[recipe]: big kid chicken tenders

hey all! hope everyone had a lovely thanksgiving!! I had a great weekend of eating copious amounts of food, spending quality time with the extended fam and catching up with friends from high school and work.

 

As much as I love cooking dinner with the boyfriend, it doesn’t end up happening very often. For starters, my apartment kitchen is too small for two people to cook at once. On top of that, trying to find a dish that will satisfy both of us is tricky– the only meat I eat is chicken and turkey. He’s a lover of steak . I avoid dairy foods and of of course want to cook something relatively healthy. He does not….

This weekend we found a recipe that satisfied all of our requirements: chicken based, dairy-free, and healthy but doesn’t taste healthy. And boy was it tasty.

Who doesn’t love chicken tenders?

big kid baked chicken tenders

recipe courtesy of here

serves 3-4. reheats very nicely in the toaster oven 🙂

ingredients

• 1 lb chicken breast (I used thin sliced)
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup panko bread crumbs (we ended up using more)
• 3 eggs
• 1 tbs dijon mustard
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 2 tsp paprika
• veggie spray or pam

directions.

1. preheat oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit
2. clean the chicken and cut up into smaller strips. Season with salt and pepper.
3. In a medium sized bowl add 1 cup of flour and season with 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper.
4. In a second bowl add 3 eggs, 1 tbs dijon mustard, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper and 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper. Whisk together.
5. In a third bowl add 1 cup panko bread crumbs and 2 tsp paprika.
6. To bread the chicken first place the tenders into the flour mixture and coat. Shake the tenders and then dip into the egg mixture.
7. Finally, place egg drenched tenders into panko crumbs mixture.
8. Place the breaded chicken on a greased rack over a baking sheet.
9. Once all the tenders are breaded, spray both sides lightly with veggie spray/ pam.
10. Baked for 15-17 minutes or until the chicken is cooked and the breading is nicely browned.

The boy and I give this recipe 2 thumbs up: it was easy to create, I already had all the ingredients minus the chicken, and it was super tasty.

 

 

As lovely as it’s been to spend some time at my parents home and live 5 minutes away from the boyfriend, I’m getting really excited (and nervous!) to move back to the city this week and begin my new job. Hellooooo real world!

do you like cooking with your significant other?

anyone else have difficulty finding recipes that satisfy both peoples diets?