Recipe for Chicken Fingers | How to make Chicken Fingers
Simple appetizer recipe with chicken and herbs. You can either pan fry or bake these Chicken Fingers.
Ingredients
- 200 grams Boneless chicken
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 2 - 3 Green Chillies
- 1½ tbsp Maida/All-purpose flour or substitute with whole-wheat flour
- 1 cup Milk at room temperature
- 1 Bread slice grind to make fresh bread crumbs
- 1 Egg (separate the yolk and egg-white)
- ½ tsp Pepper powder
- ½ tsp Oregano or any herb of your choice
- ½ tsp Chilli flakes optional
- Dried bread crumbs for coating
- Salt to taste
Instructions
How to make Chicken Fingers - Stove-top Method
- Cook chicken on low flame with salt and grind coarsely in a food processor.
- Melt butter in a pan, add chopped green chillies and maida and fry for a minute. Add milk to make a thick sauce. Let cool.
- Add the chicken paste, bread crumbs, egg-yolk, pepper powder, oregano, chilli flakes and salt and shape them into finger shapes.
- Dip the chicken fingers in egg white (mix a tbsp of water and beat) and roll into dried bread crumbs and shallow fry. Alternatively, chicken fingers can also be deep-fried till golden.
How to make Chicken Fingers - Microwave Method
- In a microwave safe bowl, add chicken, salt and 1 tsp oil and cook covered for 4 minutes.
- In another bowl mix butter, chillies and maida and microwave for 1 minute only.
- Add milk, mix well and microwave once again for 1 minute.
- Add chicken paste, bread crumbs, egg yolk, pepper powder, oregano, chilli flakes and salt and shape them.
- Dip the chicken fingers in beaten egg white mixed with 1 tbsp water and roll into dried bread crumbs and shallow fry till golden.
Notes
- Adjust the quantity of milk as per the sauce.