Recipe for spicy Thai fish cakes

These Thai fish cakes are simply so delicious. They consist of a simple minced fish, which is flavored with Thai spices: ginger, garlic, fish sauce, red curry paste, lime zest and juice, coriander, spring onions. Together, it gives an absolutely wonderful flavor to the crispy "fishcakes", as Thai fish cakes are often called. The result is incredibly reminiscent of the spicy fish cakes that you often find at Asian restaurants. 

TIP: Also try this recipe for vegetarian squash meatballs or chicken meatballs with parmesan.

Ingredients for Thai fish paste

For the recipe, a fish mince is made from scratch, based on this basic recipe for fish cakes. However, I refrain from adding salt and pepper, as in Asian countries people typically season the food with fish sauce, for example. You can easily use a ready-made fish sauce and spice it up by adding the various flavoring spices. However, you can choose to halve the amount of fish sauce (i.e. you add a maximum of 1 tablespoon), as purchased fish sauce is typically already seasoned. So you can risk ending up with a meat that is too salty. Speaking of seasoning the fish cakes, it might be a good idea to fry a small "test piece". This means that you fry a single small fish cake that you taste before frying the whole portion. That way you can test whether the meat is seasoned correctly, or whether you need to add a little more of one or the other. 

TIP: Also try adding chopped shrimp to your Thai fish cakes.

Spices for Asian fish cakes

The recipe for Asian fish cakes is not entirely authentic, as it omits some ingredients that can be difficult to get your hands on. For example, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves, which you will often see on the ingredient list, are omitted because they are not a normal item on the shelves of many Danish supermarkets. Instead, lime zest and juice are added, which help to give the good, aromatic citrus flavor. If there is one of the ingredients that you do not like or do not have in stock, it can easily be omitted. You can drop the coriander, which many people are skeptical about. And you can also adjust the amounts, for example of curry paste, up or down, depending on how spicy you prefer the dishes.   

Thai meatballs accessories

These Thai fish cakes can be served with this salad with edamame beans and buckwheat, which has also been given an Asian twist with a lovely lime dressing. The combination is dangerously good, perfect for both everyday use with a little extra or for a party. More traditional accompaniments are rice and a Thai cucumber salad. And of course, a sweet chili sauce should also be on the table. You can also try this peanut butter sauce to, especially if you serve the dish with rice. And then you would this mango salad with chili as well as some beautiful rice paper rolls also be beautiful.