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To ask how to make fish fingers more exciting?

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hyco · 15/01/2026 18:01

I make fish finger sandwiches (butter, ketchup, vinegar, tiny mayo).
I'm sure there must be better ways of eating them, does anyone have an amazing recipe to share?

I was thinking fish finger tacos with corn mini tortillas, inspired from tempura fish tacos I had in Margate once.

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MsSmartShoes · 15/01/2026 21:39

Nigella has a fishfinger recipe. She mashed them up I think?

ThePinkPineapple · 15/01/2026 21:38

Slice of cheese plus chilli jab and a bit of lettuce

Floogal · 15/01/2026 21:36

Tartare sauce if course. Perhaps with tomato ketchup

Starbri8 · 15/01/2026 21:28

Mix 2 table spoons of sour cream with one tablespoon of Spoon of mayo , add 2 cloves of crushed garlic , chopped dill, lemon zest, a little salt and pepper, lush on fish finger sandwich or as a dip for fish dippers.

TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 15/01/2026 21:27

Ketchup on one slice of bread. Tartare sauce on the other, enough that it can hold fresh peas on the surface. Whisper of white pepper. Exceptional.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 15/01/2026 21:25

PorkPieForStarters · 15/01/2026 18:05

A wrap.
Slather with satay sauce.
Stick in some raw spinach and other salady bits of choice.
Whack your cooked fish fingers in.
Roll.

It's SO tasty. Also works with fish or chicken goujon things.

Now I’ve bought all the stuff for this!!

DavidRosesEyebrows · 15/01/2026 21:24

I have perfected my fish finger butty game as they are dd1's favourite.

Bread cake, lightly toasted. Either tartare sauce or mayo on top and bottom. Shredded iceberg and thinly sliced red onions. Then 3 or 4 fish fingers, depending on the size of the bread cake. And a plastic cheese slice. So good.

TTCbabynumber22025 · 15/01/2026 21:17

I like mine with rice with some stir fried veg in oyster and soy sauce

Ophy83 · 15/01/2026 21:14

Fish tacos - scampi is also really good for this!

Laska2Meryls · 15/01/2026 21:03

Grilled Fish fingers and crispy bacon in a wrap with coleslaw, lettuce, a blob ofsalsa and maybe a couple of slices of jalapeno.. ..One of our favourite dinners.. .. Don't knock it until you've tried it ..

maddiemookins16mum · 15/01/2026 20:56

I like a fish finger filled pitta with garlic mayo, finely sliced red onion and rocket.

But let’s face it, they taste best on thick white bread, real butter and tomato sauce.

EndofDaze · 15/01/2026 20:53

Crunchy peanut butter on one slice of bread, salad cream on the other. White bread. Four cod fish fingers. Perfection.

JLou08 · 15/01/2026 20:52

Lettuce and mayo in a wrap. I tried it for the first time a few months ago, only because I planned on making chicken wraps and then realised there was no chicken. It was so much better than a chicken wrap.

NormasArse · 15/01/2026 20:51

The buttermilk fish burgers from Aldi are what I have as a fish finger substitute.

Cook them in the airfryer, and whilst they’re cooking, get together pea shoots, grated carrot, spring onion, cucumber (any salad you like!). Mix chopped pickled gherkins with mayo, then assemble in a wrap with the burger cut in half so you can arrange it longways.

👌

DelilahBucket · 15/01/2026 20:48

Excellent with cheddar cheese in a sandwich as well.

They make a good katsu curry.

hanka · 15/01/2026 20:46

Dr Who way 😁
(with custard)

Lozza70 · 15/01/2026 20:42

Try finger sandwiches are the bomb. Crispy lettuce, mayo, black pepper, capers and sliced gerkins. Cheap white bread, lightly toasted on one side so the sandwich does not disintegrate😋

MrsLJH · 15/01/2026 20:07

We do sweet and sour fish fingers 🙈 🤷🏼‍♀️

Growing up we used to have sweet and sour cod balls but one day my parents couldn't get the battered cod balls any more so improvised 🤣

Arrrggghhhhhhcommunicationfrustration · 15/01/2026 20:01

Sliced gherkins, tartar sauce and some lettuce.
Can't believe no-one has mentioned gherkins yet!

newbie202020 · 15/01/2026 20:00

Fish finger Lasagna a la Nadiya from Bake-Off?

ArmySurplusHamster · 15/01/2026 19:58

Mayonnaise, sriracha and lemon juice.

HelenHywater · 15/01/2026 19:54

Well you can't beat a fishfinger sandwich, but I have made this recipe fishfinger katsu curry from Waitrose which went down well with my dc.

MadamCholetsbonnet · 15/01/2026 19:31

There is no food superior to the classic fish finger sandwich. You are trying to improve on perfection.

fishfingerbutty · 15/01/2026 19:25

I think you’re doing fine just as you are.
I felt obliged to contribute due to my user name.

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 15/01/2026 19:22

Wrap with pea and watercress puree?

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