Dinner · 45 min · scandinavian

Pan-Fried Herring with Mash

This is the kind of Scandinavian dinner you’ll make on repeat — herring fillets and rye flour, 45 minutes, big payoff. It is weeknight cooking that still hits your targets — 33 grams of protein per serving. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb Herring fillets
• 1/2 cup Rye flour
• 4 tbsp Butter
• 1.5 lb Potatoes
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1/2 cup Lingonberry jam
• 2 tbsp Chives

Steps

1. Dredge the herring fillets in seasoned rye flour, shaking off the excess.
2. Fry in foaming butter 2–3 minutes per side until the skin crisps and the flesh just flakes.
3. Mash the potatoes with warm milk and butter until fluffy.
4. Serve the herring over the mash with lingonberry jam and chives; crisp skin, sweet jam, perfect.
5. Serve immediately — fried herring waits for no one and the skin loses its crisp within minutes.

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