Fish and spices no longer mix well with my son Ted. Well fish used to mix well but spices hardly ever have mixed with him. Ted is now 10 and fish used to be one of his favourite dinners. Nowadays he seems to have forgotten about his love of fish.
Therefore I have been trying a variety of different fish meals to try to help him remember that love he has lost. I tried fish nuggets (Basa Bites) last month. This month I thought I would try this dish with harissa spices. It wasn’t one of Ted’s favourite dinners but my husband Howard and I loved it. Howard and I think you will enjoy it too.
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Equipment
- Sharp knife
- Chopping board
- Bowls x 3
- Baking trays x 2
- Small saucepan
Ingredients
- Basa x 500g
- Eggs x 3 medium
- Rice flour or tapicoa starch x 2 – 4 heaped tbsp
- Almond flour x 2 – 4 heaped tbsp
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Harissa spices x 1 – 2 tsp
- Sweet potato or potato x 800g
- Oil for the chips
Method
- Slice the Basa fillets into 1 inch pieces.
- Put the rice flour or tapioca starch into a bowl and then put the almond flour into a bowl.
- Add in the harissa spices with the almond flour and mix together.
- Sprinkle over salt and pepper to taste and mix in with the almond flour.
- Crack the eggs and whisk these in the bowl.
- Dip a piece of the Basa into the flour or starch, then into the egg and then into the almond flour.
- Continue to do this with the rest of the fish until all the pieces are coated.
- Put the pieces onto a plate or chopping board and place them in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C or gas mark 5 and put both the baking trays in at the same time.
- Peel and chop the potatoes into a chip shape.
- Pat them dry on the board and remove a baking tray from the oven.
- Oil the base of the baking tray cross the base.
- Spread the chips as evenly as possible across the baking tray.
- Add a little more oil to the chips and spread it with the plastic brush.
- Or alternatively toss the chips in the oil until the look evenly coasted.
- Put the try into the oven and bake until gold brown.
- Fifteen minutes before the end of the cooking process remove the other tray from the oven.
- Oil the base of the tray and put the Basa bites and put them into the tray.
- Carefully pour a little bit of oil over the top of the bites.
- Using the plastic brush spread the oil carefully and as evenly as you can across the top.
- Place this tray into the oven on the shelf above the chips.
- Let these cook for 15 minutes or until the fish flakes away from itself.
- Once the fish and chips are golden brown remove from the oven.
- Serve with salad and enjoy.
Harissa Spiced Fish Nuggets was a simple dinner that Howard and I thought was so tasty. It was slightly time consuming to prepare but it was simple to cook. The fish nuggets can be the made the day before or on the morning of cooking and stored in the fridge. I wouldn’t freeze these ingredients and I didn’t have any leftovers the next day. I think they would be ok as leftovers though. However you decide to eat these nuggets, as always, please enjoy. Thank you xxx
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