Crispy Fish Fingers I Can Cook

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Hello. I'm just getting everything ready for today's recipe.

It's going to be such a fun one today. I can't wait to do it.

I hope you're going to join in with the cooking too.

-KNOCK AT DOOR

-Ah-ha! Come in.

-Hello, Katy.

-Scott, hi!

-Hi.

-Hi, Amy. Hello, Zadan. Hello, Mia. Hello, Christian.

Come in, everyone.

Thank you so much for coming.

Do you want to know what delicious recipe we're going to cook today?

-Yes!

-Today's recipe is...

crispy fish fingers.

Mmmmmm-mmmm!

But there's something we've got to do first.

Wash our hands!

We've got to wash our hands. Off you go.

# Roll up your sleeves Give your hands a wash

# With slippy-dippy soap Splish splash splosh

# Have you done your hands? Washed and dried?

# Sleeves rolled up Apron tied

# What can you do? I can cook. #

Let's get started.

The first thing we need to do is make some breadcrumbs.

We are going to use bread.

We tear it up into pieces, like when we feed the ducks.

-Quack, quack!

-Quack, quack!

-Quack, quack!

-Quack, quack!

Ooh! A loud one. Can you quack louder than me?

-QUACK!

-Oooh!

Can you quack? QUACK! Oooh! That was very loud!

Let's rip up our bread into pieces.

When you've done that, you can put it into your grater.

The first person needs to put their bread in the top of the grater.

Put the grey bit on top and one person push the grey bit down

and the other person turns the handle.

Let's do it together. There we go.

Don't put your fingers in, because it's sharp.

If any breadcrumbs get caught in the middle, get them out with a fork.

-Can you see the breadcrumbs coming out?

-Yeah.

You can pretend to grate at home.

You get your grater and your handle and you turn, turn, turn. That's it!

We've got our breadcrumbs. Give me a high five.

We need to put the breadcrumbs into our bowls.

Half in your bowl and half in your partner's bowl.

Put your bowls aside for later.

-What ingredient do you think we will need next?

-Eggs.

The special ingredient is yellow and it's made from corn.

It's polenta. We need polenta in our crispy fish fingers.

Let's find out more about polenta.

Come on.

Polenta is made from maize, another name for corn on the cob.

The pieces of corn, called the kernels, arrive in a lorry.

The corn is mixed with water.

A special machine removes the husk, the outside part of the kernel.

then the kernels are sent to lots of machines

which roll and crush them up.

The crushed kernels go into a machine that jiggles about.

It's called a sifter and it has lots of sieves inside it.

The crushed kernel are passed through these sieves

and separated into different sizes.

The big bits are called maize grit and the fine powder is the polenta.

Wow! That was really interesting.

Come on, let's get back to the cooking.

We're putting polenta in our crispy fish fingers.

I think polenta looks a bit like pirate gold dust.

A-harrr!

Can you laugh like a pirate? Ha-harrr!

Can you laugh like a pirate with us? Ha-harrr!

We need two tablespoons of polenta.

One...

..two. That's it. Great job!

Then we're going to get our pinchy fingers out.

Have you got your pinchy fingers ready?

Pinch, pinch, pinch!

Take a pinch of pepper

and put it into your breadcrumb mixture.

And then you can give it a big mix.

Mix with us at home. You can get your bowl and spoon

and mix, mix, mix. That's it!

We put our breadcrumb mixture onto this long, white plate,

like this, watch.

Tip it on gently.

and you can mix the other one round a bit.

We've got some flour with some paprika on it.

Paprika is a red spice.

Can everyone say paprika?

Paprika!

Paprika will add flavour to our fish fingers.

We mix it with the flour with our finger.

Can you do that?

Wipe your hands, because we've been using paprika.

Now we're ready for our fish.

Who can pretend to be a fish, like this?

Blblblblblbl!

Can you be a fish?

Blblblblblbl!

Blblblblblbl! That's a good fish!

We need to snip this fish up into four pieces.

Be safe with scissors.

-Everyone knows you point them down towards your...

-Toes.

-Toes!

Let's snip our fish into fish fingers.

Snip the fish down the middle, like this.

Then turn the plate around and snip the two long fingers

into four pieces.

You can do snippy fingers at home.

Snip, snip, snippety snip!

It's important, when you're touching raw fish,

to keep your hands nice and clean. Let's wipe our hands.

What goes really well with fish is lemon.

Let's squeeze some lemon over our fish.

Don't forget to squeeze with us at home.

-Sque-e-e-eze!

-Sque-e-e-eze!

Be careful to take out all the pips. We don't want to eat those.

Next, we dip our fish fingers in different things.

This will make a crispy coating when they go in the oven.

We've got different things here.

First, we roll it in the flour and paprika.

Then we dip it in the egg. This bit's all slippery!

I love it!

And then we roll it in the breadcrumb mixture.

And then put it onto your tray, which I've oiled for you.

Now it's your turn.

You need to roll them round lots in the flour and the breadcrumbs.

Remember to put the fish fingers on the baking tray.

-What does the egg do?

-It sticks onto the breadcrumbs.

Yes, it's a bit like a glue.

-The egg's a little bit gloopy.

-It's all sloppy-woppy!

I like doing this, it's like a fish finger train.

Choo-choo!

Look at my fingers.

Amy, look at yours!

-Look at mine!

-Sticky hands!

-Look at this.

-That is exactly what we're looking for.

Hey, Scott, you're a great cook.

The last thing we do is dribble some oil all over our fish fingers,

using a brush. It's a bit like painting.

-I like painting.

-Pretend to brush with us at home, like this.

Brush, brush, brush. Ooh!

And that's it. You've done it.

You've put all the ingredients together for your fish fingers

all by yourself.

Now we will put them in the oven.

Ovens are hot, so don't go near. Ask a grown-up to help you here.

Let's put them in.

While the fish fingers cook, there's one thing left for us to do.

-What do you think it is?

-Wash up!

-We've got to wash everything up.

Off we go.

# Now we've cooked, let's wash up

# Stack the plates and the bowls on top

# Dishes and spoons Splish splash splosh

# Having fun while we tidy and wash

# Dishes and spoons Splish splash splosh

# Having fun while we tidy and wash. #

Can you remember what we've done today?

-We've...

-Grated.

-Brushed.

-Squeezed.

-And...?

-Dipped.

We've been really busy today!

I've turned the oven off and I'm about to take out the fish fingers.

While the food cools down, let's play a guessing game.

What can you see? Keep on looking.

Say when you know what we used in our cooking.

It's yellow, it's citrus fruit

and its juice has a very sharp taste.

Do you know what it is? It's a lemon,

which we squeezed over our fish.

Did you guess? Well done.

And here they are, all ready to eat.

You cooked your very own crispy fish fingers.

Are you ready, Scott? One, two, three...

Hey, that looks great. One, two, three...

Fantastic!

We've done the cooking, now let's do some eating.

Oh, yum-yum!

Three fish fingers are just enough to eat

but you can save the rest for later.

-Who wants some peas and carrots?

-Me!

-Me!

-Me!

Give everyone some peas, Christian, I'll give everyone some carrots.

I love carrots.

Christian's getting the peas everywhere!

Amy, what gives the fish fingers the golden colour?

-Polenta.

-That's it. Do you remember polenta?

-Polenta!

-Mia, what do your fish fingers taste like?

-Sour, cos I put lemon in it.

Do you like lemon?

-What was the best part of the cooking?

-Putting the fish in flour.

It was really messy, wasn't it?

So what can you do?

I can cook!

And remember that you can cook too.

If you want to have a go at today's recipe, it's on our website:

-What does the pepper do to the fish fingers?

-It gives more flavour.

That's it, it gives it loads of flavour.

# I can cook! #

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