Zesty haddock with crushed potatoes & peas
Cooking time
Prep: 15 mins Cook: 20 minsSkill level
EasyServings
Serves 4Being pushed for time doesn't mean you have to eat unhealthily, as this quick and low-fat fish supper proves
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Healthy
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 305
- protein
- 28g
- carbs
- 31g
- fat
- 8g
- saturates
- 1g
- fibre
- 4g
- sugar
- 2g
- salt
- 0.71g
Ingredients
- 600g floury potatoes, unpeeled, cut into chunks
- 140g frozen peas
- 2½ tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- juice and zest ½ lemon
- 1 tbsp capers, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp snipped chives
- 4 haddock or other chunky white fish fillets, about 120g each (or use 2 small per person)
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- broccoli, to serve
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Method
- Cover the potatoes in cold water, bring to the boil, then turn to a simmer. Cook for 10 mins until tender, adding peas for the final min of cooking. Drain and roughly crush together, adding plenty of seasoning and 1 tbsp oil. Keep warm.
- Meanwhile, for the dressing, mix 1 tbsp oil, the lemon juice and zest, capers and chives with some seasoning.
- Dust the fish in the flour, tapping off any excess and season. Heat remaining oil in a non-stick frying pan. Fry the fish for 2-3 mins on each side until cooked, then add the dressing and warm through. Serve with the crush and broccoli.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2011
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
Loved this! I was making it for two but, having read all the comments above, made sauce for four... and still we could have done with more! I'm not overly keen on capers so mixed a good teaspoon of caper paste with the lemon juice and olive oil. I also used spring onions in preference to chives. Very simple. Very tasty. Clean plates. A winner!
I served it with crushed potatoes and caramelised onions and rocket. The comments about sauce can't be right... increasing the quantities would overpower the fish.. This recipe was 100% perfect and so good that I actually bothered to register to be able to leave this comment.
I am very lucky that a guy in a van parks at the bottom of Victoria Road in Cambridge every Wednesday and supplies superb smoked haddock. Actually, everything his sells is superb and he should be knighted.
Again this recipe was superb and was the best haddock recipe I ever tasted!
A really lovely, fresh dish. As other people have mentioned, the sauce did need to be doubled (we had the amount for two people, rather than the recommended four). Also was a little confused about what "warmed through" meant so we spread the dressing on the fish while it was cooking and it turned out really nice! Will definitely make again.
