Nisha Katona's coleslaw chicken bowl
Nisha’s succulent, crisp and spicy chicken makes for a delicious supper paired with her fresh and flavourful coleslaw. Feeding a family of four for £1.60 per head, it’s budget friendly and delicious.
Crispy paprika chicken & coleslaw bowl
serves 4
Ingredients
For the Coleslaw:
½ small white cabbage, shredded
2 large carrots, peeled and grated
1 red onion, halved and finely sliced
1 apple, peeled, cored and grated
100g/3½oz mayonnaise
1 tsp salt
Juice of ½ lemon
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp mustard seed
For the Crispy Paprika Chicken:
3 tbsp plain flour
2 tsp smoked paprika
2 tsp ground cumin
1 ½ tsp garlic salt (or use table salt if not available with a ground clove of garlic)
½ tsp ground black pepper
400g/14oz chicken mini fillets
1 egg
100g/3½oz/2 cups white breadcrumbs
Vegetable oil, for shallow frying
Method
1. First, prepare the coleslaw. Using a food processor fitted with a blade, prepare all your vegetables. (You can also do this by hand, but it will take longer.) Put all of the prepared vegetables in a large bowl and add the mayonnaise, salt and lemon juice. Stir to combine.
2. Heat the oil in a frying pan/skillet over a medium heat, then add the mustard seeds and cook until they start to pop and turn grey. Pour the oil and mustard seeds onto the coleslaw, then toss everything together and set aside while you prepare the chicken.
3. Set 3 wide, shallow bowls next to each other on the worktop. Put the flour, paprika, cumin, garlic salt and black pepper in the first bowl and stir to combine. Crack and beat the egg into the second bowl and put the breadcrumbs in the third bowl.
4. Working with one mini fillet at a time, toss the chicken in the seasoned flour, then dip into the egg, then roll in the breadcrumbs to coat. Set aside while you repeat the process with the remaining pieces of chicken.
5. Put a large frying pan over a medium heat and add vegetable oil to a depth of 2cm/¾in.
6. Once the oil is hot, add the chicken to the pan in batches and fry for 2 minutes on each side, until golden and cooked through.
7. Divide the coleslaw into serving bowls and top each with a few pieces of crispy chicken, or just put everything in the middle of the table and let everyone dig in themselves.