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Fish & Chips recipe, eat well on universal credit

I’m tagging this as a ‘Jewish Recipe’ because it is, so fight me!

“The UK tradition of eating fish battered and fried in oil was introduced to the country by Spanish and Portuguese Jewish immigrants, who spent time in the Netherlands before settling in the UK as early as the 16th century.” - From Wikipedia.

Our better recipe is a bit different as Gluten is a no-go here. So we've pottered with batter recipes until we found one we like.

Ingredients:-

2 Eggs, beaten and set aside
Cornflour, as much as you need. See method.
Salt (Kosher if you like) & Pepper, to season
2 Tsp of Turmeric (Cornflour batter looks dreadful without)
2 Tsp of Baking Powder
1 Tsp of Garlic Powder
Soda Water

Method:-

(1) Heat a fryer to 160c.
(2) Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl.
(3) Dredge the fish in the dry mix and set aside.
(4) Add Soda Water and enough Cornflour to make a thin batter.
(5) Dunk the coated Fish in the Egg Wash.
(6) Dunk in the Batter mix and fry in batches.

Served with a few peas, Tartar sauce, a slice of Lemon etc. The price of Fish means this isn’t a cheap treat now. But it was gooooood!!!!

 

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Stir Fry Char Sui Pork Mince & Broccoli


I happened across a 500g pack of Pork mince for just over £1 so Sue set about her recipe rummaging and came up with this. Realistically this recipe would easily feed 4 and we had enough left to pop in Taco shells the following day.

Ingredients:-

500g of Pork mince
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
A Thumb of Ginger, minced
1 Carrot, cut into lengthways strips
1 Red Pepper, cut into strips
2 Spring Onions, sliced lengthways
2 Chillies, chopped
1 Tbsp of Honey
1 Tbsp of Black Bean Sauce or Hoisin Sauce
40ml of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
30ml of Shaoxing Wine
1 Tsp Chinese Five Spice
A handful of Peanuts, roughly chopped
½ a head of Broccoli, separated into florets
1 Onion, finely diced
Oil to fry
A splash of Water

Method:-

(1) Mix together the Black Bean sauce, honey, Soy Sauce, Five Spice, Shaoxing Wine and a splash of water.
(2) Set aside your Char Sui Sauce.
(3) Heat a little Oil in a pan, add the Garlic &Ginger and cook gently for a minute.
(4) Add the Pork mince and fry on a high heat until browned, stirring continually.
(5) Remove from the pan and set aside.
(6) Add more Oil if required and fry the Broccoli, Carrots, Onion and Pepper, for a few minutes.
(7) Return the mince to the pan and stir to combine.
(8) Stir in the Char Sui Sauce and cook over a low heat until heated through.
(9) Garnish with Spring Onions and chopped Peanuts.

We served ours over Rice Noodles, but this would work equally well over boiled rice.

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