Breaded Haddock with Chunky Chips
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Total: 50 mins
A mouth-watering dinner of crispy breadcrumbed haddock served with chunky oven chips, a refreshing tomato and rocket salad and a lemony caper and crème fraîche sauce.
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847 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 1000g potatoes
  • 2 red onion
  • 2 garlic clove
  • 2 tbsp capers
  • 100g rocket
  • 2 lemon
  • 1 x 200ml crème fraîche
  • 4tbsp plain flour
  • 2 egg
  • 100g breadcrumbs
  • 4 haddock fillets
  • 4 vine tomatoes
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  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
You'll need
  • Large roasting tin
  • Large frying pan
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Heat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Scrub the potatoes and slice them into finger-size chips. Add the chips to a large roasting tin and add 1 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Toss to coat, then slide the chips into the oven for 30 mins.

  • 2.

    While the chips bake, peel and halve the red onion. Thinly slice half the onion and set it to one side. Finely chop the other half and slide it into a bowl. Peel and grate the garlic. Rinse and roughly chop 1 tbsp capers. Finely chop a few pinches of rocket. Add the garlic, capers and chopped rocket to the bowl with the onion. Add half the pot of crème fraîche. Juice in half the lemon, add a pinch of salt and pepper, stir and set aside.

  • 3.

    Tip 2 tbsp flour onto a plate and season with salt and pepper. Beat the egg in a shallow dish. Pour the breadcrumbs onto a separate plate. Dip the haddock fillets in the flour, then the egg, then in the breadcrumbs to coat them. Transfer the crumbed haddock to a clean plate and set aside.

  • 4.

    When the chips have cooked for 30 mins, turn them over and bake for another 10-15 mins, till tender and crispy. If the chips are ready before the haddock, turn the oven off and move the tray to the bottom of the oven to keep warm.

  • 5.

    Meanwhile, slice the tomatoes into thin wedges. Slide the tomatoes into a salad bowl and add the reserved sliced onion. Squeeze in the juice from the remaining lemon half. Season with a little salt and pepper and fold together.

  • 6.

    When the chips are nearly ready, pour 1 tbsp olive oil into a large frying pan and warm to a medium-high heat. When the pan is hot, add the breadcrumbed haddock fillets. Fry for 4-5 mins on each side, till crispy and cooked through. If you don't want to fry the haddock, see our tip for baking it instead.

  • 7.

    Toss the rocket with the tomatoes and onion. Divide the fish and chips between a couple of plates and serve them with the salad and the lemon and caper crème fraîche on the side.

  • Tip

    Bake it to make it
    If you don't want to fry the haddock, you can bake it instead. Pop the breadcrumbed fillets onto a lightly greased baking tray, and when the chips have baked for 30 mins, move them to a lower shelf in the oven. Slide the haddock onto the top shelf and bake for 12-15 mins till golden and cooked through.The chips should be ready at the same time.

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