Salt Cod Fritters a Healthy Lunch recipe Idea with salad. A homemade fish cake or croquettes to serve for lunch meal a snack or appetizer.
Salt Cod Fritters a Healthy Lunch Recipe
Salt Cod Fritters a Healthy Lunch Recipe Idea with salad. A homemade fish cake or croquettes to serve for lunch meal a snack or appetizer. A No Bake stove top recipe to fry or a deep fryer. Blending or mashing your fish and potato finely for a nice mini or small edible smooth fish fritter or a fish cake. Edible cold or warm with a delicious salad. Makes a healthy lunch idea for everyone, especially in summer or spring with the weather being warm. Tasty as a mini one bite snack and appetizer for parties or gatherings. This recipe is adaptable for any type of fish, with the herbs to make a fish cake or fritter.
How long is cooked salted cod good for?
Salted fish was cheap for the fisherman to preserve their catch, which made it easier to transport their catch to the market, in those earlier days. Salted cod will keep well wrapped a few times in the refrigerator to prevent it smelling like fish. Salt preserves the fish.
What are fish fritters made of?
Fish fritters or fish cakes are made from any type of fish that is cooked or if you have left overs. You will blend flour, eggs for a binder with the mashed up fish flesh. Herbs, with salts and pepper, cayenne pepper or smoked paprika. Fry them in a deep fryer or a pan with oil. Make rolls or flat fritters or long rolls. Served for a meal with sides or serve as snacks. Delicious cold.
What do you serve with fish cakes?
The best side dishes to serve with fish fritters or cakes is tartar sauces or tomato sauce. Chips or potato wedges, salads, vegetables or mashed potato, guacamole.
Ingredients
- cooked cod fish meat
- potato
- dried or fresh parsley, thyme, basil herbs, or smoked paprika
- garlic powder
- egg whisked
- flour
- baking powder
- salt and ground black pepper
- Lemon
- olive oil for frying
cooked cod fish
potato for mashing
flour egg baking powder
lemon or lime and herbs for fish
How To
Cook your fish and boil potatoes. Mash the drained boiled potatoes. Also mash or process your fish in a blender to fine shredded.
In a large bowl add your mashed potato and fish with the herbs and flour. Mix them well and leave to cool, or chill in the fridge.
Adding your whisked egg and baking powder to this mixture with the salt and ground black pepper.
Prepare your pan with the oil in for frying. Or a deep fryer. Also heat up your oven to keep the fried fritters warm for serving while you fry the rest of the fish cakes. (all the instructions will be in the recipe attached)
Roll the fish cakes mixture into balls and start frying.
While you fry your cod fritters, place those that are done in the warm oven on the grids with the sheet pan under them to collect the oils dripped.
Serve warm with a salad of choice or if you prefer some homemade chips. Add some lemon juice for extra tang.
These make a delicious snack cold the next day and a very tasty appetizer for events or parties and gatherings.
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PrintSalt Cod Fritters a Healthy Lunch Recipe
Salt Cod Fritters a Healthy Lunch Recipe Idea with salad. A homemade fish cake or croquettes to serve for lunch meal a snack or appetizer.
- Prep Time: 60 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Total Time: 90 min
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: appetizer, snack, lunch
- Method: Stove top No Bake
Ingredients
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- 250 g. (1/2 lb) cooked cod fish meat
- 1 large potato peeled and cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup dried or fresh parsley, thyme, basil herbs, smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1 egg whisked
- 1/3 cup of flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
- salt and ground black pepper
- lemon
- olive oil for frying
Instructions
- Peel and cut the potato in small pieces to cook faster. Boil them in a little water until soft. Drain the water off once they are cooked. Leave them in the warm pot to steam and keep warm. They must not have extra liquid with them. Mash them well while warm.
- For the cod fish meat, grind them in a blender or food processor to finely shredded. In a large bowl add the mashed potato and the shredded fish meat. Adding the herbs and garlic and the flour. Mix well until all combined well.
- Once the mixture of ingredients is cool then add your whisked egg and baking powder, salt and black pepper.
- Taste to see if you have enough of the spices. Place the mixture in the fridge to cool for about 20 minutes. This can be made ahead and kept overnight overnight covered and kept in the fridge.
- To cook the cod fritters, heat up some oil in a pan that is deep enough to fry in. About 2 inches.
- Measure about a tablespoon of the fish mixture and roll into balls. Place these on your boards until they all formed.
- Preheat the oven to keep them warm for serving. At 110 Deg. C (225 Deg. F)
- Now start frying the balls of cod for fritters or fish cakes. Fry for about 3-4 minutes each until nice and brown. Turning them around to brown equally.
- Have a piece of wax paper on a sheet pan under the racks in the oven to collect any oil drippings. Place the fritters on the racks to keep warm while you complete the frying of the fish cakes or fritters.
- To serve warm with some salad for a healthy lunch idea or any other sides you prefer.
- They are very tasty eaten cold the next day as well.
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