Quick And Easy Low Carb Fish Pie Recipe (+Video!)

This super quick and easy low carb healthy fish pie is real comfort food but without the unhealthy tag attached. It’s rich and tasty with a luxuriously rich creamy sauce made with the lightness of almond milk and it’s gluten-free too.

I love my comfort food. It’s something you crave after a hard day, just to snuggle up with something that makes you feel good and sort of cared for at the same time. Now, alas most of the comfort food I like can hardly be called low carb. I love my potatoes, pasta and rice like anyone else.

So I wanted to make a real comfort food classic, traditional fish pie but make it healthy and low carb but still keep the tasty comfort element.

This is the perfect spring time dish, moving away from heavier winter meals. Check out more spring recipes on Larder Love.

For midweek meals things have to be quick and easy as well as tasty and healthy too. This light fish pie ticks all the boxes.

It’s quick and easy, low in carbs, super tasty and filling too. It gives you that nice satisfaction of a good comforting meal when you finally put down your fork.

Ingredients for healthy fish pie

I’ve used salmon, cod and haddock for my fish base. Actually it is a fish pie mix you buy in the supermarket.

The veggie components are onion, leek, celery, garlic and peas.

Now for that all-important fish pie topping. No potatoes, low carb. I’ve used crushed flaked almonds over the top of the rich creamy and luxurious sauce. Honestly you won’t miss the potato element at all in this healthy fish pie.

Creamy sauce

That creamy sauce I mentioned. Well, it’s made using almond milk and thickened with rice flour so that it’s gluten free.

Now of course you can use normal milk here (or even any other nut milk. You can also thicken the sauce with cornflour. But if you want to go gluten free then use the rice flour instead.

Pro tip

If you want to be really healthy then use homemade almond milk. I’ve got a great article here on how to make your own almond milk.

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How to make this quick and easy low carb healthy fish pie

There are a few elements to making this dish but they are quick and easy so don’t worry. You only need one pan and one pie dish.

First you want to saute the onion, celery, leek and garlic in one pan just for 5 minutes. Tip the cooked veggies into your pie dish.

Now using the same pan cook the fish in the almond milk along with the peas and parsley. As soon as it boils remove from the heat and strain through a sieve so you save that lovely infused milk in a jug. You’re going to need that in a minute to make your sauce.

Add butter to the pan you just used for the fish and make a roux with the flour. You can use either rice flour or plain flour. Add the infused milk and stir the sauce till it comes together and thickens.

Layer the fish mixture over the cooked veggies in your pie dish and top with the creamy almond milk sauce. Top with some flaked almonds and your deliciously healthy fish pie is ready for the oven.

Bake for 15 minutes under foil then remove foil for last 5 minutes to brown the almonds.

Go on, throw some extra parsley on top just to finish off your lovely quick and easy low carb healthy fish pie.

How many people does this fish pie serve?

This recipe is for two people with extra veggies like spinach or a big salad on the side but you can just double it up etc for more people.

I’ve served my healthy fish pie with steramed kale and romatoes and spring onions. Spinach would work just as well, or peas or a salad.

Can you freeze this fish pie?

Yes you can. Place the fish pie in a freezer-proof box, label and freeze for up to 3 months. Defrost completely and serve piping hot.

Here are some more super quick and easy fish recipes you might like to try;

Salmon broccolini and asparagus traybake

Baked cod gremolata

Seafood Arabiata

Salmon and pesto rolls

Fish really is super healthy. Why not check out my full list of fishy favourites in this Easy Fish Recipes Collection.

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