Batch-cooked lemongrass and ginger Thai-style fish cakes

Recipe from Poppy O’Toole · original post · full recipe on poppycooks.com

Freezer-friendly Thai-style fish and prawn cakes: make 16 ahead, freeze raw and fry when you need them. Serve with sweet chilli sauce, rice noodles, herbs and lime.

Serves 8

SeafoodDairy freeFishFreezer friendlyAsian

Ingredients

cod — skinless and boneless500 g
raw king prawns — shelled200 g
green Thai curry paste45 g
lemongrass stalks — bashed and roughly chopped2 ea
fresh ginger — peeled and roughly chopped50 g
garlic cloves — peeled4 ea
fish sauce — to taste30 ml
palm sugar8 g
light soy sauce15 ml
eggs2 ea
cornflour200 g

Method

Cooking for a different diet?

Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.

Gluten-free
- 15 ml Tamari instead of light soy sauce
Blitz the tamari in with the paste as written; nothing else changes.

Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.

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What it costs, and where to buy it

Missing items

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MorrisonsBest choice
£8.66
for your meals
£19.46 at the till, incl. £10.80 of food you keep
£2.43 less on the food you use, over the 7 items both stores stock
No price at Morrisons:
- cod
- lemongrass stalks
- palm sugar
Sainsbury's
£32.10
for your meals
£44.00 at the till, incl. £11.90 of food you keep
No price at Sainsbury's:
- raw king prawns
- lemongrass stalks
- palm sugar
Aldi UK
£9.63
for your meals
£11.55 at the till, incl. £1.92 of food you keep
No price at Aldi UK:
- lemongrass stalks
- garlic cloves
- fish sauce
- palm sugar
Tesco
£19.01
for your meals
£25.94 at the till, incl. £6.93 of food you keep
No price at Tesco:
- cod
- garlic cloves
- fish sauce
- palm sugar
- cornflour
Asda
£1.45
for your meals
£4.25 at the till, incl. £2.80 of food you keep
No price at Asda:
- cod
- raw king prawns
- green Thai curry paste
- lemongrass stalks
- garlic cloves
- fish sauce
- palm sugar