Fish stick casserole - quick and inexpensive

Time

Total preparation time: 20 min.

A very fast and extremely inexpensive meal for 4 people: casserole with fish fingers.

ingredients

For 4 people:


  • 1 pack of 12 fish fingers
  • 1 bag of mashed potatoes, milk according to the package instructions
  • 1 glass / tetrapack finished pasta sauce
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 1 large cup of TK peas
  • 100 g of grated cheese (for example Gouda)
  • Nutmeg, salt, pepper

preparation

  1. The fish fingers are baked on baking paper in a preheated oven at 220 degrees for 5 minutes on each side.
  2. In the meantime, finely chop the onion and fry in oil until translucent. Add frozen peas, heat briefly, then
  3. Add the glass of pasta sauce and bring to a boil.
  4. Season to taste with salt and pepper; I like it a bit sharper with a few splashes Tabasco.
  5. Prepare the mashed potatoes according to the instructions and place in a casserole dish. Then the tomato sauce with the
  6. Vegetables are distributed, the fish fingers come on top and are sprinkled with grated cheese.
  7. Since everything has already been completed, it is enough to use the still warm oven to melt the cheese. I prepare the casserole mostly in the morning, so we can eat it in the early evening and then give it only 5 minutes in the microwave until the cheese is melted and the rest is heated enough.

A meal that children certainly like and is also extremely cheap: Per person about 1 Euro!

I like to prepare a green mixed salad for this dish.

Of course, the sauce and puree can also be freshly made; Here I was primarily to cheap and fast.

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