Name: Korean fishcakes with fried eggs & spicy salsa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 4 x loch trout or rainbow trout fillets, skinned and cut into 1cm/ 1/2in pieces (about 450g/1lb fish); 2 tsp finely grated ginger; 1 fat garlic clove crushed; 1 tsp light soy sauce; bunch spring onions thinly sliced; 1 large egg white beaten until frothy; 2 tbsp rice flour; 2 ½ tbsp vegetable oil for frying; 1 pointed or small white cabbage cored and finely shredded (about 350g/12oz); 100g radishes thinly sliced; 2 tbsp Chinese rice vinegar; 1 tbsp sesame oil plus 2 tsp to serve; 1 tsp gochujang plus 2 top to serve (see tip); 1 tsp golden caster sugar; 1 garlic clove crushed; 2 tsp light soy sauce; 4 medium eggs; 1 tbsp sesame seeds toasted; 1 red chilli finely sliced, to serve (optional)

Korean fishcakes with fried eggs & spicy salsa

For the fishcakes

4 x loch trout
or rainbow trout fillets, skinned and cut into 1cm/ 1/2in pieces (about 450g/1lb fish)
2 tsp finely grated ginger
1 fat garlic clove
crushed
1 tsp light soy sauce
bunch spring onions
thinly sliced
1 large egg white
beaten until frothy
2 tbsp rice flour
2 ½ tbsp vegetable oil
for frying

For the salad

1 pointed or small white cabbage
cored and finely shredded (about 350g/12oz)
100g radishes
thinly sliced
2 tbsp Chinese rice vinegar
1 tbsp sesame oil
plus 2 tsp to serve
1 tsp gochujang
plus 2 top to serve (see tip)
1 tsp golden caster sugar
1 garlic clove
crushed
2 tsp light soy sauce
4 medium eggs
1 tbsp sesame seeds
toasted
1 red chilli
finely sliced, to serve (optional)

Method

step 1
For the fishcakes, mix the fish with the ginger, garlic, soy and half the spring onions. Stir in the egg white and rice flour.
step 2
Toss the cabbage and radishes with the vinegar, 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tsp gochujang, the sugar and garlic. Set aside. Stir together the remaining sesame oil, gochujang and the soy sauce to make a drizzling sauce for later.
step 3
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large, non-stick frying pan. Split the fish mixture into eight, then spoon four into the pan, pressing the mix to make cakes about 8cm across. Fry for 2 mins each side until just cooked through and golden. Add another 1 tbsp oil to the pan and repeat with the remaining fish. Keep warm in a low oven.
step 4
Add the remaining oil to the pan. Fry the eggs for 2-3 mins until crisp but with a runny yolk. Serve the fishcakes with the cabbage, and top with the egg and sesame seeds. Scatter with the rest of the spring onions, red chilli (if using) and some of the chilli sesame drizzle.