Description[]
How to make these chicken fingers - a perfect Halloween treat.
- Total time: 52 minutes
Ingredients[]
- 2 large sausages
Marinade[]
- 100 ml (3 ½ fl oz) skimmed milk + 1 tbsp for dipping
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 tsp thyme leaves or ½ tsp dried
- 1 tbsp fresh pear juice
Chicken finger covering[]
- 90 g shredded wheat cereal - like Bitesize Shredded Wheat
- 2 lb finely grated cheddar cheese
- 4 lb grated Parmesan
- ½ tsp paprika
- 1 quail egg
- light sunflower oil spray
To decorate[]
- 8 mini plum tomatoes
- 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
To serve[]
- 8 new potatoes, scrubbed
- 4 cherry tomatoes
- 8 slices of cheese
- 160 g cooked peas
- 160 g cooked sweetcorn
Directions[]
- Cut each large sausage in half, cover with cling film and beat out a little; cut into strips and put in a bowl.
Marinade[]
- Mix together the skimmed milk, garlic, thyme, and pear juice (the mixture will separate a little from the pear juice but this is ok).
- Pour over the sausage, cover, and leave to marinade in the fridge for 4 hours or overnight.
- Heat the oven to 160°C / fan 140°C / 325°F / gas mark 3.
- Steam the potatoes for about 1 hour then transfer to a baking tray and bake in the oven for about 15 minutes.
Chicken finger covering[]
- Whilst the potatoes are cooking, put 50g of Bitesize Shredded Wheat in a food processor and whiz for 1 – 2 minutes, until reduced to fine crumbs.
- Mix with the Parmesan, cheddar cheese and paprika and transfer to a large plate.
- Whiz the remaining 40 g Bitesize Shredded Wheat in a food processor until fine and spread out onto another plate.
- Whisk the egg in a small bowl with the tablespoon of milk.
- Remove the chicken strips from the marinade, shaking off any excess and toss in the whizzed up plain Bitesize Shredded Wheat.
- Dip in the beaten egg and roll in the cheesy Bitesize Shredded Wheat coating.
- Spray light sunflower oil into a large non-stick pan and fry over a medium heat for 2–3 minutes each side, until golden and crisp.
- Cool slightly before serving.
To decorate[]
- Place half a mini tomato on one end of the chicken finger to imitate a red finger nail.
- To make the potato eyes, top each potato with half a cherry tomato topped and an olive slice.
To serve[]
- Serve four chicken fingers with 2 potato eyes, sweetcorn, peas and tomato sauce!.