Really good Fish Cakes

Name: Really good Fish Cakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 500g / 1 lb white fish fillets (, skinless boneless, cut into 3cm / 1.2" pieces (Note 1)); 60g / 4 tbsp unsalted butter; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 800g / 1.6 lb potatoes ( – Sebago (Aus), Russet (US), Maris Piper / King Edwards (UK) (Note 2) (makes 500g flesh)); 2 garlic cloves (, finely minced); 1/2 cup green onion (, finely sliced (~1 large stem)); 2 large red chillis (, deseeded and finely chopped (can omit)); 1 tbsp thyme leaves (, chopped); 1 tbsp parsley (, finely chopped); 3/4 tsp salt; 1 cup flour; 2 eggs (, lightly whisked); 1 1/4 cups panko breadcrumbs ((sub ordinary breadcrumbs)); 1 cup vegetable or canola oil (, for frying (~ 1cm / 0.4" depth))

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:1h 35min

Recipe video above. You'll find plenty of fish cake recipes floating around. But there are good fish cakes and then there are great fish cakes! The trick is to keep the potato chunky and the fish in big flakes rather than letting it all turn into a mush. Meanwhile, adding garlic, chilli, green onion and thyme to the mix keeps these fish cakes full of flavour!Pan fry then bake for best results. Pan fry golden, then bake to heat all the way through (because I like my fish cakes chunky!) and reheat the first batch you pan fried.

Updated at: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:05:44 GMT