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  • 150g soba or wholemeal noodles
    (300g if using pre-cooked)
  • 25g toasted sesame seeds
    plus extra to serve
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp rice vinegar
    (or any white vinegar)
  • 200g spinach
    leaves
  • 2 seabass
    fillets

Nutrition: Per serving

  • kcal624
  • fat24g
  • saturates4g
  • carbs54g
  • sugars3g
  • fibre7g
  • protein45g
  • salt4.1g
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Method

  • step 1

    Use a spice grinder or pestle and mortar to crush the sesame seeds, then stir in the soy sauce, oil, 1 tbsp of water and a splash of rice vinegar, to make a creamy dressing, season and set aside.

  • step 2

    Bring a pan of salted water to the boil, add the noodles and cook following pack instructions, then drain and set aside. Using the same pan, tip in all the spinach and cook until reduced down and dark green. Tip in the noodles, along with the sesame dressing and a splash of water and toss well to heat through.

  • step 3

    Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium to high heat. Season the skin of the seabass, then place in the pan skin-side down, fry until the skin has crisped up and the flesh has nearly all turned opaque, around 3 mins. Flip over and fry for 30 seconds further, until the fish is flaking and cooked through. Divide the noodles and greens between two bowls and place the fish on top. Scatter over the toasted sesame seeds and serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2018

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Overall rating

A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.37 ratings

Trivena

I am confused as to how many people like this - followed ingredients and recipe to the letter and it was truly unpleasant. The fish was good - dressing tasted horrible.

emilygrace1991

We loved this recipe. Didn't look very exciting on the plate but tasted lovely

greatstuffannie

We love this recipe! It works really well with salmon too.

Bimmy

Making white fish and spinach exciting is never going to be easy. This fails spectacularly in doing that. Likely the worse BBC Good Food recipe I’ve followed.

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Hakan Koseoglu

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Very good but the fish needs something, esp. if you are using frozen fish and not frying it.

I've added approx 100g mushrooms, one thickly sliced red pepper and two stalks of sliced celery stick, stir-fried them and then put the spinach, then added the noodles & the sauce and it was delicious.

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