Feelgood fish cakes
Cooking time
Prep: 15 mins Cook: 35 minsSkill level
EasyServings
Serves 4These budget-friendly fish cakes made with canned sardines are packed full of good stuff
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition
- kcalories
- 287
- protein
- 16g
- carbs
- 29g
- fat
- 13g
- saturates
- 2g
- fibre
- 2g
- sugar
- 2g
- salt
- 0.67g
Ingredients
- 600g potatoes, cut into chunks
- 2 x 120g cans sardines in spring water, drained
- 4 tbsp chopped parsley
- zest and juice 1 small lemon
- 3 tbsp light mayonnaise
- 4 tbsp fat-free Greek yogurt (we used Total 0%)
- 1 tbsp seasoned plain flour
- 4 tsp sunflower oil
- green salad and lemon wedges, to serve
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Method
- Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water until tender, about 15-20 mins. Meanwhile, coarsely mash the sardines in a bowl (there’s no need to remove the calcium-rich bones as they are soft enough to eat). Mix in 3 tbsp chopped parsley and half the lemon zest and juice. Meanwhile, mix the mayonnaise and yogurt with the remaining parsley, lemon zest and juice and some seasoning.
- Drain the potatoes, then mash until smooth. Gently mix into the sardine mixture and season. Shape into 8 fat fish cakes using floured hands, then dust lightly with the seasoned flour.
- Heat half the oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry half the fish cakes for 3-4 mins on each side until golden and crisp. Keep warm; repeat with remaining oil and fish cakes. Serve with the lemony mayonnaise, salad and lemon wedges.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2010
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
Wasn't overly impressed with these, then again, I'm not a lover of sardines in general but thought I'd give them a go...
I found them a little wet, which wasn't too much of an issue as I think I put a bit too much lemon juice in to be honest.
The mayonnaise was really nice though and I can see that going with other fish recepies. I'll try this again but using different fish.
Very good recipe for easy fish-cakes that are not only tasty but cheap.
I found I had to cook them longer than was stated but only by a couple of minutes more each side so nothing major.
The consistency of the fish-cakes was good and using the cheap but strong tasting sardines is a great idea.
The sauce compliments them brilliantly and was easy and quick to make.
I definitely didn't have the problem of the fishcakes being too wet, if anything they were a little dry, though I did use baking potatoes which are quite floury so that might have made a difference. I thought these were pretty good, nice cheap way of getting fish into your diet. I rolled in flour, then egg, then porridge oats before frying. I also added some crushed garlic and chilli flakes to the mix for a little more flavour. All in all very good.
I used dill instead of parsley and sardines in olive oil and they were delicious. I also floured, egged and breadcrumbed the fishcakes and deep fried them for 2 minutes until golden and kept warm while I made the salad and they would have been smart enough to serve as a starter at a dinner party. This recipe made 10 fishcakes the size of a largeish tomato and it was JUST enough to serve 2 adults and 2 children.
I'm sorry, but these were dreadful! Maybe I had the juciest lemon in history, but they were too wet, hard to fry and tasted....not brilliant. Everyone round the table had on a sort of 'help me' face as they forced them down. Except my 4 year old, who is usually fussy and munched the lot. The lemon mayo was nice though!
