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Fish fingers with cucumber noodle salad
Under R150
• Serves 4
• Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: about 15 minutes
• 45ml rice vinegar
• 15ml soy sauce
• 15ml sesame oil
• pinch of sugar
• 1 green chilli, finely chopped
• 3 spring onions, finely chopped
• 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
• 125g thin rice noodles, cooked according to the instructions on the packet
• 80ml cornflour
• 5ml turmeric
• 800g hake fillets, cut into thick strips
• oil for shallow-frying
• 125ml each fresh coriander and basil
• toasted sesame seeds (optional)
1 Mix together the vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, chilli and spring onions, and pour over the cucumber and noodles in a bowl. Leave to marinate while you cook the fish.
2 Mix the cornflour and turmeric, and season with salt and pepper. Make sure the fish is dry; roll it in the cornflour until coated all over.
3 Heat about 1cm oil in a pan and fry the fish until golden-brown and cooked through. Sprinkle the herbs over the noodle salad and serve it with the fish fingers. Extra soy sauce to taste, as well as a sprinkling of toasted sesame seeds, is optional.