Ainsley Harriott served up a tasty buffalo chicken schnitzel with a creamy ranch slaw and maple syrup on Ainsley’s Fantastic Flavours.

The ingredients are: 4 chicken breasts, skinless, 1 tsp garlic granules, 1 tsp sweet (unsmoked) paprika, 1 tsp cayenne, or to taste, 60g plain flour, 100g fine dried breadcrumbs, 2 eggs, beaten, ½ tsp dried thyme or oregano, vegetable or sunflower oil for frying, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the Hot Maple Syrup: 4 tbsp maple syrup, 4 tbsp cayenne pepper hot sauce (e.g Frank’s Original Hot Sauce), 1 tbsp butter and ½ lemon, for squeezing.

For the Ranch Coleslaw: 3 tbsp mayonnaise, 3-4 tbsp soured cream (or Greek Yoghurt), 1 clove of garlic, minced, 2 tsp chopped dill, ½ lemon for squeezing, dash of hot sauce (optional), ½ white cabbage (or ¼ mixed with ¼ red cabbage), thinly sliced, 2 sticks of celery, trimmed, thinly sliced, 1 large carrot, coarsely grated or shredded, 2 spring onions, finely chopped, 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley and 50g blue cheese (Danish Blue), crumbled (optional).

See recipes by Ainsley in his book titled: Ainsley’s Good Mood Food available from Amazon now.