybe some type of vinegar?
Susan says
@Jennifer, Wondering if malt vinegar would give a hint of "fish" n chips?
Selin says
I haven't tried this yet but it looks like a brilliant recipe! Thanks very much, cannot wait to try! xx
Kristina says
So excited to try this! I’m newly vegan and Falling in love with food all over again. I’m excited to try new recipes and plan meals that do t centre around “meat”
Bianca says
Awesome! Welcome to the site :) I hope you enjoy these vegan fishies!
kay says
could you make this recipe with fresh artichoke? I’m trying to reduce the amount of wast I produce so I’d prefer to use fresh instead of canned
Chef Coco says
Use less water to thicken the batter then put them on a cookie sheet and freeze them first.
Susan says
@Chef Coco, Nice hack!
Louise says
Hi Bianca,
Thanks for your great plant based tofish recipie.It was excellent, best with the tofu / nori on both sides of the tofu and then the batter before frying and then lots of lemon juice before eating . Good to know there are more and more real fish staying in the ocean where they belong.
Adrian says
Are you using fresh or dried dill ?
Lea says
Fish was the most difficult thing for me to give up before I made the switch to veganism. I finally did it but I am so glad for this recipe!
Rhonda says
Great recipe. I tried it and my family loved it. Thanks
Anastasia says
We tried these last night--they are so good! The Nori is such a smart addition to add the flavour of the sea. Thanks so much for the recipe. It was a nice treat for my son.
Najat says
How important is the sparkling water? Can I use regular water?
Bianca says
You can! I think sparkling water just makes the batter a bit lighter - more like beer-battered, you know?
Elizabeth says
This was ok. Takes a lot of motivation for me to fry small items in a pan. I cut my thumb on the can of artichokes pretty deeply so my man took over and decided to batter then in the opposite order. Good times.