For those who enjoy eating seafood, here is a dish that you can easily make at home in no time. This Fish Fingers recipe is a popular appetizer that has a crunchy texture and a soft inside and is best enjoyed with mayonnaise and tomato ketchup. Here’s how to make Fish Fingers at home.
Perfect for a game night or a kitty party, there is nothing that can go wrong while making this recipe as it’s super easy-to-make and can be prepared at home in just 30-minutes. The best part about this appetizer recipe is that you can use any fish for making this flavourful dish. A coating made of panko breadcrumbs, eggs, all-purpose flour, parmesan cheese and mayonnaise is used to coat the fillets and then baked to perfection. Fish Fingers are best enjoyed with mayonnaise and tartare sauce and can be made on any occasion it will never fail to impress you!
Ingredients of Fish Fingers
- 500 gm fish fillets
- 1 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- salt as required
- 2 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 2 lemon wedges
- 2 tablespoon refined oil
- 2 tablespoon parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 egg
- tartare sauce as required
- parsley as required
Step 1 Roast breadcrumbs
Preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius. Spread breadcrumbs on a baking tray with cooking oil sprayed on it. Roast them until golden for 3-4 minutes. Transfer these golden breadcrumbs into a bowl and add parmesan cheese, salt and black pepper to taste. Mix well and keep aside.
Step 2 Prepare the batter for coating
Increase the oven temperature to 220 degrees Celsius. Next, spray another baking tray with cooking oil. Then, take a bowl and mix egg, mayonnaise, all-purpose flour and, salt and pepper to prepare the batter.
Step 3 Coat fish in batter and bake
Cut the fish fillets into strips of 1.5 x 11 cm. Dip the fillets into the batter and pick it up with tongs and toss them in the breadcrumbs to coat properly. Transfer to the greased baking tray and spray with a little refined oil. Place the tray in the preheated pan and bake for 12 minutes or until crispy on the outside.
Step 4 Serve fish fingers
Serve the fish fingers with tartare sauce and garnish with lemon wedges and chopped parsley.