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Crispy Salt & Pepper Basa Salad

Get your takeaway fix with this crispy salt and pepper basa. You'll dish up your crispy umami-loaded basa with a sweet chilli rice salad, packed full of carrot and cucumber. It's takeaway with a healthy twist.

25 mins
477kcal
Chinese
Crispy Salt & Pepper Basa Salad
4.5

Ingredients for 2 people

Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredient Cooking for 4? Double each ingredient

White long grain rice (130g)
White long grain rice (130g)
Spring onion x2
Spring onion x2
Basa fillets (2pcs)
Basa fillets (2pcs)
Gluten free soy sauce (15ml)
Gluten free soy sauce (15ml)
Ginger & garlic paste (15g)
Ginger & garlic paste (15g)
Cornflour (4tbsp)
Cornflour (4tbsp)
Red chilli relish (25g)
Red chilli relish (25g)
Cucumber (0.5pcs)
Cucumber (0.5pcs)
Rice vinegar (15ml)
Rice vinegar (15ml)
Carrot
Carrot
Gem lettuce
Gem lettuce
Red chilli
Red chilli

You'll also need

Olive oil, Pepper, Salt, Vegetable oil, Water (or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.

1.

Add your white long grain rice to a pot with a lid with a pinch of salt and 225ml [300ml] [450ml] cold water and bring to the boil over a high heat

Once boiling, reduce the heat to very low and cook, covered, for 12-15 min or until all the water has absorbed and the rice is cooked

Once done, remove from the heat and set aside (lid on) to steam until serving

Step 1
2.

Chop your basa fillets into large, bite-sized pieces

Step 2
3.

Add your chopped basa to a bowl with half your cornflour and half of your gluten free soy sauce (save the rest for later!)

Give everything a good mix up so the basa is fully coated

Add the remaining cornflour to a separate bowl

Add the basa to the bowl with the remaining cornflour and give everything a good mix up until all the basa is coated

Step 3
4.

Slice your red chilli[es] finely

Trim, then slice your spring onion[s]

Heat a large, wide-based pan (preferably non-stick) with a very generous drizzle of vegetable oil over a medium-high heat

Step 4
5.

Once the pan is very hot, add the coated basa with a good grind of pepper and cook for 3-4 min on each side until golden, crispy and cooked through (your fish is cooked once it turns opaque and flakes easily)

Once cooked through, add the sliced spring onion, sliced chilli (can't handle the heat? Go easy!) and your ginger & garlic paste and cook for 1-2 min further or until fragrant – this is your crispy salt & pepper basa

Step 5
6.

While the fish is cooking, wash your lettuce, remove the outer leaves and set aside, then shred the inner core

Peel your carrot[s], then continue to peel lengths until you end up with a pile of carrot ribbons

Cut your cucumber in half lengthways, then slice finely

Step 6
7.

Add your rice vinegar and chilli relish to a small bowl with a drizzle of olive oil and the remaining gluten free soy sauce – this is your sweet chilli dressing

Add the cooked rice, sliced cucumber, carrot ribbons and lettuce to a large bowl with the sweet chilli dressing

Give everything a good mix up – this is your sweet chilli rice salad

Step 7
8.

Serve the crispy salt & pepper basa over the sweet chilli rice salad

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
477kcal
Energy
3.5g
Fat
84.4g
Carbohydrate
4.1g
Fibre
26.1g
Protein
1.4g
Salt

The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.

Allergens

Allergens highlighted by (fish, soya).

In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.

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