Cod Croquettes, Sweet Red Pepper Gravy, and Mashed Potatoes with Spinach

Recipes courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Ship Ahoy

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (39)

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Cook Time:
25 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 25 min
Total:: 45 min

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Ingredients

3 large starchy potatoes, peeled and cut cubed
Salt
1 lemon
1 1/4 pounds fresh cod fish
1/4 cup vegetable oil, eyeball it
2 teaspoons seafood seasoning blend, (recommended: Old Bay) 2/3 palm full
2 ribs celery and their greens, finely chopped
1 small yellow skinned onion, peeled and finely chopped
2 to 3 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves, a few sprigs
3 to 4 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, a handful
Black pepper
1 egg
2 cups plain bread crumbs
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
1 shallot, finely chopped
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken stock
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1/4 cup cream or half-and-half
1 pound triple washed spinach leaves, stemmed and chopped

Directions

Place potatoes in a pot and cover with cold water. Put a lid on the pot and bring the water up to a boil. Salt water and cook potatoes until tender, 15 minutes.

Bring 1/2-inch water to a simmer in a large nonstick skillet. Zest a lemon and reserve. Cut lemon and season the fish the some lemon juice and salt and add to the simmering water. Cover pan and cook fish 8 minutes.

Remove and flake fish into a bowl. Discard water and wipe out pan, returning it to heat over medium flame and add 1/4 cup vegetable oil. To the fish, add reserved lemon zest, seafood seasoning, celery, onion, thyme, parsley, salt, and pepper to fish. Add egg and 1 cup of the bread crumbs. Form 8 fish patties and toss in remaining bread crumbs to set the patties.

Add 1/4 cup vegetable oil to the cleaned out pan and heat over medium flame.

Cook patties in the oil for 4 to 5 minutes on each side until golden and reserve under foil or in warm oven. Return skillet to heat again over medium flame and melt in 2 tablespoons of butter then add the red bell peppers and shallots and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Add in flour and cook a minute more. Whisk in broth, thicken, and season with salt and pepper to make savory red pepper gravy.

Drain cooked potatoes and return to hot pot. Add in remaining butter, garlic and 1/4 cup cream or half & half. Mash and season the potatoes with salt and pepper. Fold in spinach leaves until they all wilt into potatoes.

To serve, pile spinach mashers on plates and top with patties and gravy.

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recipe Cod Croquettes, Sweet Red Pepper Gravy, and Mashed Potatoes with Spinach
K Las Cruces, NM 08-31-2009
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I love these
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I really love these. I did not think that the ratios were off. Plus I love her smash potatos!!!
recipe Cod Croquettes, Sweet Red Pepper Gravy, and Mashed Potatoes with Spinach
Carrie Minneapolis, MN 02-26-2009
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So confused
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I'm absolutely baffled that this recipe received so many raves, and five-star reviews! I prepared it exactly as described in... the instructions, and had numerous problems with it: 1) It took an hour and a half, start to finish. 2) The ratio of vegetables to fish to bread crumbs to binder in the croquettes is totally off. Obviously it needed an extra egg, but it also needed more fish and fewer vegetables. And I used fresh bread crumbs - maybe Rachael used dried from the supermarket. How would I know when the recipe is so poorly written? 3) Wilting the spinach in the potatoes after you've mashed them with *unheated* butter and cream makes no sense, and doesn't work. Ours were more like potato-smeared spinach, until I forcefully wilted the spinach by adding even more milk and butter (this time it was hot), and turning the pot back on for ten minutes. The amount of spinach is still too much by half. 4) The gravy needed an extra ten minutes on high to reduce to a gravy-like consistency, but there was no mention of that in the recipe at all. 5) If the celery and onion in the croquettes were sweated, the volume would be reduced and they would hold together better in the croquette. If the butter was melted and the cream heated before adding to the potatoes, they would have stayed hotter. If the spinach was "pre-wilted" in the pot before adding the potatoes back into it, they would have blended better. And if the chicken stock was heated before adding it to the roux, it would have taken less time to form a gravy. Above all of those errors in the writing of the recipe, the flavors were just not good. Particularly in the croquette, which is why I'm so shocked about the positive reviews.Read more
recipe Cod Croquettes, Sweet Red Pepper Gravy, and Mashed Potatoes with Spinach
Ashley Orangevale, CA 01-04-2009
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Delish!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've made the croquettes a TON of times and they are just PHENOMENAL! I use tilapia instead of cod and find that it flakes... really nicely. I had to use two eggs for the mixture, and I soften my onions and celery before adding them. I made them semi "healthy" by using canola oil instead of veggie, and making my own breadcrumbs out of 9 grain bread. I'll definitely use Egg Beaters next time to get rid of even more calories. This one is a winner!Read more
recipe Cod Croquettes, Sweet Red Pepper Gravy, and Mashed Potatoes with Spinach
Anonymous 08-21-2008
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Wonderful!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this recipe a few weeks ago and it was awesome!! My husband really liked it. He was skeptical at first, but after... eating it just loved it. Great as leftovers too!Read more
recipe Cod Croquettes, Sweet Red Pepper Gravy, and Mashed Potatoes with Spinach
Anonymous 08-11-2008
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AMAZING
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My boyfriend and I made this for dinner a week ago and WE LOVED IT!
recipe Cod Croquettes, Sweet Red Pepper Gravy, and Mashed Potatoes with Spinach
Cyndi Dover, NH 08-10-2008
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MMMMMM........
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

As good, perhaps even better, than most crab cakes or other types of fish cakes that I've had. I did add a pinch of kosher... salt to the mixture and used 1/2 cup of EggBeaters in place of the one egg in the recipe and the additional egg that most have suggested. I also added about a half cup of minced sweet red bell pepper which also added to the taste factor. They formed together nicely and did not fall apart when cooking. I think the "falling apart" might happen when the veggies and fish are left in chunks that are too big -- even though the recipe says "finely chopped" I strongly suggest mincing instead. Will definitely use again. I made my own side dishes instead of the potato & spinach, so can't comment on that. I also made a spicy remoulade sauce in place of RR's gravy.Read more