Kids – See if you have what it takes to become a Junior Chef!
Adult Supervision Required
Utensils Needed:
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Grater
- Zester
- Mixing bowl
- Whisk or fork
- Shallow bowl
- Large skillet
- Spatula
Ingredients:
- Small bunch parsley
- 1½ cups bread crumbs
- Salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 2 eggs
- 1 pound skinned and boned white-fish fillets (such as cod) Vegetable oil, for frying
Let’s Get Started!
DIRECTIONS:
- Chop the parsley. Grate the zest from the lemon.
- Add the bread crumbs to the parsley and lemon zest in a mixing bowl and add salt and pepper.
- Gently whisk the eggs in the shallow bowl.
- Cut the fish into fish sticks.
- Dip the pieces of fish in the beaten eggs and then add the bread crumbs. Make sure each fish stick is evenly coated.
- Prepare to fry the fish. Place the skillet on the stove. Add a layer of vegetable oil into the skillet.
- Ask an adult to heat the oil over medium-high heat until it sizzles.
- Fry the coated fish sticks in the hot oil for about 4 minutes on each side, until crisp and golden.
Fish sticks, also known as fish fingers, were first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1955. They quickly became a popular convenience food for kids of all ages.
LEMONY FISH STICKS
Chef Shiri Says… The eggs help the bread crumbs stick to the fish, making the fish sticks extra crispy.