Healthy Fish and Chips with Homemade Tartare Sauce

Healthy Fish and Chips with Homemade Tartare Sauce

 

Another one from the Biggest Loser Cookbook. This recipe reccomends flathead as the type of fish but I think next time I'll try a meatier fish like swordfish or Barramundi as it would hold up better to the frypan. Still, this one was a hit with hubby and I even got Mr 2.5 year old to eat this (although naturally he had much more of the chips and not the fish).

Time Taken?: The chips take about 40 mins including peeling and chopping, but everything else, including the cleaning up, can be done while the chips are in the oven so it ends up being a very time-efficient recipe.

2 year old friendly?: Yes. See above.

Serves 4

INGREDIENTS
4 medium-large desiree potatoes, peeled and cut into thick strips
Olive oil spray
Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoons chopped parsely leaves
4 flathead (or another white fish) fillets

Tartare sauce ingredients
1/3 cup low fat mayonaise
1 gherkin, chopped finely (or I used about 1.5 teaspoon of jarred gherkin relish
1 teaspoon capers, chopped finely

METHOD
Preheat oven to 200 degrees c. Line an oven tray with baking paper
Place the potato chips in a microwave safe plastic bag and microwave on high for 5 minutes
Place the chips on the pre-prepared oven tray and spray with oil. Season with salt and bake for 30 minutes, or until crisp and golden.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the ingredients for the Tartare sauce well.
In a shallow dish combine the lemon juice and zest and chopped parsely.
Season the fish with salt and pepper. heat a non-stick frypan over high heat. Spray with oil and cook the fish for 2 minutes on each side or until opaque.
Remove the fish from the pan and transfer to the dish with the lemon mixture. Turn the fish in the mixture so that it's evenly coated.
Serve the fish and chips with a dollop of the tartare sauce and lemon wedges.