Herby fish fingers

Herby fish fingers

A grown-up version of kids' favourites - serve with oven-roasted chips

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 25-35 mins

Freezable

Super healthy

Before cooking

Method

  1. Pulse the bread to coarse crumbs in the food processor. Add the lemon zest, herbs and a pinch of salt, and pulse to make bright green, fine breadcrumbs.
  2. Cut the lemon sole into thick strips, about 3 x 10cm. Dust each fish piece with the fl our, shake off any excess, then dip into the egg then the breadcrumbs. At this stage, they can be cooked straight away, kept in the fridge for a few hours, or frozen.
  3. To serve, heat about 1cm of oil in a large frying pan. Once it's nice and hot, fry the fish fingers a few at a time for 1-2 mins on each side. Drain on kitchen paper, and keep warm while you continue with the rest. When they are all cooked, serve straight away with the oven-roasted chips and tartare sauce.
Try

Try a sesame coating

For a sesame coating omit the dill and replace with 2 tbsps sesame seeds and a pinch of cayenne.

Per serving

274 kcalories, protein 26.0g, carbohydrate 12.0g, fat 14.0 g, saturated fat 2.0g, fibre 1.0g, salt 0.77 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2005.

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  • 26 January 2008

    Darren commented on this recipe

    These are fantastic. Really tasty with fresh soft fish. Lemon sole may seen quite a pricey fish, keep an eye on those reduced to clear shelves at the supermarket, you can pick up a very cheap tasty dinner!!

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  • 29 February 2008

    fran commented on this recipe

    These look delish! Does anyone know if you can stick them under the grill like fishfingers?

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  • 29 February 2008

    mabbsy commented on this recipe

    I wouldn't do if I were you, Fran - they need to be fried to seal them I should think.

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  • 29 February 2008

    livetoeat kate commented on this recipe

    I was wondering whether you could oven bake them. We make our own chicken nuggets in a similar way and they do nicely on a baking tray. Do you think it would work with these?

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  • 04 March 2008

    becky rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    really tasty and very easy to make. I've also made this and added parmasan to the breadcrumbs as a topping on fish and baked them in the oven.

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  • 06 January 2009

    Zena commented on this recipe

    I found these easy to make and definately worth it. Be sure to get skinless fish tho, took me a while to skin mine! Very yummy though.

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    4 stars

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  • 27 December 2010

    eastant rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 28 October 2011

    NickiA commented on this recipe

    i plan on making these later on in the week and i was wondering if haddock would work just as well? also, would i cook it for the same period of time as 4minutes in total for each seems like a rather short cooking time? thanks

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 25-35 mins

Freezable

Super healthy

Before cooking

Good source of omega-3

Ingredients

  • 50g crustless stale white bread
  • finely grated zest of a large lemon
  • 2 tbsp each roughly chopped fresh dill , fresh chives and fresh parsley
  • 500g skinless lemon sole fillets
  • 2 tbsp seasoned flour
  • 1 egg , beaten
  • vegetable oil , for shallow frying
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Per serving

274 kcalories, protein 26.0g, carbohydrate 12.0g, fat 14.0 g, saturated fat 2.0g, fibre 1.0g, salt 0.77 g

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