Children love fish fingers, but have you never seen them at a grill party? Grill expert Anja Auer reveals whether you can grill fish fingers.
- Children usually love small sausages when grilling, but you can add variety to the game.
- Are fish sticks suitable for cooking on the grill?
- Anja Auer reveals what you have to consider.
Everyone, almost everyone, will have been in this situation before: you put together the shopping list for the grill party - neck steaks, marinated pork belly slices, sausages and Ćevapčići land on it. But suddenly it falls like scales from your eyes: Stop, not only adults come! And the children, especially the very small, do not like the said food. What is often at the top of the food list for them? Logically, fish fingers . But can they be grilled?
Fish stalls on the grill: the principle analogous to the kitchen
Fish sticks are usually prepared in the oven or in the pan on the stove. You don't necessarily want to put a pan on the grill with hot fat. But just put the fish sticks on the wire rack, should have the same effect as in the oven, right?
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The two methods of making fish fingers on the grill
There are basically two options for preparing the fish sticks on the grill : in direct heat and in indirect heat:
The conclusion: This is briefly and briefly described. Works wonderfully, at least in the direct heat .
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And so the fish fingers are served from the grill
Fish sticks go wonderfully with the other grilled side dishes that adults also eat as if they were there: potato salad *, cucumber salad and green salad. Even when it comes to sauces, no big extra sausage is necessary, because cocktail sauce, tartar sauce or ketchup are usually on the table at grill events.
The advantages of preparing fish fingers on the grill
Preparing the fish fingers on the grill has four advantages :
- Only one person has to take care of the preparation. Because those who grill in the garden cannot take care of frying fish sticks in the kitchen at the same time.
- In contrast to the pan, in which you work with oil or fat, it works fat-free .
- The stove or oven does not have to be switched on and you save energy and consequently money.
- Perhaps this way you can get children to grill and arouse their interest in food preparation
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