Dish Do-Over: Fish and Chips, Made Healthier
Say goodbye to your deep fryer, but not to flavour, with Chef Jo Lusted's latest Dish Do-Over: fish and chips, complete with Greek yogurt tartar sauce! And here's the best part: Chef Jo got the fat down from 65 grams to 6.4, and the calories from 1021 to 417!
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Ingredients
3 russet potatoes, skin on
Tartar Sauce
3/4 cup non fat plain Greek yogurt2 medium shallots, minced
1/4 cup dill pickle, minced
2 tablespoons capers, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
dash hot sauce
pinch sea salt and pepper
Fish
1/4 cup brown rice flour1/2 cup egg white
1 large egg
pinch cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp each salt and pepper
2 cups brown rice crisp cereal, coarsely crushed
Preparation
French Fries
- Preheat oven to 475 F.
- Wash 3 medium russet potatoes, leaving the skin on, and cut into wedges or fries.
- In a large bowl, soak fries in hot tap water for at least 1 hour before baking. Dry completely, transfer to parchment-lined baking sheet and mist with cooking spray and sprinkle with sea salt.
- Bake for 12 minutes, then flip over and cook for another 10 minutes until golden brown.
Tartar Sauce
- In a small bowl, whisk together yogurt, shallots, dill pickle, capers, lemon juice, dijon and hot sauce, seasoning with salt and pepper.
- Cover and refrigerate, ideally for 1 hour.
Fish
- Assemble breading station with 3 bowls: rice flour, whisked egg yolk and whites with cayenne, and coarsley crushed brown rice crisp cereal. Dredge fish filets in flour, then egg then brown rice crisps. Mist a non stick pan over medium high heat, with cooking spray. Cook each side until crispy. about 4 minutes. Transfer to oven with fries and bake for a final 5 minutes.