Budget Thai fishcakes

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Hands on time 10 mins, plus 15 mins cooking time
  • Difficulty: easy

This budget recipe for Thai fishcakes can be made with minced pork instead of fish – just mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, rather than a food processor.

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Ingredients

  • 500g frozen white fish (pollack or cod), defrosted and finely chopped
  • 1 lemongrass stick, outer layers discarded and finely chopped
  • 2.5cm piece fresh ginger, grated
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • Handful fresh coriander, finely chopped
  • Finely grated zest of 1 lime, plus extra wedges to serve (optional)
  • ½ red pepper, finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 large free-range egg white
  • 3 tbsp groundnut oil
  • 400g steamed rice, to serve
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Method

  1. In a food processor, whizz the fish, lemongrass, ginger and garlic to a paste. Put into a bowl and mix in the coriander, lime zest, red pepper and chilli, flour, soy sauce and egg white.
  2. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry dollops of the mixture, in batches, for 2-3 minutes each side until golden.
  3. Serve the fishcakes with steamed rice and sweet chilli sauce, if you like.
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Nutrition

  • 354kcals Calories
  • 10.7g (2.1g saturated) Fat
  • 27.6g Protein
  • 39.2g (2g sugars) Carbs
  • 1.6g Salt

Quick wins & tips

Frozen fish is great for things like fishcakes, where you are adding loads of other flavours, plus it costs a lot less than fresh.

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