Pan Fried Cod With Asian Dressing

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 60 ml light soy sauce
• 40 ml rice wine vinegar
• 1 pinch five-spice powder
• 40 ml sesame oil (original recipe uses double this but i think it kills the flavour of the fish)
• salt and pepper
• 1 bunch spring onion, finely shredded
• 1 red chile, very finely chopped
• 6 blue-eye cod fish fillets (175-225g each)
• plain flour, seasoned with
• salt and pepper, for dusting
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 to make the dressing, boil the soy sauce, vinegar and 5 spice powder together.
• 2 remove from the heat, mix in the sesame oil and season with salt and pepper.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 mix the spring onions with the chilli.
• 5 lightly coat the fish fillets with seasoned flour.
• 6 heat the knob of butter in a fry pan and cook for about 3-4 minutes on each side (depending on thickness) until cooked.
• 7 reheat the dressing and add the onions and chilli-cook for 1-2 minutes more.
• 8 serve the fish with the dressing spooned over.