It was so delicious, and I literally had to laugh out loud when hubby found a recipe and it only required on large clove or garlic, he wanted it to be full of flavour so he used a whole bulb, I had to wait to see if it was the right choice!  He didn’t go wrong, it tasted perfect!

Once the prawns are peeled, this dish comes together so quickly.

Creamy Garlic Prawns

 

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Prep time

30 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Author: Katrina

Recipe type: Dinner – Seafood

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1kg uncooked prawns
• 1 bulb garlic (12 cloves), crushed
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons white wine
• 115 g butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• ½ cup cream
• ½ teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• salt and pepper, to season
• rice, to serve

Instructions

1. Peel prawns
2. Heat butter and garlic in saucepan over medium heat
3. Add flour, stirring for 1 minute
4. Remove pan from heat
5. Gradually add stock, cream and wine, stir until combined
6. Return pan to heat and stir until sauce boils and thickens
7. Sprinkle in mustard and season with salt and pepper
8. Continue stirring, when sauce begin to boil add the prawns
9. Cook for 5 minutes or until prawns have cooked through
10. Sprinkle parsley into sauce, stir, remove from heat and serve
11. Serve with rice

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While the rice is cooking you can prepare the curry sauce, this saves a lot of time.  Also the recommended amount of curry is more than my kids can handle so I use 1/2 – 3/4 a tablespoon, increasing the intensity as they get older.

The base is made up of cooked rice

Cover base with a tin of salmon (removing the bones)

Top salmon with curry sauce and sprinkle with cheese

Curried Salmon or Tuna Rice Pie

 

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Author: Katrina

Recipe type: Dinner

Ingredients

RICE BASE

• 1 cup long grain white rice
• 30g butter
• 1 egg

CURRY SAUCE

• 45g butter, extra
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 ½ tablespoons curry powder
• 1 ½ cups milk
• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 tlb chopped parsley
• 1 egg, extra
• 425g can tuna or salmon in spring waters
• 60g cheese

Instructions

RICE BASE

1. Cook rice as per packet instructions, drain
2. Combine rice with butter, egg, salt and pepper
3. Press rice mixture over base and up sides of dish
4. Arranged drained, flaked tuna over rice base

CURRY MIX

1. Melt extra butter, add flour and curry powder, stir until smooth, cook 1 minute
2. Remove from heat,gradually add milk using a whisk to stir out lumps
3. Add mayonnaise, return to heat, stir until sauce boils and thickens
4. Add lemon juice and parsley, reduce heat, simmer 1 minute, remove from heat
5. Add extra beaten egg, cool slightly
6. Spoon mixture evenly into rice shell; sprinkle with grated cheese
7. Bake in moderate oven 25 to 35 min or until golden brown on top

Notes

• I use lemon juice from the bottle and sometimes dried parsley from the jar • I don’t use the recommended curry, probably ½ tablespoon or less would be sufficient if this is a meal for the kids as well. • I use a pyrex 20x20ish cm or 20x30ish cm dish. • While the rice is cooking I get the curry mix ready. • I more than likely put more than the recommended cheese on top, kids love it.

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acknowledgment:  I found this recipe many years ago from an old AWW cookbook.

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I followed the directions of this recipe from taste.com.au, but my local fish shop didn’t have ling fish, so I used barramundi instead.  The dish was a little bland but it has potential.  I read the comments of the recipe afterwards and some people suggest to add fish stock instead of water and a bit of curry for some extra flavour.  I agree it needed something and these suggestions sound spot on.

What’s your favourite Fish Dish?

View more of my fish recipes here, my favourite would have to be the Mediterranean Tuna and Rice Pie

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Salmon with Coconut Thai Curry Sauce

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Author: Katrina

Recipe type: Dinner

Serves: 4

Ingredients

SAUCE

• ½ tsp minced garlic
• 1½ tlb butter
• 400ml coconut milk
• 1 tsp mild curry paste
• 1½ tsp honey
• 1½ tsp lemon juice
• ½ tsp salt
• pinch pepper
• 1 tsp chives

SALMON

• 1½ tsp olive oil
• 4 salmon fillets
• Salt and pepper, to season
• Rice and vegetables, to serve

Instructions

1. Prepare rice following packet directions
2. Preheat oven to 180C (fan forced)
3. Grease baking pan
4. Place salmon fillets skin side down on baking tray
5. Season with salt and pepper
6. Place salmon in oven and bake for 20-25min or to your liking. Check fillets by quickly taking them out of the oven and sticking a knife tip into the thickest part and carefully have a look. If it flakes it’s done!
7. Melt butter in a large frying pan over medium heat
8. Add garlic, stirring for 1 minute
9. Add coconut milk and curry paste, mix together to combine
10. Add honey, lemon juice, salt and pepper, bring to the boil
11. Simmer on low for approx 7 minutes or until thickened
12. Add chives, stir, cover, remove from heat and set aside
13. Prepare and cook vegetables
14. Serve salmon, rice and vegetables with a drizzle of sauce over the salmon

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Crispy Oven baked fish

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

35 mins

 

Author: Katrina

Recipe type: Dinner

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• ⅔ cup dried breadcrumbs
• ¼ cup finely grated parmesan cheese
• 2 tlb flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
• ⅓ cup plain flour
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 4 white fish fillets
• cooking spray

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 220C
2. Line a large baking tray with baking paper
3. Place breadcrumbs into a frying pan over medium heat
4. Continually stir breadcrumbs until browned, approx 3 minutes
5. Place breadcrumbs on a plate to cool
6. Place flour onto plate
7. Have egg ready in a bowl
8. Season fish with salt and pepper
9. Add parmesan and parsley to breadcrumb mix, mix together
10. Coat one piece of fish in flour, shake off excess flour
11. Then dip into egg mix
12. Then dip into breadcrumbs and place on baking tray
13. Repeat with remaining fish
14. Lightly spray each fish fillet with oil
15. Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes (depending on the thickness of your fish, thick than 1.5cm will take much longer) or until cooked through
16. Serve with salad

Notes

I used flake fish fillets which took approximately 25 minutes to cook. I used 2 large fillets and 3 medium fillets to feed my family of 5 and following this recipe there was enough crumb to coat it. I also didn’t have any parsley on hand, but would be lovely added to the crumb mix.

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 this recipe was adapted from taste.com.au

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Tuna Burritos

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Author: The Organised Housewife

Serves: 5

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 425g can tuna in brine, drained
• 410g can crushed tomatoes
• 100g baby spinach leaves
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 8 burrito tortillas
• 1 cup grated tasty cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. Grease a rectangular casserole dish
3. Heat oil in frying pan over medium heat.
4. Add onion & garlic, stir for approx 4 minutes or until tender
5. Add tuna, tomatoes, spinach leaves, salt and pepper
6. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until heated through
7. Spoon tuna mixture onto tortillas
8. Roll tortilla into a tube then place into casserole dish
9. Sprinkle tortillas with cheese
10. Bakein oven for 15 – 20 minutes or until cheese has melted
11. Serve with salad

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Pan fried fish

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

15 mins

 

Author: Katrina

Recipe type: Fish

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• ½ cup plain flour
• 1 tbs cajun seasoning (or seasoning of your choice)
• 5 pieces white fish fillets (ie, we use Barramundi)
• 1-2 tbs butter

Instructions

1. Place flour and seasoning into a glad bag
2. Seal bag, shake to combine
3. Cut larger fillets in half (see note)
4. Add 1 fish fillet, seal bag, gently shake to evenly coat in flour
5. Remove fillet from bag shaking fillet to remove excess flour
6. Repeat process with remainder fillets
7. Melt butter in frypan over medium heat
8. Add fillets
9. Cook on each side for 3-5 minutes or until browned and cooked through

Notes

I usually buy 3 fish fillets and cut 2 in half which is an ample size piece for the kids and I.

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