Cheap & easy fish recipes please?

[EnglishGirlApproximately]

We are trying to cut out some of our meat intake and at the moment generally have 1 veggie day per week and 1 fish dish. We would like to eat more fish but at the same time we are on a budget and it always seems to be one of the more expensive weekly meals I make - so I'm hoping some lovely mumsnetters can suggest some cheap, nutritious and quick fish recipes. To give you an idea of the sort of thing we like these are the fishy meals we've had recently -

Haddock Mornay
Salmon & new potatoes with poached eggs
Lemon & Chilli Tuna Steaks with Noodles
Cod & cherry toms with parsley butter
Thai Fish Cakes

Just to complicate matters I will list all of the things DP won't eat - mushrooms, peppers, courgettes, aubergines, any shellfish.

I'm out of ideas - love fish pie but not for summer, I don't like battered fish. Surely there are loads of lovely recipes out there?
TIA :)

Forgot to say - suggestions for replacing cod, haddock etc. with cheaper, more sustainable fish gratefully received. Ta

Portuguese fish - any white fish baked with olive oil, onions, garlic, tomatoes. I also add a bit of spinach and sometimes some sliced potatoes.

Cut out some big squares of greasproof paper, pop into the middle of each a portion of the fish of your choice, stick a good handful of chopped herbs into each, maybe a drizzle of olive oil if it's a fish that'll dry easily (mainly white fish), and maybe somne lemon juice.

Fold the paper into individual parcels (folded together at the top so the juices don't leak out) and pop in the oven on a baking tray for 15-20mins. Steams the fish nicely - we love doing this for salmon but also works well with pollock and other white fish. Good with rice or chips.

Also yummy - mackerel or whole sardines on the BBQ.

Oh and fish curry - using coconut milk as the base, with whatever veg you like. Works well with pollock (which I think is the same as coley, which you can buy in the freezer section and is more sustainable). Cube the fish and put it for 5-10 mins right at the end so it doesn't disintergrate too much. Nice with a big bunch of chopped coriander in at the same time as the fish. Much quicker meal to cook than meat curries.

Try and get pollock or coley instead of cod. Second mackerel! How about grilled rainbow (farmed) rainbow trout?

If you've got a bit longer, Pesto Haddock (takes about an hour). Get a smoked haddock fillet per person, spread with pesto and roll up, fastening with a cocktail stick. Place in oven proof dish and add sliced tomatoes (approx 1 per person), cream and olive oil (approx 1 tbps per person). Put the lid on and stick it in the oven on a low heat. Serve with green veg and mash for all the lovely juices. Mmmm.

Portuguese fish sounds right up my street thanks. Jammy - really want to try a curry -are there any spices that do / don't really work with fish? Would you suggest Thai Style or Indian style? I make lots of curries but never with fish so I'm a bit wary of overpowering the fish with my usual sauces.

I know you said no to fish pie, but carribean fish pie is amazing! I also coat fish fillets in a parsley/lemonzest/panko crust and oven bake.

Herbie Haddock,
Whizz up some breadcrumbs (2 slices of bread)
Add an ounce of melted butter
Some grated cheese and
1 tsp of mixed herbs
Lay the fish on a baking tray and add the breadcrumb topping. Pour milk around the fish and bake in the oven for half an hour.
I use Tesco Value frozen fish fillets (which are Alaskan Pollack) instead of Haddock because of the price.

I think we've only ever used white fish, rather than salmon, trout, mackerel, so not sure what they'd go with, but coley seems quite versatile & works really well in any type of curry - Thai or Indian. You end up cooking it for such a short time it tends to keep it's flavour too. We're nuts on coriander but fennel, coridander powder & cumin, also go well.

To be honest, one of our quick, low hassle lazy dinners is onions & ginger fried with bog standard medium curry powder from the supermarket, then pop in the veg & coconut milk, let it cook down a bit, stick the rice on, then 5 mins before the end pop in the fish & green herbs. Don't stir it too much, make sure it's cooked & serve.

If you want to look up recipes, they cook alot of fish curries in Sri Lanka (where we first had it, for breakfast) and southern India - Goa/Kerela.

What's panko jimmy?

Salmon cut into cubes and pan fried in a knob of butter, when cooked add peas, chopped chives, single cream and cooked pasta.
Easy peasy and delicious!

Thai fish parcels. Heat oven to 150. On a piece of foil put strips of red pepper,or greens,
tomato, lemon grass, chilli ginger then lay some pieces of fish on it. Sea bass is great but you could use any fish. Splash some soy sauce and fish sauce on and a generous handful of coriander. Bake for 15 to 20 mins. Serve with rice.
Or smear fish with chilli pesto and oven bake in a parcel with veges in the parcel to cook together.serve with pasta or rice. This is good with salmon or trout.

quick hollandaise takes 3 mins, made in microwave is yummy. Take 2 cups. In one put a large knob of butter, in the other a good splash of each lemon juice and vinegar. Melt butter and heat the acid in the microvwave. Beat one egg. Add the melted butter while whisking. Add hot acid mix while whisking and tasting. Season. Microwave for up to 30 seconds to thicken and whisk again

we do salmon and noodles

douse salmon in soy and let it sit for a bit, one of the thicker sweeter ones from a chinese supermarket is best. And you can squizz over some lemon or lime juice if you like. Also sprinkle over some sliced chillies if you like them

I cook the salmon on a griddle until it is about three quarters done and then just set it aside,

Cook the noodles in boiling water and I usually shake in some sesame oil when they are done.

Into a REALLY hot wok with some grated ginger, and garlic and finely sliced spring onions, flick those about for a bit, throw in the drained noodles and some chopped coriander and any remaining soy/chilli from the salmon, then flake over the salmon

Shake of fish sauce and a slug of stock/water/whatever you fancy really and then clamp a lid on, that will made a mass of steam to finish the fish and then plonk it all in dishes to serve.

Sometimes I don't flake the fish over, I leave it in big pieces and just wok the noodles with the ginger etc and put the salmon on in a big wodge

Spicy mackerel-I do this under the grill rather than BBQ
www.waitrose.com/content/waitrose/en/home/recipes/recipe_directory/b/barbecued_mackerel_with_a_spicy_coating.html

Seafood pasta - a mixed seafood mix with chilli, lemon, garlic, parsley and plenty of olive oil, toss with spagetti

Simple grilled fish (eg seabass) with a dressing made of olive oil, basil, garlic, lemon juice and chopped capers

Great idea for a thread. I'm trying to cook fish twice a week, so it's good to have some new ideas. My contribution is fussy DS2's favourite supper: kedgeree. i make it even easier by microwaving the smoked haddock.

Some great ideas thanks - keep them coming please! I haven't eaten yet and this thread is making me very hungry . Jimmy - tell me more about carribean fish pie please?

Am watching too..... Have 4 cod fillets and no clue what to do with them!

I'm doing cod tomorrow, it's similar to the one the OP referred to so didn't bother posting it.
Finely chopped red onion, red pepper, garlic, chili, halve some cherry tomatoes put in oven tray with olive oil and put cod on top, drizzle with oil, season and bake for about 20 mins

Oh I think I will try that, I have tons of cherry toms and the dc will eat that recipe.
Thanks cee

Smoked fish risotto. Gorgeous. Usually use smoked haddock or similar in it. Basically you cook the haddock in a small amount of chicken stock (cube) and then flake the cooked fish and set aside. Keep the stock. Sweat chopped onion, garlic and red pepper, then add rice and the stock from the fish. Top up with extra water if needed. Stick in some frozen peas. When rice is ready stir in the fish, and some grated cheddar. Serve.

Sardine bake (uses tinned sardines in oil). Gently soften some sliced onion in the oil from the sardine tin until translucent. Then add potato cut into small chips/thick matchsticks. Pour over milk and simmer for 5 mins until slightly thickened. Then put sardines in the base of a small oven dish and pour the onion/potato/milk mix on top. Bake at about 180 for 25 mins or until golden on top. Have with peas/greens. Approx quantities would be 1 tin sardines, 1 onion, 1 potato, 1 glass of milk per person.

Made teriyaki salmon tonight and the kids LOVE it. Incredibly simple, cubed salmon marinated in waitrose cooks ingredients teriyaki glaze (it's a big bottle lasts for ages) and threaded onto skewers. Cook under the grill (takes about 10 mins. The glaze goes crispy on the outside but the inside is soft and just delicious, sweet and not too strong a flavour for littlies.

Served with egg fried rice (cook rice, drain. Heat tbs of oil in wok, add rice and stir. Mix together egg (I used 3 for 5 people) sesame oil and light soy. Throw in with rice and stir until cooked. Can add veg or cashews to rice. Season with salt and pepper for grown ups.

What about tuna? Tuna mornay or tuna patties? I also invented a recipe using tuna pattie mix in the base of a casserole dish topped with a cheesey white sauce which I sometimes add broccoli and cauliflower florets too. I also substitute the tuna for tinned salmon for a change.

I know you've done Thai Fish cakes, but here's my recipe, with courgette so a bit unusual...

doindubai.com/2012/06/17/perfect-mid-week-family-meal-thai-style-salmon-fishcakes/

Moni Dubai

This recipe is lovely if you want a curry. I'm not usually one to go for a korma, but this works really well and all the coriander and spring onions gives it a lovely tang! www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fish-recipes/coley-korma-with-fluffy-rice

Also, we often have pan fried Sea Bass fillets with sweet potato or pesto mash with some roasted veg (peppers/courgettes/aubergine/asparagus) and it's yummy. Zigzag a bit of balsamic glaze over the top of it all when you plate up which is not only great for taste, but superb for presentation/looks too.

Have you tried Tilapia or Panga,both cheap & both good in a Thai/Indian curry . Also if you buy the big packs of frozen fillets from most supermarkets frozen fish section,it's much cheaper.