Teacher coming back with fish — or meat dish? (7)
I believe the answer is:
rissole
'meat dish?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'teacher coming back with fish' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'sir' (way of addressing a male teacher).
'coming back' is a reversal indicator.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fish' becomes 'sole' (sole is a kind of fish).
'sir' in reverse letter order is 'ris'.
'ris'+'sole'='RISSOLE'
'or' is the link.
(Other definitions for rissole that I've seen before include "Losers I find in the chopped meat dish" , "Minced meat or fish deep fried in egg and breadcrumbs" , "Fried and breadcrumbed dish" , "Fried meat dish" , "Lorises (anag)" .)