Breaded Fish with Herbed Mash, Garlic Sauce and Green Beans
Oh this one right hur…
I remember when we were working on the menu for the luncheon, there were many ideas flying around but we all settled on fish because for some reason we felt like we don’t eat enough seafood…probably because the risk of poisoning in these Lagos restaurants are too great, (I will never forget my trip the Farm City in Lekki, lawwd !) so its really better to eat fish at home or not at all.
But not all the time spicy pepper/tomato covered fish, the Chef wanted to take our palette (as the palette teaser that he is) on a culinary journey so he swapped grilled fished for baked/breaded and spicy tomato sauce for this yummy creamy garlic sauce.
Rather than taking away and risking an upset stomach because we want some fish, thank God (and Chef OG) we can fakeaway…
Yield: 4 servings
Total time: 1hr10mins
​
BREADED FISH
​
Ingredients:
White fish fillet, 4 fillets
Bread, 8 slices
Egg, 3 large
Flour, 1 cup
Salt, to taste
Black pepper, to taste
Prep:
Dry blend the bread and gently toast in the oven, on a dry oven tray to get the breadcrumbs for the fish (appox 3 mins). Be carefully these brown just as fast as making toast !
Lightly salt and beat 2 eggs and set aside.
Instructions:
1. Season the dry, clean fillets of fish with salt and black pepper then place on a grill try and put into the grill (on low heat) for 10 to 15 mins. Do NOT brown. Once done, set aside.
​
2. Begin to heat a deep pot with enough vegetable oil to cover each fillet.
​
3. On 3 plates, line up (1) flour, (2) a beaten egg and (3) the breadcrumbs then take the fish through each; making sure you shake off any excess of each component before moving on to the next. Continue with flour, egg, breadcrumbs until all fillets are breaded.
DONE. Once coated, deep (flash) fry the battered fish in hot vegetable oil for 3-5 minutes. Once browned, take out the fillets and place on kitchen towel to soak up any excess oil.
​
MASHED POTATOES
Ingredients:
Potatoes, 1kg
Milk, 2 cups
Unsalted butter, 2 tbsp
Spring onions, 50g
Garlic powder, 1 tsp
Mixed herbs or oregano, 2 tsp
White pepper, to taste
Salt, to taste
Prep:
Dice spring onions and set aside
Peel potatoes, cut into chunks and set aside
In a plastic cup mix - melted butter, milk, garlic powder, herbs.
Instructions:
1. Boil peeled potatoes in salted water until very soft (approx. 15mins), piercing them to ensure they are soft enough to crumble.
2. With a potato masher, mash the potatoes
DONE. Slowly stir in the milk mixture using a strong wooden spoon then sprinkle in chopped spring onions, stir and set aside.
​
GREEN BEANS
​
Ingredients:
Green Beans, 200g
White wine, a splash
Stock cube, ½
Butter, 2 tbsp
Chili pepper, to taste
Instructions:
1. Melt a table spoon of unsalted butter and lightly sauté the green beans with diced onions and chili peppers for 5 mins on medium heat.
2. Add a SPLASH of white wine and cook on low heat until the wine evaporates.
DONE. Crumble half a stock cube OR add salt to taste.
​
CREAMY GARLIC SAUCE
​
Ingredients:
Milk, 2 cups
Butter, 2 tbsp
Flour, ¼ cup
½ a small Onion, diced
Garlic, 4 cloves
Dried mixed herbs, 1 tsp
Salt, pinches to taste
Prep:
Dice onion and set aside.
Instructions:
1. In a hot pan (no oil), on low heat roast whole garlic cloves until deep brown and remove from the pan.
Once cooled, chop or crush the browned garlic cloves and set aside.
2. In a pan on low heat, cook chopped onions in melted butter and then add the chopped/crushed garlic.
3. Sprinkle flour (10-20 seconds after the garlic) and stir until brown. The flour will go lumpy- this is fine.
DONE. While stirring constantly add the milk, dried herbs and salt and continue to cook the sauce until it reaches the desired thickness. (If it gets too thick add a bit of water. If too watery, continue cooking till it thickens).
​
​
YOUR MEAL IS READY TO BE ENJOYED !
​
​
​
We have to shout out to the Chef for putting all this together and getting them to the table still hot ! I guess that’s the difference between Chefs and mere mortal home cooks like myself. They say men can’t multi-task (don’t come for me) but I think we can agree that Chef OG debunks that.
This meal was sooo yummy, I’m actually going to fake it myself (I have a special somebody to impress) !
Enjoy and let us know what you think in the comments, if you do fake this at home make sure to tag either @fakeaway.ng or @palateteasers in your pictures !
Check out Chef OG's blog here.