Rice-paper fish and chips goes viral

Taste of Home’s rice-paper fish-and-chips recipe resurfaced across social media over the last 48 hours, with X users and food accounts recirculating the air-fryer method as a home-cooking hack. A post from the publisher’s X account drew fresh attention to the technique, while Tasty separately grouped similar ideas into a roundup of “weird food tricks” that it said work for home cooks. The method itself is simple: rice paper replaces a conventional flour or beer batter, then crisps in the air fryer around white fish. Taste of Home said the wrapper is dipped into a seasoned egg wash until pliable, wrapped around the fish, and cooked for a few minutes until the outside turns crisp. ### Where did this version of the recipe come from? (tasteofhome.com) Taste of Home published an article titled “Rice-Paper Fish and Chips Is My New Go-To Air-Fryer Hack” about four months ago, describing the dish as a gluten-free alternative to standard battered fish and chips. The outlet said the recipe uses rice paper made from rice flour and tapioca starch, ingredients commonly found in spring-roll wrappers. (tasteofhome.com) The publisher’s write-up said the appeal was partly practical. Taste of Home described the process as less messy than classic beer-battered fish because the wrapper is softened, rolled around the fish and transferred directly to the air fryer. ### How does the rice paper actually work? Rice paper starts brittle and translucent, then softens quickly in water or egg wash before cooking. (tasteofhome.com) Taste of Home said that once heated, the sheets “take on a whole new life” in the air fryer and develop a crisp texture around the fish. The recipe page said the wrapper is first dipped until flexible, then wrapped around pieces of fish after the egg mixture is seasoned. (tasteofhome.com) Taste of Home listed cod filets in a related video result for the method, though the article itself described the technique more generally as suitable for fish-and-chips-style fillets. ### Why are food accounts posting it again now? (tasteofhome.com) Tasty’s X account recently promoted “weird food tricks” that work, matching the broader social-media pattern of resurfacing older recipes when they fit current short-form formats. The rice-paper fish-and-chips method fits that pattern because it is visually distinct, uses a short ingredient list, and produces a visible before-and-after change in the air fryer. That description is an inference based on the format of the posts and the recipe steps published by Taste of Home. (tasteofhome.com) Taste of Home has also continued publishing rice-paper-based recipes in recent months, including rice paper chips and a broader roundup of ways to use rice paper. Those posts show the publisher has been building a larger library around the ingredient rather than treating the fish-and-chips method as a one-off. ### Is this a new recipe or a recycled viral one? (tasteofhome.com) The current burst of attention appears to be a recirculation, not the first appearance of the idea. Search results show rice-paper fish recipes and social videos using similar techniques were online well before this week, including a TikTok result from about three years ago and YouTube videos from early 2026. What is new is the latest wave of distribution. (tasteofhome.com) As of June 2, 2026, the most visible push came from recent social posts and the Taste of Home article being recirculated to audiences looking for air-fryer and gluten-free dinner ideas. ### Where can readers find the method next? Taste of Home’s article remains the clearest published version of the recipe, with step-by-step instructions for the seasoned egg wash, rice-paper wrap and air-fryer finish. (youtube.com) The publisher also links the dish to other rice-paper uses on its site, while the recent X post is the main social reference point for the current burst of attention. (tasteofhome.com)