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Mashed potatoes with fish

Mashed Potatoes with Fish

Fluffy mashed potatoes and crispy fried fish! We'll make tender, fluffy mashed potatoes and crispy, golden fried fish at the same time. A complete lunch or dinner for a big family. It all comes together quickly and easily!

Natalia Tsybulskaya

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Halibut

400

Flour

Salt

Vegetable oil

100

Potatoes

Butter

Milk

Garlic

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 26 % 8 g

Fats 42 % 13 g

Carbohydrates 32 % 10 g

189 kcal

GI: 80 / 0 / 20

Cooking method

Cooking time: 40 min

Step 1:

Prepare all the ingredients. We're going to make a full meal of mashed potatoes and fried fish. The fish can be absolutely anything — mine is halibut. It can be a fillet or a steak; you just want a fish that isn't too bony.
Step 2:

Mix the flour with a teaspoon of salt.
Step 3:

Wash the fish, cut it into smaller pieces if needed, and dredge it in the flour mixture on all sides.
Step 4:

Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet (ideally a nonstick one). The oil can be anything — sunflower or olive — but so it doesn't burn in the pan, I recommend using refined vegetable oil for frying. Add the breaded fish and fry it over low heat on one side for about 7–8 minutes, until golden and crispy.
Step 5:

Then carefully flip the fish and fry it until done, about 7–8 minutes more. If needed, repeat the frying on both sides once more.
Step 6:

While the fish fries, let's make the mashed potatoes. Wash and peel the potatoes. Try to peel the skin off thinly — a vegetable peeler is best for this.
Step 7:

Cut the peeled potatoes into rough pieces and put them in the pot you'll cook the mash in.
Step 8:

Rinse the potatoes and cover them with clean, filtered water.
Step 9:

Add salt.
Step 10:

And a peeled clove of garlic. It'll give the finished dish a wonderful aroma. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook for 25 minutes, covered. Then drain off the water.
Step 11:

Pour warm milk into the cooked potatoes. The milk must be warm. If it's cold, the mash will turn out grayish.
Step 12:

Add the butter.
Step 13:

Mash with a potato masher or a special attachment. I don't recommend whipping the mash with a mixer, unless the mixer has a dedicated masher attachment. A regular whisk attachment is absolutely not suited for making mashed potatoes.
Step 14:

Serve the mashed potatoes with the fried fish. Enjoy!