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Lekkerbekje is a Dutch fish dish. It is sometimes called the Dutch version of fish and chips
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Etymology
Lekkerbekje is a diminuitive of Lekkerbek meaning Gourmand.Origin
Lekkerbekje originated inIJmuiden
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Composition
Lekkerbekje consists of a fish fried in batter and deep fried similar toFish and chips
Fish and chips is a popular hot dish consisting of fried fish in crispy batter, served with chips. The dish originated in England, where these two components had been introduced from separate immigrant cultures; it is not known who created t ...
Originally Lekkerbekje only used Whiting, however now it includes a variety of white fish such as cod
Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus '' Gadus'', belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gadus'' is commonly not call ...
, Hake, and Pollock.
Lekkerbekje is often served with fried potatoes and Tartar sauce
See also
*Kibbeling
''Kibbeling'' is a Dutch snack consisting of battered chunks of fish, commonly served with a mayonnaise-based garlic sauce or tartar sauce. In the nineteenth century, it denoted the salted waste (the cheeks) of the cod fish, which was an import ...
References
{{Reflist Seafood Dutch cuisine