Crunchy Chip Crusted Chicken Fingers with Lemon and Broccoli Potato Salad

Crunchy Chip Crusted Chicken Fingers with Lemon and Broccoli Potato Salad

Ready in 40 minutes Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, August 16, 2015.

Crunchy crusted chicken fingers served with a creamy paotao and broccoli salad and a cripsy apple slaw.


Ingredients

CRUNCHY CHIP-CRUSTED CHICKEN FINGERS

  • 80g potato chips
  • 1/4 cup flour seasoned with 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespon milk
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
  • 450g chicken breasts

POTATO AND BROCCOLI SALAD

  • 600g nadine potatoes, scrubbed and diced 2cm
  • 1 head broccoli, cut into small florets
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • Zest and juice of 1/2 a lemon
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
  • 2 stalks celery, diced 2cm
  • 35g chopped walnuts and cranberries

APPLE SLAW

  • 1 apple
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • Juice of 1/2 a lemon

Steps

  1. oven to 200°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.
  2. Place chips into a medium zip lock bag and crush with a rolling pin or wine bottle until they resemble fine crumbs. Alternatively blitz in a food processor.
  3. Place seasoned flour in a shallow bowl, whisk egg with milk in a second bowl, and combine crushed chips and parsley in a third bowl. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and cut into fingers, about 2cm x 7cm. Coat each piece first in flour, then in egg, and then in chip mixture, making sure they are well coated. Arrange on prepared tray and drizzle with a little olive oil. Bake for about 18 minutes or until chicken is just cooked and golden.
  4. While chicken cooks, cook potatoes in pot of boiling water for about 8 minutes, until almost tender then add broccoli and cook a further 2–3 minutes until broccoli is bright green and just tender. Drain well.
  5. In a large bowl combine remaining potato and broccoli salad ingredients. Add cooked potatoes and broccoli, season with salt and pepper, toss to combine.
  6. Grate apple and toss in a small bowl with second measure of mayonnaise and lemon juice.
  7. Divide potato and broccoli salad and crunchy chicken fingers between plates. Top chicken with a dollop of apple slaw.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2329 kj
557 kcal
Protein 32.4g
Carbohydrate 23.2g
Fat 27.6g