Get out the lederhosen.

It's true, I'm not like other grannies. I never did like the quilting bees and the bingo parlors. I'd rather live life to the EXTREME!

I don't know about you but if my Granny had been an extreme sports athlete she'd have needed very little help from me protecting her recipe book. Come to think of it despite the fact that neither of my Nans were in the slightest bit athletic if you'd met them then you'd realise that trying to steal from them would be futile. They'd have handbagged you to a pulp before lecturing you on the error of your ways. You might also have been subjected to "the look", more deadly than any heat seeking missile and always on target.

Sadly the characters in Hoodwinked are not as lucky. Someone is stealing all their goodies and the inhabitants of this fairytale land are getting hungry and fed up. When the thief turns from the sweet food to the savoury treats they know it's getting serious.

As the schnizel van is all out of these crispy snacks perhaps you'd like to make some of your own. Ideal for a trip out to the countryside in your best leather shorts!

Mise en scene

chicken breasts or mini chicken fillets.

1 egg beaten

seasoned flour (salt, pepper, paprika)

panko breadcrumbs

vegetable oil

bamboo BBQ sticks

cling film

rolling pin

It's all in the edit

• Check behind the doors to make sure you are not being watched and enlist a red hooded black-belt at karate to act as look out.
• If using large chicken breasts cut into 3 or 4 pieces lengthways. If using mini fillets these may need to be halved.
• Cover a chopping board with cling film. Lay the fillets onto the cling film and cover with a second layer. Batten out the fillets until about 1cm thick.
• Set up your breading station. Beaten egg in one bowl, seasoned flour in the next and finally breadcrumbs.
• Heat the oil to a medium high heat.
• Dip the chicken strips into egg, flour,egg and then breadcrumbs. Shake off any excess and then shallow fry the strips. Turn them over once the first side is a golden brown.
• Remove from the oil and drain on kitchen paper.
• Slide the schnitzel onto the sticks, get in your van and go!

Voiceover

This can be recreated with pork or veal but chicken was all I had in the fridge so I went with that!