With the heatwave still in full swing we’re loving these delicious fishcakes, bursting with flavour but still light enough to enjoy in the heat!
If you can make it to your local fishmonger or fish counter you can really experiment with fish combinations, as this was a last minute craving I just grabbed Tesco’s Fish Pie Mix. The fresher the fish the better, sometimes frozen makes these a bit too wet to form into balls. If that happens you can save them by adding bread crumbs, more potato or popping the mix in a pan, putting it in the oven & calling it a fish pie!
These take about 4-6 minutes on each side on a medium heat until they’re cooked through, I like to use a cooking thermometer (this is a newer model but very similar to the one I’m using) to check the internal temp so I know for sure when it’s perfectly cooked.
If you want to make this an under 500 cal meal, two fishcakes with salad & dip comes in at 491 cals & 40.7g of protein, you can either scale the recipe down or pop the leftover fishcakes in the fridge/freezer then reheat them when you’re ready!
Lemongrass Thai Fishcakes with Summer Salad & Wasabi Mayo
Ingredients
Fishcakes
- 1 tbsp groundnut oil* (olive oil is fine if you don't have this)
- 340 grams mixed fish
- 50 grams frozen peas
- 175 grams potato*
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 chilli pepper
- 1 spring onion
- 1 tbsp lemongrass paste
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp garlic powder
For Coating & Frying
- 2 eggs
- 25 grams panko bread crumbs (this makes it extra crispy, but you can sub for regular bread crumbs)
- 0.5 tbsp cooking oil
Salad
- 1 romaine lettuce
- 100 grams strawberries
- 2 tbsp Honey Mustard Salad Dressing*
- 1/3 of a cucumber
For the dip
- 300 grams low fat yoghurt, quark or blended cottage cheese
- 1 tsp wasabi powder or paste (add slowly & taste regularly!)
- 2 tsps garlic powder
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
Making the Fishcakes
- Dice your potatoes, put them in a pan with water & bring this to the boil. Turn it down to a simmer (with a lid if you have one – it'll save gas!) until the potatoes are cooked (you should be able to easily slide a fork through them).
- Finely chop up all of your fish (I've seen people do this in the food processor with great success but I prefer my fish a bit chunkier)
- Heat a pan on medium/high
- Dice your veg into small-ish pieces
- Drain the potatoes & mash. Add the potatoes, fish, groundnut oil, veggies, lemongrass, lemon juice, garlic, salt & pepper to a bowl, mix throughly.
Cooking the Fishcakes
- You'll want to divide the recipe roughly into sixths, you can weigh these if you like to be perfect, or just divide the mixture roughly in half in the big bowl, then divide each half into three.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl & put the panko breadcrumbs onto a plate.
- Scoop up a sixth of your fishcake mix, roll into a ball & flatten slightly. Dip this into your egg mix, then into the panko breadcrumbs, then back into the egg & into the panko a second time, this will make them extra crispy.
- Unless you've got a huge pan, you'll likely need to do this in two batches. Add a quarter tbsp of oil into the pan, give it a couple of minutes to heat up then add your first three fishcakes to the pan.
- Cook for 4-6 minutes on each side on medium high, or until cooked through. Place the cooked fishcakes on a wire rack in a warm oven while you cook the other half.
Making the Salad
- While the potatoes are boiling or the fishcakes cooking, get started on your salad.
- Roughly chop some romaine lettuce & slice a cucumber. Split this between your plates & drizzle with honey mustard dressing, then top with strawberries.
For the dip
- Split the yoghurt or whichever base you've chosen between two bowls.
- To one bowl slowly add the wasabi & salt, stirring & tasting regularly to get it to the strength you like. In the other bowl, do the same with the garlic & salt. Split both dips between the two plates.
- Once your fishcakes have finished cooking, add to the plates with salad & dips. Enjoy!
Notes
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