Pan-fried Cod Served With Braised Potatoes And Peas

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 120 g fresh breadcrumbs
• 2 -3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 2 eggs
• 125 g plain flour, seasoned well
• 4 cod fish fillets or 4 any firm fish fillets
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 25 g butter
• 10 anya potatoes, peeled and cut into equal sized chunks
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, finely sliced into rings
• 155 g peas
• 250 ml chicken stock
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a plate add the breadcrumbs and parsley and season with salt and freshly ground pepper and give it a good mix.
• 2 crack the eggs into a bowl and beat lightly together.
• 3 in a separate bowl, add the flour and season well with salt and pepper.
• 4 dip a fish fillet first in the flour, then in the egg and, finally, in the breadcrumb mixture and continue with all the fillets.
• 5 cover and refrigerate the fish for up to 2 hours before cooking.
• 6 to make the braised potatoes with peas, steam the potatoes over a pan of boiling, salted water, covered with a lid, for about 20 minutes until they are tender.
• 7 in a saucepan heat the olive oil with 1 tbsp of butter over a medium heat and fry the onion until soft for about 10 minutes.
• 8 add the peas and toss well.
• 9 add the chicken stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 10 add the potatoes and cook for another 2 minutes.
• 11 remove from the heat, add the remaining butter, season with salt and freshly ground pepper and stir to combine.
• 12 to fry the fish, heat the olive oil and butter in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium to high heat.
• 13 put the fish in the pan and cook gently for about 4 minutes on each side, turning once, until lightly golden.
• 14 to serve, pour the braised potatoes and peas in a shallow bowl and sprinkle chopped mint leaves on top and serve the fish on the side.