Fresh Cod Cakes
Ingredients
- 5 slices firm white bread
- 1 stalk celery rib, cut into 2 inch pieces ⓘ
- 2 scallions, cut into 2 inch pieces ⓘ
- 1/4 cup loosely packed flat leaf parsley ⓘ
- 1 lb skinless cod fish fillet, any bones removed and fish coarsely chopped ⓘ
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon salt ⓘ
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper ⓘ
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil ⓘ
- Accompaniment
- tartar sauce (See recipe I posted -- Tartar Sauce Tartar Sauce) ⓘ
- lemon wedge ⓘ
Instructions
- Tear bread into pieces and pulse to fine crumbs in the food processor.
- Transfer a scant cup of crumbs to a bowl for fish cakes and reserve remaining 1 1/2 cups in a bowl for coating.
- Pulse celery and scallions in processor until coarsely chopped, then add parsley and pulse until finely chopped.
- Combine celery mixture with scant cup crumbs in bowl (for fish cakes).
- Pulse fish in processor until finely chopped (be careful not to process to paste).
- Add fish to celery crumb mixture along with egg, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/8 tsp pepper, stirring until combined well.
- Season bread crumbs in shallow bowl with remaining 1/4 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp pepper.
- Gently shape fish mixture into 4 (4") patties (mixture will be soft) and coat well with seasoned bread crumbs.
- Chill, uncovered, on a wax-paper-lined large plate 10 minutes.
- Heat 1 1/2 TBS oil in a 12" nonstick skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then fry 2 fish cakes, turing over once, until golden brown and cooked through, 8-10 minutes total.
- Repeat with reamining 1 1/2 TBS oil and 2 fish cakes wiping out skillet with a paper towel between batches.
- Serve with Bev's Tartar Sauce Recipe #56860.
- Serves 4.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
470
kcal
24% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).