Simple, fish meal ideas please

[Sasha07]

May I ask people to give me their fish recipe/meal ideas please? I'm wanting to try a more Mediterranean diet, I'm not even sure if that's the correct term but just something delicious and simple. Fish with veg/salad/potatoes...

Yesterday, I pan fried cod in a lemon butter/garlic base from a recipe I found online, with oven veg and herby potatoes. It was nice but not something I'd plan to make each week. I'm more of a hearty winter cook so struggling with summer recipes other than salads/burgers...

I've looked online and just get recipe blindness from all the different offerings. I have no idea what fish goes well with what or how to cook it... So thought I'd ask here for some tried and tested, cooked by real people, meal ideas, please. Thanks for any help!

I like these too. I haven't tried the Asda version but Sainsbury's do two types and they are both delicious.

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fish/salmon-fillet-wrapped-in-prosciutto/

Ive cooked this loads of times and it’s delicious. Really easy too.

Florentine is good -easy and quick
www.bbcgoodfood.com/user/776194/recipe/haddock-florentine

We do quite a few of the types of things posted. V lovely! Fish is great because it cooks so quickly and easily.

This is a great easy quick fish stew - you might like it because it’s quite hearty but also healthy and tasty.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/one-pan-spanish-fish-stew

We do often add a bit of chorizo because it’s delicious! Also you can do it with new potatoes or white potatoes - whatever you prefer.

I cook smoked fish, usually haddock with rice in a mix of water and orange juice.

My mum would always put smoked haddock in milk dotted with butter baked in the oven.

If you are looking for healthy do you have a steamer? Wrap your fish in foil with whatever you want, herbs and lemon with a bit of butter, just pop that in the steamer with the veg you are cooking.

If you have quite a 'meaty' fish then put in passata with herbs and veg, a tin of mixed beans / bean salad works well.

Fishcakes? You can make with tinned fish to make it cheaper.

Kebabs with a meaty fish and prawns.

If you get whole fish then experiment with fillings. Oily fish stuffed with tropical fruit and oven baked.

Kedgeree.

This Nigel Slate fish stew is quick and easy: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/mar/09/foodanddrink.shopping
Also I've been buying pkts of filleted Cornish sardines in Morrisons, which you can fry with a tiny bit of olive oil in a couple of minutes,to have with bread or new potatoes and a salad.

These are great, thanks all! I tried one of the suggestions yesterday and it went down a treat! Will definitely be working our way through the others. But... When I came back in this morning, the house had an undertone of fish smell even though we had the external kitchen door open and the internal one shut so if anyone knows any tricks to help dissipate it, I'll be glad to hear of it! We washed up straight away and put any packaging into the outside bin but it seems to have lingered in the air. Maybe that's just the way it is with cooking fish? 😬😁

These Moroccan tuna kebabs are a go to here.

Mix up some sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce add to salmon in the frying pan and cook in the sauce. Delicious

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We usually do sea bass as it’s soft which the children like, but if you prefer hearty cooking, something like cod or hake may be better. There is a lovely Jamie Oliver recipe for cod wrapped in bacon and baked with tomatoes. And a bbc good food recipe for a cod tagine with oranges.

Slice a clove of garlic. Warm it in olive oil.
When it smells garlicky, add a drained tin of cannelini beans.
Add a drained tin of tuna and mix
Warm through gently.
Serve on a bed of fresh rocket.

This is delicious and very simple

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tarragon_crusted_sea_93411

We also love a piece of cod or salmon wrapped in Parma ham & baked for about 12 to 15 mins

Another one is season an individual fillet of salmon with salt & pepper, some dried herbs, a bit of oil and a squeeze of lemon and bake for 8-10 mins another way. Nice and simple but very tasty.

All we have served with boiled baby potatoes & veggies like long stem broccoli and carrots cut into long quarters, or potato wedges and a green salad, or even over a rice salad is good

I have a recipe for 'Halibut Catalan' but it is in a very old cook book so probably not authentic but Google has given me quite a few options so that might be worth looking at.

Oh and a totally crazy thing I made up, possibly after a couple of glasses, is to get a piece of fish, put it on foil and then top it as you would a pizza. Tomato sauce - I would use a mix of passata and purée, serrano ham or peperoni and topped with mozzarella.

Then bake in the oven for 15 - 20 mins.

It's probably not the healthiest of foods though.

Has anyone mentioned Paella yet? You can make it with more fish and no chicken.

Smoked salmon trimmings with butter, lemon juice and a couple of herbs goes well with spaghetti.

Smoked salmon trimmings also go well mixed with cream cheese and baked in a filo parcel. Add seasoning and lemon juice to taste.

There are lots of recipes for various pâtés, usually made with smoked fish.

Another use for smoked salmon trimmings or trout trimmings is to make a kind of omelette vaguely Arnold Bennet.

Fry the trimmings gently, add beaten egg and some gruyère or similar cheese. Maybe some fresh herbs.

That sounds lovely, @Redheadedstepchild.

Family favourite here is a rice dish made with salmon and prawns with lots of garlic and Old Bay seasoning. Sauté onions and peppers, add garlic, then add stock and rice with loads of seasoning. Cook until nearly done, add peas and the cooked fish.

Any fish would work. Or chicken and prawns

Thanks! Forgot to insist, "Fry the smoked salmon pieces in butter" but anybody of the quality would know that.

Another salmon one…
10 mins in the airfryer
serve with roasted new potatoes - can also do in the air fryer and either tender stem broccoli or chard pan fried with garlic & lemon juice.
M&S do a lovely dill & mustard sauce that goes so well with it.

edited to add a really quick one that we all love.
stir fry 2 packs of the microwaveable basmati rice in some tumeric & ginger & garlic paste.
pop some smoked haddock fillets on top, add a few handfuls of baby spinach and some veg stock. Let it cook for 5-10 mins. Give it a good stir one the fish is opaque. Add some chilli flakes. Squeeze in a lemon and finish with chopped spring onion.
delicious hot or cold

I make Provençal Salmon:
cut Mediterranean vegetables, such as red & yellow peppers, courgettes & red onions into chunks & roast in olive oil with garlic cloves, oregano & herbes de Provence. Put salmon steaks on top & add cherry tomatoes, black olives & green beans, salt & pepper & roast for another 10-15 minutes until the salmon is cooked through.

We like this https://www.ocado.com/recipes/tom-kerridges-cowboy-butter-baked-cod-loins/3IAZab94TzUFI8V75Ibt21

or if I really can’t be bothered, a Niçoise salad using a jar of tuna loins and asparagus instead of green beans

Thanks for the new comments, I'm still here checking in and I'm yet to find a suggestion that I don't fancy! They all sound good, I feel like I've finally got some direction when it comes to meal planning around fish, i really appreciate all the time people have taken to give suggestions 😊 will be trying some more ideas over the next couple of weeks 🤗

Our household favourite is a smoked haddock & leek risotto. Serve with lots of Parmesan and some pan fried tenderstem broccoli. Chef’s kiss!

https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/smoked-haddock-pea-risotto/

Here for ideas!

I will contribute this https://www.recipetineats.com/lemon-garlic-salmon-tray-bake-easy-healthy/ www.recipetineats.com/lemon-garlic-salmon-tray-bake-easy-healthy/]]]] dead easy and works really well. Can use other veg in place of asparagus eg green beens, sliced up broccoli, courgettes.

Fish tagine? I’ve used various online recipes for that but it’s got more of a hearty vibe than grilled fish.