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Fish cakes made from tinned fish (viskoekies)
This fishcake recipe is easy, quick and inexpensive. It is also quite versatile: we prefer salmon, but tuna works equally well, and you can experiment freely with the flavourings. You can serve it as nibbles, a light main course (this recipe is enough for two), or use it for patties next time you make fish burgers.
As an added bonus, most kids like these fish cakes, especially if they helped to make it.
Makes 10 fish cakes (enough for 2 main servings).
Ingredients
- 210 gram tin salmon or tuna
- 2 eggs
- 2 thick slices of bread, crumbled
or
mashed potato for a gluten-free option - Oil for frying
Flavourings, according to taste:
- 1 or 2 spring onion, chopped
- Freshly chopped garden herbs such as basil, chives, dill, marjoram, parsley
- ½ teaspoon (2 ml) Worcestershire sauce
- ½ to 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
- ½ to 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- ½ tablespoon sweet chilli sauce
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Ground black pepper
Because canned fish tends to be salty, extra salt is usually not necessary.
Method
- Empty contents of the can (the fish and liquid) into a medium-sized mixing bowl.
- Break the eggs into the bowl and beat lightly with a fork to combine the whites and yolks.
- Add the flavourings, for instance spring onions, herbs, Worcestershire sauce,
- tomato sauce, sweet chilli sauce, and lemon juice.
- Crumb the bread. The easiest way is to use a food processor, or you can grate frozen bread.
- Add enough bread crumbs to make the mixture firm. You should be able to spoon it into the pan easily and the egg should not run from the edges of an uncooked patty.
- Heat a frying pan to medium temperature and add about 1 tablespoon cooking oil.
- Spoon a few patties into the pan. Fry for 3 to 5 minutes on each side, until golden brown, firm, and cooked through.
Serve with tomato, tartare or a tangy sauce, freshly ground black pepper and lemon wedges.
Notes:
You can make your own tangy sauce by combining 1 tablespoon mayonnaise, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon of sweet chilli sauce.
Comments
This recipe look nice i will try it.
Thank you Nomusa! Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
How do you used this recipe with mashed potato? Looks like just what I want!
Use as much potato as you feel would bind it. I would say 1 cup would be sufficient to this recipe. Some recipes would use double the amount of fish to potato, and other double the amount of potato to fish. Other people would use the same amount of fish to potato.
Here is another lovely recipe which use both potato and bread crumbs: This would serve at least 4
2 tins tuna drained and flaked
4 potatoes, boiled and mashed
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 eggs, whisked
1 tablespoon parsley (chopped)
1 tablespoon chives (chopped)
2 teaspoons dijon mustart
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup bread crumbs
oil to fry
Mix everything together, except the bread crumbs
Make little round bals, flatten slightly
Roll in bread crumbs
Allow to chill about for 30 minutes in fridge
Fry until golden brown