Potato chops are a festive, comforting snack made with seasoned mashed potatoes wrapped around a flavourful chicken mince filling. Each chop is coated in crunchy crumbs and pan-fried until golden. These delicious bites are perfect for gatherings, tea-time treats, or as a crowd-pleasing starter for your Christmas party.

Who doesn’t like crispy tandoori chicken, with the trademark smoky flavour and spice blend? But many home cooks skip cooking this appetiser due to a lack of an oven. However, with this oven-free recipe, you can serve tandoori chicken at parties and impress your guests. Marinated with a spiced, tangy yoghurt mix and charred to a crisp, tandoori chicken is a classic.

Platters are excellent party appetisers because they provide easy, varied snacks in one go. This chicken snacks platter recipe mixes frozen snacks with fresh creations (like tandoori chicken bites) to balance variety with effort. You can choose any frozen chicken snack (for example, popcorn instead of the nuggets listed here), but ensure you have a balance of flavours and textures. For example, crispy pakoras with soft kebabs, and so on.