Crunchy Nut Encrusted Chicken Tenders
I love chicken tenders. I am not ashamed to admit that on the rare occasion that I eat fast food, I always go for the chicken tender. Not sure why, but I do. I love the crunchiness of the outside and the piping hot chicken on the inside. And I love dipping anything in a mixture of yellow mustard and ketchup. Or bbq sauce.
So when I saw Michelle post these crunchy nut encrusted chicken tenders I knew I had to make them. What a great way to get my chicken tender fix in a healthier manner! Not only do they use ground up nuts for the coating, they’re baked not fried. Anything you make at home is going to be MUCH better for you than something from a fast food chain.
I just used the ingredients I had on hand and they came out great. I had a pretty big thing of chicken tender meat, so Hubby and I enjoyed these for a couple days in our lunches too.
I always always toast nuts before using them in any recipe. It’s just a habit, but I love how it brings out the nuttiness of nuts more so than just using raw nuts.
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Crunchy Nut Encrusted Chicken Tenders
These chicken tenders are crusted with a variety of nuts instead of breadcrumbs!
Yield: Serves 6-8
Ingredients:
2 lb chicken tenders
2 cups nuts (any variety), toasted
4 Tbsp dijon mustard
2 Tbsp horseradish mustard
2 Tbsp whole-grain mustard
4 tsp yellow mustard
2 Tbsp smoked paprika
1 Tbsp worcestshire sauce
2 Tbsp water
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Line a pan with foil and place a cooling rack on top of the foil.
Rinse chicken and pat dry.
Pulse nuts in food processor until they resemble course bread crumbs. Be sure not to process too much, so you don't make a nut butter.
Combine the remaining ingredients in a shallow dish.
Dredge the chicken tenders through the mustard mixture, then coat with nut crumbs. Place on cooling rack (using a cooling rack will result in a crispy chicken tender). Repeat until all chicken tenders are coated.
Place pan of tenders in the oven for 15 minutes. Flip tenders and cook for an additional 15 minutes.
Recipe adapted from Fun and Fearless in Beantown
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
if looks are anything, this looks REALLY good
I agree — this looks great! Do you mind me asking how long it took to prepare?
newlywed – I think this took Hubby a little over an hour to make. But you could def chop all the veggies ahead of time and make the gremolata in advance as well. That would help cut down the time for sure.
I love osso bucco and I really like the idea of this lightened version. Yum!
I love gremolata’s – they really make a dish pop! I did a walnut, lemon zest and cilantro to top a celery root soup – it made the soup!
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Jen, your Osso Buco Chicken looks fresh and super delicious! Wish I had some for dinner tonight 🙂
That looks yummy!! I might have to try that one.
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