Chicken Fingers

Ingredients list for Chicken Fingers

• 2 Boneless chicken breasts cut into 1 1/2 inch wide pieces
• to deep fry Oil
• to taste Salt
• to taste Black peppercorns freshly crushed
• 300 grams Mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup Refined flour
• 1 tablespoon Sweet chilli sauce
• 1 Egg
• 1 cup Fresh breadcrumbs
• to garnish Micro greens

Method

1. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.
2. Beat the chicken pieces with the back of a knife to flatten them. Sprinkle salt and crushed black peppercorns.
3. Cut mozzarella cheese into 1 cm thick slices and further cut them into fingers.
4. Keep one cheese finger on each chicken piece and roll.
5. Take refined flour in a bowl, add salt, sweet chilli sauce and egg and mix well. Add a little water at a time and whisk to make a smooth and thick batter.
6. Dip a chicken finger in the batter, slide into hot oil and deep-fry till golden. Drain on absorbent paper.
7. If you want to coat the fingers with breadcrumbs, spread the breadcrumbs on a plate. Add a little water to the batter to make it a little thin. Dip the chicken fingers in the batter, roll in breadcrumbs and slide into the hot oil and deep fry till golden.
8. You can prepare these in advance and keep them in the refrigerator till it is time to deep-fry.
9. Take the fingers out of the refrigerator, gently slide into hot oil and deep-fry till golden. Drain on absorbent paper.
10. Halve them diagonally and arrange on a serving plate, garnish with micro greens and serve hot.