Batch-cooked lemongrass and ginger Thai-style fish cakes
Recipe from Poppy O’Toole · original post · full recipe on poppycooks.com
Freezer-friendly Thai-style fish and prawn cakes: make 16 ahead, freeze raw and fry when you need them. Serve with sweet chilli sauce, rice noodles, herbs and lime.
Serves 8
SeafoodDairy freeFishFreezer friendlyAsian
Ingredients
- cod — skinless and boneless500 g
- raw king prawns — shelled200 g
- green Thai curry paste45 g
- lemongrass stalks — bashed and roughly chopped2 ea
- fresh ginger — peeled and roughly chopped50 g
- garlic cloves — peeled4 ea
- fish sauce — to taste30 ml
- palm sugar8 g
- light soy sauce15 ml
- eggs2 ea
- cornflour200 g
Method
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Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Gluten-free
- 15 ml Tamari instead of light soy sauce
Blitz the tamari in with the paste as written; nothing else changes.
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What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Coles· $35.26 of food
$55.49
36% spare
No price at Coles for:
- lemongrass stalks
- palm sugar
WoolworthsBest choice· $9.62 of food
$25.54
62% spare
No price at Woolworths for:
- cod
- raw king prawns
- lemongrass stalks
- palm sugar
Aldi· $18.43 of food
$49.53
63% spare
No price at Aldi for:
- cod
- raw king prawns
- green Thai curry paste
- lemongrass stalks
- palm sugar
$4.41a serve
from $4.41 a serve at Coles · 9 of 11 ingredients priced
About $35.26 of ingredients used for 8 serves.
$50.15 across 3 shops · 9 of 11 items priced · $2.06 more for bigger packs, 34% spare for later
Coles$35.26
missing 2 items
you'll pay $55.49 · 36% of it spare
WoolworthsBest choice$9.62
missing 4 items
you'll pay $25.54 · 62% of it spare
Aldi$18.43
missing 5 items
you'll pay $49.53 · 63% of it spare
Buy at Woolworths$9.50
green Thai curry paste
$1.21/100g
need 45 gMr Chen's Thai Green Curry Paste 190 g$2.30closest match
Woolworths$1.21/100g$2.30·Aldi$1.02/100g$1.99·Coles$1.64/100g$3.20
fish sauce
$0.39/100ml
need 30 mlTiparos Fish Sauce 700 ml$2.70closest match
Woolworths$0.39/100ml$2.70·Aldi$0.76/100ml$2.29·Coles$0.95/100ml$2.85
eggs
$3.75/100g
need 2 itemsThe Quail Company 12 Pack Farm Fresh Eggs 120g$4.50closest match
Woolworths$3.75/100g$4.50·Coles$1.03/100g$6.20·Aldi$0.82/100g$7.39
Buy at Aldi$9.86
garlic cloves
$1.00/ea
need 4 items2 × Aldi Garlic 3 Pack$2.99closest match
Aldi$1.00/ea$2.99·Coles$1.33/ea$4.00·Woolworths$1.40/ea$4.20
light soy sauce
$0.36/100ml
need 15 mlAsia Green Garden Light Soy Sauce 500 ml$1.79closest match
Aldi$0.36/100ml$1.79·Coles$0.90/100ml$2.25·Woolworths$0.56/100ml$2.80
cornflour
$4.18/kg
need 200 gWhite Mill Cornflour 500 g$2.09closest match
Aldi$4.18/kg$2.09·Woolworths$4.40/kg$2.20·Coles$4.40/kg$2.20
Buy at Coles$30.79
cod
$40.00/kg
need 500 g2 × Cooke Seafood Atlantic Cod 250 g$10.00real special
Coles$40.00/kg$10.00·WoolworthsN/A·AldiN/A
raw king prawns
$26.00/kg
need 200 gColes Australian MSC Thawed Raw King Prawns approx. 250 g$6.50closest match
Coles$26.00/kg$6.50·WoolworthsN/A·AldiN/A
fresh ginger
$33.00/kg
need 50 gColes Australian Ginger Loose approx. 130 g$4.29
Coles$33.00/kg$4.29·Woolworths$33.00/kg$2.64·Aldi~$249.92/kg$29.99
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- lemongrass stalks · 2 items
- palm sugar · 8 g