Fish Balls Recipe
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This simple fish balls recipe can use any fish and some leftover mashed potato if you have any.
I often get asked for leftover recipes and this is a perfect one.
If you fancy making them from scratch, then you know how to cook fish and potatoes, so I won't bore you with the details ;-)
The seasoned flour is just plain flour with a bit of pepper added - salt too if you're not using smoked fish - you could add a tspn of dried dill if you like.
You can literally use any fish you like here - if you have some leftover cod maybe, from the fish and chip shop, some canned fish, sardines, pilchards, tuna, mackerel, salmon (you get the drift!) or cook an extra piece when you're making a meal and pop it in the freezer for 'later'.
Making seasoned flour is simple. The technique is to take a plate and sprinkle two or three tablespoons of plain flour - the amount you need depends on how many things you're coating.
Shake pepper (and salt if you're not using a salty filling) and then mix the flour together.
Alternatively, you can put the flour into a plastic bag, season and shake it all together to mix it.
You can add any fresh or dried herb you like to it at the pre-mixing stage. A teaspoon of dried dill, parsley or chives would be perfect or a handful of fresh chopped herb would be good too.
Fish Balls Recipe
8 oz (225g) cooked fish - skin and bones removed
1lb (450g) leftover mashed potato
chopped fresh parsley
1 egg
milk and seasoned flour to coat
Oil for frying
Mix the fish and potato together well - stir in the parsley.
Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Divide the mixture into 16 and roll into balls.
Roll each ball in the flour and then set them aside in the fridge to chill for about 30 minutes. Take them out of the fridge, dip them in milk, then into the seasoned flour again to coat thoroughly. You might like to do this twice as it will give you better cover on the fish balls and make them more crispy when they're cooked.
Heat your oil in a pan - enough to shallow fry - and then add the fish balls.
Cook for about 10 minutes, turning frequently until they are crispy and golden.
You could bake in the oven if you prefer - Gas Mark 5, 370F or 190C for about 20 minutes. Give them a light brush or spray of oil before you cook them and turn them half way through the cooking, brushing or spraying again. Keep an eye on them towards the end of the cooking time
You could also make fish cakes out of this mixture - divide the mixture into 8 and just flatten the balls then dip them into the seasoned flour. Chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
Cook for about 10 minutes until they're golden and hot right through.
Serve them with some vegetables - baked beans, peas or sweetcorn are good to go with them. Add some sauce - tomato, tartar or mayonnaise for dipping, maybe some fries (chips) if you want to make it into a more substantial meal or some bread and butter or a healthy mixed salad would be great.
All the recipes below are equally suitable for using leftovers or indeed, you could make balls out of those recipes. The crab cakes particularly make a lovely platter at a buffet of finger food.
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Cook's Notes You could use panko breadcrumbs for this fish balls recipe if you prefer - the method is the same, but you would just have a plate of breadcrumbs instead of the seasoned flour to dip them in before cooking. Using canned fish, this is another end of the month store cupboard meal to have in your repertoire - something slightly different from the usual fish cakes, they're more fun for the kids to have little fish balls and it's easier for you to give the tinies one or two and the oldies several for their portion. You can easily double up this recipe to make it for as many as you like - 16 balls would serve most families with two or three per child and four or five per adult. Another way of using this mixture, would be to pile it into a baking dish and cover it with a layer of cheese and/or breadcrumbs then bake as a fish pie. |
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Fish Balls
By Liz Alderson
This simple fish balls recipe can use any fish and some leftover mashed potato if you have any.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Yield: 2
Main Ingredient: cooked fish, leftover mashed potato, egg