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Pan Fried Hake with Chorizo Butter Beans

I love hake. It’s such a better alternative to cod for so many reasons, most importantly in its abundance. If you can get it uber fresh, it tastes so much better, and cooked this way, basted in loads of butter and served up with a base of hearty chorizo butterbeans, you've got an omega-3 bomb.

Prep

10m

Cook

20m

Total

30m

Ingredients

Method

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Step 1

Pat the hake steaks dry, then season with salt on both sides. Set aside while you prepare the beans.

2 Hake steak

Salt

Step 2

Heat a pan over medium heat and cook the diced chorizo until it begins to release its oil and crisp slightly. Add the chopped garlic and cook for 30 seconds, then stir in the tomato purée. Cook it out for a minute before adding the butter beans with their stock. (If tinned, drain and wash the butter beans and add stock instead). Simmer gently for 5–6 minutes until the beans are warm and coated. Season with salt and a squeeze of lemon to taste. Keep warm.

100 g Chorizo

1 Garlic clove

1 tsp Tomato purée

1 jar Butter beans

Salt

Lemon juice

Step 3

In another pan, wilt the spinach in a touch of olive oil or butter over medium heat. Season with a little salt and a pinch of nutmeg if using. Cook just until wilted, then drain off any excess liquid.

200 g Fresh spinach

Olive oil

1 tbsp Olive oil

1 tsp Olive oil

1 pinch Nutmeg

Step 4

Heat a non-stick or well-oiled pan over medium-high heat. Sear the hake steaks skin-side down for 3–4 minutes, pressing gently so they don’t curl. Flip and cook for another 2–3 minutes, or until just cooked through and opaque.

Step 5

To plate, spoon the chorizo butter beans onto the base of each plate. Pile the wilted spinach over, then top with the hake steak, skin-side up. Finish with a drizzle of lemon juice and serve immediately.

1 squeeze Lemon juice

For

2

M

I

For the hake:

2

Hake steak, skin on

Salt

Olive oil

For the chorizo butter beans:

100

g

Chorizo, diced

1

Garlic clove, finely chopped

1

tsp

Tomato purée

1

jar

Butter beans, 400g

1

tbsp

Olive oil, or a knob of butter

1

squeeze

Lemon juice

For the spinach:

200

g

Fresh spinach

1

tsp

Olive oil, or a knob of butter

1

pinch

Nutmeg, optional

Salt, to taste

To serve:

Lemon juice

Notes

If you're looking for a great place to buy deliciously fresh hake online, check out Pesky Fish.

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Pan Fried Hake with Chorizo Butter Beans

I love hake. It’s such a better alternative to cod for so many reasons, most importantly in its abundance. If you can get it uber fresh, it tastes so much better, and cooked this way, basted in loads of butter and served up with a base of hearty chorizo butterbeans, you've got an omega-3 bomb.

Prep

10m

Cook

20m

Total

30m

Ingredients

Method

Turn cooking mode on

Step 1

Pat the hake steaks dry, then season with salt on both sides. Set aside while you prepare the beans.

2 Hake steak

Salt

Step 2

Heat a pan over medium heat and cook the diced chorizo until it begins to release its oil and crisp slightly. Add the chopped garlic and cook for 30 seconds, then stir in the tomato purée. Cook it out for a minute before adding the butter beans with their stock. (If tinned, drain and wash the butter beans and add stock instead). Simmer gently for 5–6 minutes until the beans are warm and coated. Season with salt and a squeeze of lemon to taste. Keep warm.

100 g Chorizo

1 Garlic clove

1 tsp Tomato purée

1 jar Butter beans

Salt

Lemon juice

Step 3

In another pan, wilt the spinach in a touch of olive oil or butter over medium heat. Season with a little salt and a pinch of nutmeg if using. Cook just until wilted, then drain off any excess liquid.

200 g Fresh spinach

Olive oil

1 tbsp Olive oil

1 tsp Olive oil

1 pinch Nutmeg

Step 4

Heat a non-stick or well-oiled pan over medium-high heat. Sear the hake steaks skin-side down for 3–4 minutes, pressing gently so they don’t curl. Flip and cook for another 2–3 minutes, or until just cooked through and opaque.

Step 5

To plate, spoon the chorizo butter beans onto the base of each plate. Pile the wilted spinach over, then top with the hake steak, skin-side up. Finish with a drizzle of lemon juice and serve immediately.

1 squeeze Lemon juice

For

2

M

I

For the hake:

2

Hake steak, skin on

Salt

Olive oil

For the chorizo butter beans:

100

g

Chorizo, diced

1

Garlic clove, finely chopped

1

tsp

Tomato purée

1

jar

Butter beans, 400g

1

tbsp

Olive oil, or a knob of butter

1

squeeze

Lemon juice

For the spinach:

200

g

Fresh spinach

1

tsp

Olive oil, or a knob of butter

1

pinch

Nutmeg, optional

Salt, to taste

To serve:

Lemon juice

Notes

If you're looking for a great place to buy deliciously fresh hake online, check out Pesky Fish.

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