Pretzel-Coated Chicken Tenders w/Beer Cheese Sauce

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Categories:	Chicken, Quick & Easy, For Kids, Healthy, Poultry Appetizers
Keywords:	Irish, cheese, pretzels, Beer, Ninja, st patricks
Serves:	4 - 6
Prep Time:	10 Min
Cook Time:	15 Min

Ingredients

1 - 2 large	eggs
2 - 3 c	butter flavored pretzels, finely crushed
1 lb	boneless chicken breasts
2 Tbsp	vegetable oil
	salt & pepper
BEER CHEESE SAUCE
3/4 c	guinness beer or chicken broth
1/2 pkg	16 oz. pasteurized prepared cheese product, cut up
1 tsp	worcestershire sauce
1 tsp	mustard, spicy brown

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Kim Biegacki

Full Flavored

Warren, OH (pop. 41,557)

pistachyoo

Member Since Apr 2011

Kim's Notes:

Once a month, it's "Girl's Night In" at my house in the winter. 2 of my best friends come over and we have dinner then watch a chick flick. Tonight was an "Irish" night because we love to celebrate our heritage, the movie was "PS, I Love You" with Gerard Butler & Hilary Swank set mainly in Ireland. So, I decided to cook up another recipe I found in my Ninja cookbook. Wow, what an extremely simple meal and crunchtastic. The aroma of the pretzel crust frying up was pure temptation, so I sliced up Irish Soda Bread for everyone to snack on. My girlfriends' said STAR THIS RECIPE to make again.

Directions

One Ninja Cooking System or any frying pan will do.

Get 3 bowls to assemble dipping chicken. One for your sliced up chicken, one for your eggs that our whisked and a third for your crushed pretzels.
Dip chicken into egg, shake off excess and then coat in the pretzel crumbs and sit it on a plate till you get enough to fill bottom of pot.

(These are the pretzels I used and they were amazing! Synder's Butter Snaps)

Pour oil into pot. Set to STOVETOP HIGH and heat oil. Add chicken to pot. Cook uncovered 10 minutes or unti chicken is browned on both sides and cooked through. Place on a cookie tray or bowl, cover lighty and keep in oven on warm temp.

When finished cooking up chicken, clean out the crumbs of pretzels and pour the beer into the pot. Heat to a boil. Add your cut up cheese, Worchestershire sauce and mustard. Cook uncovered till cheese is melted, stirring often till mixture is smooth. Pour into dish to serve with chicken & fries.

The girls got some "Irish" goodies too. One was some "Luck of the Irish" soap from Bath & Body Works who always have a few Irish goodies in March. This is green apple scent. Yumm

The other goodies were Irish Potatoes from Cleveland, Ohio's beloved Chocolatier called Malleys Chocolates. As St. Patrick's day comes into season they offer Irish Potato chocolates which are:candy shaped potatoes with nougat and nuts inside, chocolate covered, rolled in cinnamon and has a few nuts on top to look like the "eyes" of the potato. They are so incredibly delicious but only offered during the season. I will put a link here so if you want to order online next year. www.malleys.com/ (Order in February so you will be sure to get them.)

Comments

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Cindy d'Aquin-Pike navababy

Mar 19, 2013

Kim- this looks delish! I have an electric skillet, as well as a cast iron skillet that is over 100 years old. I use it all the time. Can I use it instead of the Ninja?

Linda Azeus azeuslinda

Mar 19, 2013

Hi,Kim
It must be very tasty though it looks a little complicated.
I will try to make it.

CinStraw's Kitchen CinStraw

Mar 19, 2013

Kim this sounds (and looks) yummmmmmy.

CinStraw's Kitchen CinStraw

Mar 19, 2013

BTW...I forgot to say, I love your Shamrock pic!!!

Megan Todd Megan213

Mar 19, 2013

Kim... so wish I had this "NINJA" GADGET! I THINK ILL PUT IT ON MY WEDDING REGISTRY! Lol sounds amazing! I just might try to make it in my cast iron as Cindy suggested. Cook time may be different, but may get the over all idea. Messier tho :( thanks for sharing!

Kim Biegacki pistachyoo

Mar 19, 2013

Hello ladies, absolutely you can cook in a skillet. It is really simple once you get going. Dipping chicken in egg and then into the pretzels (ground). I forgot to mention that I always season my chicken before any dipping. So sprinkle some salt and pepper on the chicken strips; both sides before you start dipping.

Kim Biegacki pistachyoo

Mar 19, 2013

TY Cindy, glad you like the St. Paddy's pic. We had fun again this year listening to Irish music and dance at our local pub & restaurant.

Stormy Stewart karlyn255

Mar 19, 2013

Kim are you creating the tags on the pictures you do now? if so you should sign them also

Kelly Williams Wildflours

Mar 19, 2013

Totally agree, Stormy!! I've had some of mine stolen. I don't have a program to add anything to mine anymore, though. :(

Kim Biegacki pistachyoo

Mar 20, 2013

TY Stormy, I will have to start doing that. Really didn't think it was that important since it is just done in Picasa and can be easily removed by cropping it out. I don't know what kind of program others use to watermark their pics; probably expensive though.