Brazilian

Peixe Frito (Pan-Fried Fish)

Name: Peixe Frito (Pan-Fried Fish)
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 1.5 lb white fish fillets; 1 lemon; 2 garlic cloves; 1/3 cup all-purpose flour; 3 tbsp cooking oil; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Fernanda @feijoadaqueen

Peixe Frito (Pan-Fried Fish) is Brazilian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

25 min Easy Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 lb white fish fillets
1 lemon
2 garlic cloves
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Season the fish fillets with salt, pepper, minced garlic, and a squeeze of lemon.
Dust the fillets lightly in flour, shaking off the excess.
Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and fry the fish 3 minutes per side until golden and cooked through.
Serve hot with rice, beans, and a wedge of lemon.

Watch how to cook Peixe Frito (Pan-Fried Fish)

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Serve it with

A Brazilian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Peixe Frito (Pan-Fried Fish), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The protein alongside
- Feijao Carioca (Brazilian Pink Beans)
  
  50 min
What it is eaten with
- Arroz Branco (Brazilian White Rice)
  
  25 min
Something cool and fresh
- Maionese de Batata (Brazilian Potato Salad)
  
  35 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Peixe Frito (Pan-Fried Fish) carries gluten and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Peixe Frito (Pan-Fried Fish)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Caldo Verde (Potato and Collard Green Soup)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	Yes	Arroz de Forno (Baked Rice Casserole)
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 360 kcal
Protein: 45 g
Carbs: 10 g
Fat: 16 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 0 g
Sodium: 940 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Peixe Frito (Pan-Fried Fish) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.