Filipino Fish Cakes Food

CAROLINA FISH CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease two baking sheets. Bring 3 cups of water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain and mash. Reserve 1 cup mashed potatoes; discard remainder.
• In a large saucepan, saute onion, green and red bell pepper and celery in butter over medium high heat until tender. Turn heat to low and fold in flaked fish. Slowly mix in flour, cheese, Old Bay seasoning, dry mustard, salt, pepper, mashed potatoes and milk. Mix gently but thoroughly. Remove pan from heat.
• With floured hands shape batter into cakes 1/2 inch by 3 inches. Coat with breadcrumbs.
• If you are baking the fish cakes bake them for 10 minutes, flip the cakes and bake another 15 minutes until golden brown.

FILIPINO STYLE FISH CAKES

Steps:

• coarsley grate the potato and carrots
• Chop the onion coarsley.
• Mix together the fish with above ingredients.
• add enough eggs so mixture is coated well.
• then add some flour and mix so that mixture is quite sticky.
• add salt and pepper.
• make fish cakes not too big and flatten with hand and drop in shallow oil.

FILIPINO FISH CAKES

Steps:

• Slice the fish filets into thin strips. Season the strips with salt and pepper.
• Prepare the batter - add flour into a mixing bowl, then slowly add lime soda while stirring it constantly. Add enough liquid until you get a pancake batter consistency.
• Season the batter with salt, fish sauce, ground black pepper, paprika, and sriracha hot sauce. Mix all these ingredients until they're well incorporated.
• Add the fish meat into the batter along with the carrots and green onions. Mix all of them well until all are well coated.
• Add oil into a frying pan and heat until a drop of water sizzles in the oil. Spoon the fish cake mixture into half a cup measuring cup and then add to the frying pan and press down to form then into pancake shapes.
• Fry them over medium heat for 4 minutes on each side.
• Remove the fish cakes to a plate lined with paper towels to drain the excess oil.
• Serve with sriracha sauce and/or vinegar to dip them inches.