Name: Bacon & fish o'leekie
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 leek finely sliced and washed; 100g smoked back bacon chopped; 500ml hot vegetable stock; 300g American easy-cook rice; 500g cod or haddock fillet, skinned and diced into large chunks; 3 tbsp fresh parsley chopped; grated zest and juice of 1 lemon

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Bacon & fish o'leekie

Bacon & fish o'leekie

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 5 mins - 10 mins

Cook: 20 mins

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A great way to get kids to eat fish – this low fat dish is simply made in the microwave

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 leek

finely sliced and washed
100g smoked back bacon

chopped
500ml hot vegetable stock
300g American easy-cook rice
500g cod

or haddock fillet, skinned and diced into large chunks
3 tbsp fresh parsley

chopped
grated zest and juice of 1 lemon

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal437
fat6g

low
saturates1g
carbs66g
sugars0g
fibre1g
protein35g
salt1.8g

Method

step 1

Put the leeks and bacon in a medium microwavable dish with 4 tablespoons of the stock. Cover the dish with cling film, pierce the cling film with a knife and microwave on High for 5 minutes.
step 2

Stir the rice and remaining stock into the leek and bacon and continue to cook uncovered in the microwave for a further 5 minutes. Gently stir in the fish chunks, cover the dish with cling film, pierce the cling film with a knife and cook for a further 10 minutes, until the fish and rice are done.
step 3

Stir in the parsley, lemon zest and juice. Leave to stand for 2-3 minutes and serve straight from the dish.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2002

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