Kedgeree
A British dinner made with seafood. Ready in about 1 hour 5 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 20 minPrep (about)
- 45 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 5 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 8 oz smoked haddock
Fresh & other
- ¾ cup + 3 tbsp milk
- 3 eggs
- Handful parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
- Handful cilantro
- 1 onion
- ¾ tsp cilantro
- 8 oz rice Shopping tip: Long-grain white rice.
Sauces & oils
- 1 ½ tbsp vegetable oil
Spices & seasonings (2): bay leaves, curry powder
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 ½ tsp curry powder
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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For the rice.
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Heat the oil in a big, lidded pan.
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Add the onion.
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Fry for 5 mins till softened but not coloured.
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Add the spices.
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Season with salt.
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Continue to fry till your mix start to go brown and fragrant.
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About 3 mins.
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Add the rice.
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Stir in well.
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Add 2 ½ cups water.
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Stir.
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Bring to the boil.
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Reduce to a simmer.
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Cover for 10 mins.
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Take off the heat.
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Leave.
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Do it to stand, covered.
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Keep going for 10-15 mins more.
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Your rice will be cooked if you don't lift your lid before the end of the cooking.
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While that cooks, put your haddock plus bay leaves in a frying pan.
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Cover with the milk.
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Poach for 10 mins till the flesh flakes.
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Remove from your milk, peel away the skin.
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Flake the flesh into thumbsize pieces.
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Place the eggs in a pan.
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Cover with water.
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Bring to the boil.
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Reduce to a simmer.
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Leave for 4½-5 mins, plunge in cold water, peel.
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Cut the eggs into quarters.
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Mix the rice together, coriander, parsley, eggs and fish in the pan.
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Serve hot, sprinkled with some extra herbs.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.