Showing posts with label gluten free chicken nuggets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gluten free chicken nuggets. Show all posts

Friday, April 4, 2014

Baked Breaded Chicken Tenders Gluten Free Dairy Free

Last night, my husband made dinner. He saw these Southern Homestyle Corn Flake Crumbs with a "gluten free" label at the store and he noticed they were dairy free. He bought a can and then he proceeded to made us a batch of chicken tenders. The result? The kids loved it. We are not a "chicken nugget" or "chicken tender" eating crew, normally, so I wasn't sure what the kids would think of this, but they both enjoyed it. I was pleased to know that this was a healthier version of a very American favorite food, as it's baked (not fried) and my husband altered it by omitting added fat. Where the original recipe would call for 2 tablespoons of butter (or oil), we did not use it, nor was it needed for a good end product.
The method:
  • He sliced the chicken breasts and dredged them in a hand beaten egg
  • He then rolled them in 1 cup of Corn Flake Crumbs
  • Next, he laid them into a ceramic baking dish and seasoned them with salt and pepper
  • Baked at 350 until chicken registered done with meat thermometer (this took approximately 45 minutes - 1 hour)
We dipped these in gluten free dairy free barbeque sauce and honey mustard and we enjoyed our American meal. My husband and I both agreed this is a must try on fish, served with fresh lemon. That will be our next use of the Corn Flake Crumbs. Also, I can't help but to imagine that you could create your own cornflake crumble pretty easily, if you have the ingredients on hand, but this is a bit of a corn meal texture, so there may be more to it than just crumbling up the flakes.