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Salt & Pepper Whiting with Chips & Tartare

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One meal for 2 adults + 2 kids; eat fresh. Thermomix grinds the coating and makes raw-egg tartare; frying in a pan, chips in the oven.
Kids: Kid portion is half; same full-flavour dish.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns
- 1 tbsp black peppercorns
- 2 tsp flaky salt
- 80 g (about ½ cup) rice flour
- 40 g (about ¼ cup) potato starch
- 700 g (about 7 small fillets) whiting fillets
- 1.2 kg (about 7½ cups chopped) potatoes, cut into chips
- 2 egg yolks (tartare)
- 1 tsp Dijon
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ¾ cup (180 ml) neutral oil + more for frying
- 2 tbsp capers
- 6 cornichons
- 2 cloves garlic
- lemon wedges, parsley
Steps
- Toss chips in oil and salt, roast 40 min/220°C on trays (start first).
- Put 1 tbsp Sichuan + 1 tbsp black peppercorns and 2 tsp salt in the bowl. Grind. 20 sec/speed 9
- Add 80 g (about ½ cup) rice flour + 40 g (about ¼ cup) potato starch, mix; tip into a dish. Wipe bowl. 5 sec/speed 4
- Tartare: 2 cloves garlic, capers, cornichons, parsley. Chop. 3 sec/speed 6
- Add 2 yolks, Dijon, lemon. Insert butterfly whisk, drizzle ¾ cup (180 ml) oil onto the lid slowly. 3 min/speed 4
- Dredge whiting in the coating and shallow-fry in a frying pan, 2 min a side in 1 cm hot oil. Drain on a rack, salt, serve with chips, tartare, lemon.
- Portion & store: makes ~3 adult portions (~200 g fish + chips); a kid portion is half. Eat straight away. Fridge Eat fresh; freezer Not suitable.
Dark settings like 5 min/100°C/speed 1 are Thermomix TM7 time/temperature/speed. Unfamiliar word? See the glossary.