2 tasty (and budget-friendly) ways with fish
Here are two delicious ways to get your fish-fix this month! And you don’t have to break the bank doing it. Try these tasty recipes:
Rice, fish and bean salad with home-made croutons
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- Oil, for cooking
- 2 frozen hake medallions, thawed
- 1 Tbsp flour
- ⅓ white bread loaf, crust removed
- ½ cup speckled beans, cooked
- 2 carrots, chopped
- ½ cup frozen peas and corn, cooked
- 2 cups spinach, thinly sliced
- 1 cup cooked rice
- ⅓ cup salad dressing (optional)
Elizabeth Mackenzie
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Sean Dollery // HMimages.co.za
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Method
- Heat some oil in a non-stick pan. Season the hake with salt and pepper and dust with the flour.
- Add the fish to the pan, skin-side down. Fry for 4 minutes. Flip and fry for another 2–3 minutes. Remove from the pan, cool, flake and set aside.
- Cut the bread into 1cm pieces. Heat some more oil in a pan over medium heat. Fry the bread in batches. Drain on paper towel and season with salt and pepper.
- Toss the fish, beans, carrots, peas and corn, spinach and rice in a salad bowl. Top with the croutons and serve with your favourite salad dressing.
Tuna cakes with lemony dip
- Serves 6
Ingredients
For the tuna cakes
- Oil, for cooking
- ½ onion, finely chopped
- 2 tins tuna, drained
- 2 potatoes, peeled, cooked and mashed
- 1 Tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1½ tsp paprika
- ¼ cup chopped coriander
- 1½ cups breadcrumbs
For the lemony dip
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- 4 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 garlic clove, grated
Kate Turner
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‧ Recipe & styling
Sean Dollery // HMimages.co.za
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‧ Recipe & styling
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Method
For the tuna cakes
- Heat some oil in a pan over medium heat. Fry the onions until soft. Remove from the pan and pop into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the tuna, mashed potatoes, mayonnaise, eggs, lemon juice, paprika, coriander and ½ cup of the breadcrumbs to the bowl and mix thoroughly to combine. Season to taste.
- Divide the mixture into 6 portions and form into patties. Cover each patty in the remaining breadcrumbs.
- Heat some more oil in the pan and fry each patty for 3-4 minutes on each side, until they are crispy and golden brown.
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For the lemony dip
- Whisk all the ingredients together until well combined. Serve drizzled over the tuna cakes.
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