Ingredients:
Halibut Cakes:
- 2 lb halibut filets
- 12 oz fresh string cooked beans, finely chopped
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 2 stalks lemon grass, very finely diced
- 4 T cilantro, finely diced
- 2 red bell peppers, finely minced
- 6 T fish sauce (nam pla)
- 4 eggs
- 8 T cornstarch
- 1 t sugar
- oil for frying
Cucumber Sauce:
- 4 cucumbers
- 1/2 C sugar
- 4 C boiling water
- 2 C white vinegar
- 2 T sea salt
- 5-6 serrano, finely chopped
- 6-8 shallots, finely chopped
Method:
The Sauce:
Peel and thinly slice cucumber,place in a boil. In a saucepan dissolve the sugar in the boiling water.Stir in vinegar and salt. Pour the sauce over the cucumber. Sprinkle with the chopped chilis and shallots. Chill.For the Fish:
Mince the fish. Combine it with the string beans, onion, lemon grass, cilantro, chilis, fish sauce, slightly beaten eggs, cornstarch and sugar. Blend well. Shape fish mixture into 2 inch patties, 1/2 inch thick. In a large saute pan with the olve oil heated add cakes and saute each side until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Serve fish cakes warm, with cucumber sauce.Servings: 8
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