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Dear friends, I welcome you to the cooking area. I'm slowly starting to roll out a series called Budget Recipes. And today, I will show you a truly budget-friendly recipe. So, this is a fish I bought frozen at a store—a
Learn how to make budget-friendly fish and potato pancakes using Navaga fish in this easy recipe by Lazerson.
Key Takeaways
- Navaga is an affordable and versatile fish suitable for many recipes.
- Combining fish with potatoes creates a nutritious and budget-friendly meal.
- Proper pan heating is essential to prevent sticking when frying pancakes in stainless steel pans.
- The recipe does not require eggs, making it simpler and lighter.
- This dish is suitable as a full meal or a side dish and is kid-friendly.
What the video covers
- Introduction to a budget recipe series featuring Navaga, a very affordable fish.
- Navaga fish is compared to pollock and hake, highlighting its versatility and affordability.
- Step-by-step preparation of Navaga fillets, including skin removal and chopping.
- Grating potatoes and onions to create a potato base for the pancakes.
- Mixing fish with potato, onion, seasoning, and flour to form a batter without eggs.
- Frying the fish and potato pancakes in a stainless steel pan with vegetable oil.
- Tips on managing heat and preventing sticking during frying.
- The final dish is described as a healthy, full meal suitable for any time of day.
- The mild flavor of Navaga fish blends well with potatoes, making it appealing even to children.
- Promotion of the creator’s fish cooking course for further learning.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction to Budget Recipe and Navaga Fish
- 00:29Filleting and Preparing Navaga Fish
- 01:05About the Fish Cooking Course
- 01:43Chopping and Seasoning the Fish
- 02:08Preparing Potatoes for Pancakes
- 02:32Adding Onion, Pepper, and Mixing Ingredients
- 03:03Adding Flour and Final Mixing
- 03:24Frying the Fish and Potato Pancakes
- 04:03Managing Heat and Cooking Process
- 05:08Serving and Tasting the Pancakes
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budget store, by the way. I specifically went to a discount store. Though I’ve shopped there before, of course. It’s called Navaga. One of the most budget-friendly fish: Navaga.
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It’s even cheaper than pollock. I’ve already thawed it out. I’m going to fillet it now so I have just the meat. Navaga is a good fish; I really like it. Everything you can make with pollock or hake, you can also make
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with Navaga. Dishes made from, I don't know, roach, bream, or flounder can also be made with Navaga, as you might imagine. I wrote a fish course, and in it, I focus not just on trout, salmon, or steelhead, but also on fish like
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Navaga, hake, and pollock because I’ve always had respect for these types of sea fish. So, you are welcome to check out my course. I’ll provide a link for you. I really enjoyed it. I even learned how to cook fish using
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this course myself. So, I am now carefully trimming the Navaga fillets. The recipe is actually very interesting. I’m removing the skin like this. It won’t come off that way, so I’ll remove it differently. There, I have the skin left in my hand. While I still
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have the fish board out, I’ll just chop these fillets up with a knife. And I’ll season the fish meat with a little salt and put it in a small bowl.
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And now, for the potatoes. I have some peeled potatoes. I’m going to grate them using a coarse grater. These will be pancakes, fish and potato pancakes.
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Well, the word "pancake" refers to the potato since that’s what I’m grating. These will be pancakes made from large potato shreds. Not finely shredded, but it’s still a product you can call a pancake. This is the potato. That much will be enough for me
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. Well, there’s more potato than fish, because the potato is the main ingredient here. The fish is just a very healthy source of protein, right.
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I’ll definitely grate in some onion. Onion will work really well here. Even in plain potato pancakes, I always grate onion into the batter. Black pepper. I already salted the fish, but it’s still not enough. I’ll add more salt to the potato and onion
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mixture. And now I’ll dump the fish in here. Like this. And now I’ll mix it all thoroughly, adding some flour.
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Well, let’s see, how many potatoes did I have here? About six potatoes, smaller than medium, right? I'll add a tablespoon of flour. Like this. Now I'll mix it all up well. So, these will be potato pancakes with bits of fish.
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Well, let's call them, I don't know, potato fritters, for example. I need to try and do without egg. And that's it.
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Now I'm going to fry this. The pan is heating up. Vegetable oil. This task, yes, is the most difficult—frying in a stainless steel pan, as you understand. But I will handle it and not let my little pancakes stick to the
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bottom of the pan. I can take and divide them, figuratively speaking, into portions. Just to make sure they are more or less the same. That way it will be easier for me to get them into the pan. And I'll immediately know how
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many pancakes there will be for my kids. For example, first I wait for the first wisp of smoke from the oil, then I turn the heat down a little, and I can start. My task, yes, is to make
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sure the pancakes don't stick to the stainless steel pan, because that is the hardest task. But here everything is simple. You just need to heat the pan up well. Then nothing sticks to it, and no one even sticks to it. Well,
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there it is, there it is, yes, I see the smoke. I've mixed it up now so everything is nice and even. And now I can reduce, significantly reduce the heat. Like that. These are healthier pancakes, you understand, they have
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fish in them, compared to regular ones. And this is already a full meal. Well, although, maybe plain potato pancakes can also be called a full meal. But for me, potato pancakes are most often a side dish. And this is definitely a
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full meal. Right now the pancakes are still setting. Let's take a look. This is how kids react well to this dish. Of course, you can tell by the taste that there is fish in there. But why hide the fish? Actually, there isn't some
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kind of hyper-exaggerated fish aroma or taste here. A mild white fish. That's how well it works out. And here I'm flipping the last one from this batch.
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I can turn the heat up just a little bit again. So I will regulate it slightly up, down, up, down, yes, so that the pancakes fry evenly. I have four pieces in each batch. The fish cooks quickly too, so here, once the
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pancakes are browned on both sides, they are ready. You see how I already increased the temperature, feeling that they started frying slower, so now the process is picking up and I'll start frying the second batch. So, right now
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the kitchen smells like frying fish. Not like it smells when you're frying only fish. Yes, there is an aroma of fried fish, but it's very calm. Now they can be taken off. I'm adding a little bit of oil, I'm turning up the
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heat and repeating the process right away. And there, I have a good one ready. Whether you want breakfast, dinner, or a side for lunch, it's ready. I'm placing the second batch straight onto the serving dish. Just like that.
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And the first batch will be added to them. And this one, right before your eyes, friends, I'll take like this mm and eat it now. I'll try two-in-one: you get both the garnish and the fish.
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It’ll actually be quite good cold, too. A budget-friendly recipe. Anyway, guys, there are all kinds of fish.
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Budget ones, like today's, and expensive ones. There are different ways to cook fish, different ways to judge its quality, and different ways to select and prepare it. And that is why all of this is covered in my fish
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course. It’s a specially well-illustrated work that, rumor has it, is already being passed down to the next generation, those not even born yet. Just check it out when you have a chance, have a cup of tea, and sit back
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and see how my fish course is structured. Because, from what I've gathered, it goes down very well with tea. See you later. In the zone, comrades.
Topics:Navagabudget recipefish pancakespotato pancakeseasy cookinghealthy mealLazersonfish cooking coursefried fishfamily meal
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