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Thai Fish Cakes

Authentic flavour packed Thai snacks! - by Barbara Northwood
  • 08 Apr 2019
Thai Fish Cakes
Prep: 25 Minutes - Cook: 15 Minutes - MORE EFFORT - Serves 4-6
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This is one of the easiest Thai snacks, but it is also one of the most misunderstood. The texture of the fish cakes should be slightly rubbery, with a textured outer coating. They should contain a good amount of spice and lots of lime leaves. I have done my utmost to keep this recipe authentic.

Ingredients

For the fish cakes

100g skinless salmon fillet

100g skinless cod fillet

150g prepared squid (or cuttlefish)

30g red curry paste

8 lime leaves, very finely shredded

2 snake (yard long) beans or green beans, chopped

1 tbsp fish sauce

1 large egg white

1 tbsp oyster sauce

200ml vegetable oil, for deep-frying

To serve

handful of fresh coriander

sweet chilli sauce

2 fresh red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped

½ cucumber, deseeded and chopped

15g roasted peanuts, chopped

Method

  1. Blend the salmon, cod and squid in a food processor until smooth. Add the red curry paste and pulse to mix.

  2. Put all the other ingredients, except the vegetable oil, in a bowl. Mix in the fish mixture, then knead everything together for 5 mins until
    smooth. To achieve a texture similar to the fish cakes from Thai street stalls, you should literally throw the paste into the bowl several times to make the mixture more elastic.

  3. Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or deep frying pan to 180C or until the oil bubbles up around the handle of a wooden spoon. Drop heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture into the hot oil and deep-fry in batches over a medium heat until golden, about 4 mins. Drain on kitchen paper.

  4. Serve the fish cakes with a scattering of fresh coriander and a bowl of the sweet chilli sauce mixed with the chilli and cucumber and the chopped peanuts on top.

PER SERVING (6) 

181 kcals • fat 14g • saturates 1g • carbs 2g • sugars 1g • fibre 1g • protein 11g • salt 1.1g

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Barbara Northwood
Barbara Northwood is the former food director of New Idea Food and founder of the New Idea test kitchen. A passionate foodie with vast experience in the food industry, she loves sharing cooking advice, recipes and know-how on everything food.

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