Thai Fish Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• Into a food processor put the garlic, ginger, lemongrass, spring onion, chilli, coriander and the tbsp oil. Pulse until it is well chopped up.
• Add the fish, fish sauce, salt, lime zest, sugar and egg and whizz until it forms a smooth paste. Scoop out into a bowl and, using your hands, pick up the mixture and repeatedly through it against the side of the bowl. Do this for 3-4 minutes (this thickens and aerates the mixture). Chill the mixture for 15 minutes.
• Shape into little patties and shallow fry for a few minutes on each side until golden and cooked through.

Steps:

• Combine fish, 1/2 cup flour, oyster sauce, sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, brown sugar, cilantro, green onions, and egg in a food processor. Process until well combined. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Shape mixture into patties, and dust with flour.
• Pour enough oil into a heavy skillet to fill the pan with 1/2 inch of oil. Heat over medium-high heat until hot. Fry fish cakes for 8 minutes, turning once, or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Zest and juice the lime.
• Peel and grate ginger.
• Chop spring onions.
• Deseed and chop red chili.
• DIPPING SAUCE:.
• Mix juice of lime, thai fish sauce, sweet chili sauce, and soy sauce.
• This is the dipping sauce for fish cakes.
• FISH CAKES:.
• Whiz fish and coconut in a processor. Place this mixture into a bowl.
• Mix the lime zest, chopped onion, lemongrass, ginger, coriander, chili, salt and pepper into the fish mixture.
• With damp hands make 16 small cakes or 8 large cakes.
• Coat both sides in the flour.
• Heat the oil until very hot; fry on each side for 1 minute.
• Enjoy your fish cakes and sauce.

Steps:

• Cut the fish into chunks, put in your food processor with the rest of the ingredients, except the oil, and blend using the on/off technique until you have a minced texture but not a paste.
• Remove from the food-processor bowl to another dish.
• Take approx a dessert spoon full of the fish mix, with wet hands form into balls then flatten them with the palm of your hand into cakes.
• Leave them in the fridge, covered, to firm up for an hour or more.
• When ready to cook, heat up the oil and fry the little cakes about 1 minute on each side.
• Drain on paper kitchen towel.
• Serve with a Thai dipping sauce**There several recipes on the site.

Steps:

• Place the fish chunks, spring onions, chilli, curry paste, coriander, palm sugar, fish sauce, lime juice and a pinch of salt in a food processor and blend until finely minced.
• Transfer to a bowl and stir in the sliced green beans.
• Divide the mixture into 16 pieces, roll each one into a ball and then flatten into discs.
• Transfer the fish cakes to a plate, cover with cling film and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to 1 hour to firm up
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan and when very hot fry the fish cakes for about 1-2 minute each side, until golden brown and cooked through. Lift out and drain on kitchen paper, then serve with a selection of dipping sauces and a wedge of lime. Garnish with spring onions.