If you’re looking for a way to get your kids to eat their veggies, then this Cornflake-crusted fish fingers recipe with carrot fries will be perfect!
SERVES 4 // COOK TIME 1 hour 10 mins
INGREDIENTS
For the fish fingers
2 cups cornflakes
½ cup chopped parsley
Salt and black pepper
500 g white fish
¾ cup flour
2 eggs, whisked
Vegetable oil, to shallow-fry
For the tartare sauce
¾ cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp white-wine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 gherkin, finely diced
Salt and black pepper
For the carrot fries
8 carrots, peeled
1 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt
METHOD
1. Place cornflakes, parsley, salt and pepper in a food processor. Pulse until fine crumbs form.
2. Cut fish into 2 × 4 cm fingers.
3. Place flour, egg and crumbs in 3 separate bowls.
4. Dip the fish into each bowl: flour, egg, crumbs.
5. Heat 1 cm oil in a pot and fry the fish fingers in batches for 2–3 minutes on each side, until golden brown.
For the tartare sauce
1. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Serve with the fish fingers and carrot fries.
For the carrot fries
1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Cut them into fries, about 4 cm long. Toss with the oil and sprinkle with salt.
3. Bake for 20 minutes. Lower the temperature to 120°C and bake for another 20 minutes, until crispy.
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