Honey Gochujang Cod with Brown Rice, Pickled Cabbage & Edamame

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High protein 6 plants Low sat fat

Honey Gochujang Cod with Brown Rice, Pickled Cabbage & Edamame

Prep time: 15 mins
Total time: 35 mins
Cuisine: Korean
Food group: Fish

We think you'll love this vibrant Korean-inspired bowl! You'll coat responsibly-sourced cod in a sweet 'n spicy honey gochujang marinade, then roast in the oven till perfection. Serve alongside fluffy brown rice and a medley of colourful veg to complete the dish. Don't forget the crunchy sesame seeds to finish.

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9 / air fryer 200C
  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper
  • Bring a medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
  • Pull out a medium bowl, a small bowl, a sieve & a grater

Get the rice on

  • Add the rice to the saucepan and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked
  • In the final 2 mins, add the edamame and cook for the remaining time, then drain together

Make the gochujang sauce & roast the cod

  • In the small bowl, combine the gochujang, honey, miso and 1 tsp olive oil
  • Place the cod onto the lined baking tray and season with salt and pepper. Spoon over half the gochujang sauce, then roast for 22 mins / air fryer 19 mins, until cooked through

Pickle the cabbage & prep

  • Trim and finely slice the cabbage. Thinly slice the spring onion. Halve the lime
  • Add the cabbage to the medium bowl, along with half the spring onion, the juice from half the lime and a pinch of salt. Mix, then set aside to pickle
  • Coarsely grate the carrot (peel optional)
  • Squeeze the juice from the remaining lime into the gochujang sauce

Last bits

  • When the rice is cooked, reheat the empty saucepan with 1 tsp olive oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the grated carrot and cook for 3-4 mins, until softening
  • Remove from the heat, then stir in the drained rice, edamame and half the sesame seeds. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper

Plate up

  • Check your fish is cooked through; it should be steaming hot, opaque and separate easily with a fork
  • Share the rice and pickled cabbage between bowls, topped with the gochujang cod. Drizzle the remaining gochujang sauce over the cod
  • Sprinkle over the remaining sesame seeds and spring onion to finish

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