You know you want to. Much better for you and so much tastier than fish fingers, delight everyone with these yummy little flavour bombs. Enjoy!
This recipe has been around for a couple of years now in the Portable Lunches ebook that is exclusive to Insiders. And now here it is in living colour on the website. Come and join us, you know you want to! We certainly want you to!
If you or your kids grew up on fish fingers, these are that, but with no nasties and oodles more flavour. GO for it. Think mayo, think aioli, think oven fries. Fake Away strikes again. YUM.
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Need
- 50 Grams parmesan cheese cubed
- 150 Grams coarse polenta
- 1 Teaspoon onion powder
- 1 Teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 Teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 Teaspoon pink salt flakes BUY
- 1 Kilo thick white fish fillets
- 2 eggs, beaten
- coconut oil or mild olive oil for frying
Do
- 1
Place Parmesan into Thermomix bowl and grate 10 sec/speed 10.
- 2
Add polenta, spices and salt to Thermomix bowl and mix 5 sec/ speed 5. Tip mixture onto a plate.
- 3
Cut fish into large bite sized pieces.
- 4
Heat fry pan over medium heat. Add a 1cm deep layer of oil to the pan.
- 5
Coat fish well in beaten egg, followed by polenta mix. Fry fish bites for 3–4 minutes each side (depending on the thickness of the fish) until golden brown. Test a piece of fish to ensure it is cooked through, remembering it will continue to cook a little further once taken off the heat. Place cooked fish on a cooling rack over some paper towel to rest while you continue to cook the remaining fish bites.
- 6
Sprinkle with additional salt and serve with Simple Mayonnaise or Aioli.
- 7
Alternatively, these can be cooked in the Air Fryer. Drizzle with EVOO and cook for 8 minutes at 200.
Served with
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
