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🍽️ Fried Char Fillets with Braised Cucumbers and Mashed Potatoes

540 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Arctic char, whole 4 pcs
• Potatoes, floury 1 kg
• Salt pinch
• Cucumbers 2 pcs
• Onions, yellow 1 pc
• Dill, fresh 10 g
• Wheat flour, Type 405 2 tbsp
• Oil 4 tbsp
• Mustard 1 tsp
• Pepper, black ground pinch
• Butter 3 tbsp
• Milk 200 ml
• Nutmeg, ground pinch

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the char fish under running water.
2. 2. Pat the fish dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Place a sharp knife diagonally at the head of the fish.
4. 4. Make a cut down to the central bone.
5. 5. Carefully guide the knife along the backbone to the tail fin.
6. 6. Separate the meat evenly from the bone to release the fillet.
7. 7. Slide the knife under the central bone.
8. 8. Also separate the second fillet.
9. 9. Peel the potatoes.
10. 10. Wash the potatoes thoroughly.
11. 11. Halve the potatoes.
12. 12. Place the potatoes in a pot with salted water.
13. 13. Bring the water to a boil.
14. 14. Cook the potatoes until tender for about 20 minutes.
15. 15. Wash the cucumbers thoroughly.
16. 16. Cut off the ends of the cucumbers.
17. 17. Halve the cucumbers lengthwise.
18. 18. Scrape out the seeds with a teaspoon.
19. 19. Cut the cucumber halves into pieces about 1 cm thick.
20. 20. Halve an onion.
21. 21. Peel the onion.
22. 22. Dice the onion finely.
23. 23. Wash the dill.
24. 24. Shake the dill dry.
25. 25. Pluck off the dill tips.
26. 26. Chop the dill finely.
27. 27. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pot over medium heat.
28. 28. Fry the onions in it for about 1 minute.
29. 29. Add the cucumbers.
30. 30. Fry the cucumbers for another 3 to 4 minutes.
31. 31. Stir in the dill and mustard.
32. 32. Season the braised cucumbers with salt and pepper.
33. 33. Season the char fillets with salt and pepper.
34. 34. Dust the fillets all over with flour.
35. 35. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan over high heat.
36. 36. Fry the fillets for about 4 minutes on the skin side.
37. 37. Add 1 tablespoon of butter.
38. 38. Turn the fillets.
39. 39. Finish cooking the fillets for approx. 1 minute.
40. 40. Drain the potatoes with a lid.
41. 41. Let the potatoes steam for a short time.
42. 42. Add milk and 2 tablespoons of butter.
43. 43. Process everything into mash with a potato masher.
44. 44. Season the mashed potatoes with nutmeg and salt.
45. 45. Plate the fried char fillets.
46. 46. Add the braised cucumbers.
47. 47. Add the mashed potatoes.
48. 48. Serve the dish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 540
• Protein: 30 g · Fett/Fat: 30 g · Carbs: 40 g