amazing chicken fingers
This is a fun snack to put together, and it’s made better by using freshly baked breadcrumbs, and very tasty spices. In addition, instead of putting the spices in the breadcrumbs, I rubbed them into the chicken before breading. So, you ready… Let’s get into the kitchen.
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yield
4 serving(s)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
30 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For amazing chicken fingers
- PLAN/PREPARE
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2 lgboneless, skinless chicken breasts
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1 Tbspcoconut sugar, or brown sugar
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1 Tbspsalt, kosher variety, or to taste
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1 tspwhite pepper, freshly ground, or to taste
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1 tspgarlic powder
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1 tsponion powder
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1 tsppaprika, hot or mild
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1 tspmustard powder
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4 slicefresh bread, your choice of bread
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1/2 cflour, all purpose variety
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2 lgeggs, beaten with a splash of water
How To Make amazing chicken fingers
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1PREP/PREPARE -
2Gather your ingredients.
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3Place a rack in the middle position, and preheat oven to 350 (175c).
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4Cut the chicken breasts into strips, about 1 inch wide.
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5Add the sugar, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and mustard powder to a bowl.
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6Add the chicken, toss, and place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
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7Take the fresh bread, place it into a food processor fitted with an S-blade
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8Give it a few 1-second pulses, until chunky ground.
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9Place the breadcrumbs on a parchment-lined baking sheet, and bake in the preheated oven until dried out, about 15 - 20 minutes.
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10Remove from the oven, and raise the temperature of the oven to 400f (205c)
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11Add the flour to a tray.
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12Beat the eggs, and add them to a tray.
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13Add the toasted breadcrumbs to a tray.
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14Coat a chicken strip in the flour.
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15Shake off the excess, and then dip in the beaten eggs.
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16Shake off the excess, and then coat in the breadcrumbs.
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17Place on a rack in a parchment-lined baking sheet.
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18Repeat for the remaining chicken strips.
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19Place in the preheated oven, and bake until the chicken strips begin to brown, about 30 minutes.
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20PLATE/PRESENT
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21Serve with your favorite dipping sauce. Enjoy.
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22Chef’s Note: Here is an excellent dipping sauce: https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/dip/awesome-poultry-fish-dipping-sauce.html
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