Midweek Meals: Five easy and healthy family dinners ready in 30 minutes or less

 From creamy pasta to ready-in-a-flash fish dishes, here are five meals your family can enjoy this week

Midweek meals can be nutritions as well as delicious

Take the stress out of cooking this week with these quick recipes for dinner. Darina Allen’s fish fingers are perfect for after-school dining and the cheesy chicken goujons are both delicious and nutritious. For more food inspiration, visit ieFood.

Fish Fingers with Garlic Mayo

recipe by:Darina Allen

A perfect after-school dinner

Servings

8

Preparation Time

 5 mins

Cooking Time

 10 mins

Total Time

 15 mins

Course

 Main

Cuisine

 Irish

Ingredients

• 8 pieces fresh haddock, hake or pollock cut into fingers 11.5 x 3cm (4 1/2 x 1 1/4 inch) approximately

• salt and freshly ground black pepper

• white flour, seasoned well with salt, freshly ground pepper and a little cayenne or smoked paprika (optional)

• For the egg wash:

• 2-3 beaten free-range, organic eggs and a little milk

• panko or dried white breadcrumbs

• To serve:

• crunchy little gem lettuce leaves

• For the garlic mayo:

• 225g (8oz) homemade mayonnaise

• 1-4 crushed garlic cloves (depending on size)

Method

1. Add the garlic to the mayonnaise and season to taste.

2. Heat the oil in a deep fry to 180˚C/350°F.

3. Season the fingers of fish with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Then, dip the fish, first into the well-seasoned flour and then into the beaten egg and finally coat evenly all over with the crumbs of your choice. Pat gently to firm up…!

4. Heat some olive oil or clarified butter in a wide frying pan over a medium heat.

5. Cook the fish fingers until golden and crispy on the outside and cooked through into the centre. Drain on kitchen paper.

6. I love to wrap them in crunchy little gem lettuce leaves, add a dollop of garlic mayo (aioli) or your mayo of choice and enjoy.