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Pouting Fishcakes

Pouting Fishcakes recipe, eat well on universal credit

There’s a tale here…. I went to the supermarket for kitchen roll a couple of days ago. I always scout out the various known discount areas and on this occasion the fresh Fish counter paid dividends. Pouting fillets at 73p a pack. I nobbled a couple of packs and trundled home. After a bit of Googling and discovering that they are a member of the Cod family I scuttled back and collected the remaining packs. Some are in the freezer for a rainy day, some went into these rather spectacular (Modest there?!) Fishcakes.

This is probably a recipe for amusement only, I can’t see anybody else being bothered to replicate it. But we thoughts we’d go the whole hog and have Fishcakes, Chips and Mushy Peas. Just like you’d get from a chippy wrapped in newspaper 30+ years ago, but pimped up a bit!

Ingredients:-

Potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed
Pouting fillets
Milk, to poach the Fish
2 Eggs, beaten
Spring Onions, chopped
Capers
Cuttlefish Paste
Lemon Juice
A couple of Anchovies, mushed
Breadcrumbs, Gluten free Bread wuzzed up for us
Salt & Pepper
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Boil and mash the Potatoes and set aside to cool slightly.
(2) Poach the Fish in the Milk, remove and allow to cool sufficiently to handle.
(3) Tease the flakes away from the skin and remove any small bones.
(4) In a bowl mix all the ingredients excluding the Egg and Breadcrumbs.
(5) Form the mixture into Fishcakes.
(6) Press each one into Breadcrumbs so that there are coated on all sides.
(7) Dunk in the Egg Wash and then repeat the Breadcrumb coating.
(8) Place in the fridge on kitchen paper for an hour to set slightly.
(9) Heat Oil in a frying pan and fry on both sides until golden brown.

Pouting is our new friend. However even though I flaked the fish after poaching by hand, some small bones still made it past me. Maybe more to do with the Fishmongers skills than the species of fish…..

 

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Thai Drunken Noodles

There’s actually no Alcohol involved in this recipe. The name apparently is due to the fact that they are easy street food to snack on during a night our, or alternatively a good hangover cure. We’ll take their word for that. But they’re very tasty.

Ingredients:-

4 Chicken thighs, de-boned and chopped
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
2 Tbsp of Sugar or Honey
2 Tsp of Rice Wine Vinagar
3 Tbsp of Fish Sauce. Plus 2 Tsp for the marinade
1 Tbsp of Soy Sauce
1 Onion, sliced
1 Red Pepper, sliced
1 Red Chilli, sliced
A handful of Thai Basil, chopped
2 Spring Onions, sliced
2 Tbsp of Oyster Sauce
200g / A third of a packet of Rice Noodles
2 Carrots, batoned
6 Mushrooms, sliced
½ Tsp of ground Black Pepper
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Make up the sauce in a bowl using the Rice Wine Vinegar, Fish Sauce, Oyster Sauce, Soy Sauce and Honey. Stir well.
(2) Season the Chicken with Black Pepper and marinade in Fish Sauce for at least 20 minutes.
(3) Fry the Garlic and Chilli in Oil until fragrant then add the Onion.
(4) Add the Chicken and fry for 5 minutes.
(5) While the Chicken is cooking boil the noodles according to the packet and then rinse in cold water. Set aside.
(6) Add the Peppers, Spring Onions, Mushroom and Carrots.
(7) Fry for a further 2 minutes.
(8) Add the sauce mix and simmer for 5 minutes.
(9) Add the cooked noodles and gently combine.
(10) Add the Thai Basil and stir in until wilted.

We added a bit of home grown Basil and additional Spring Onions as a garnish.

 

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