Crispy Honey Ginger Chicken Tenders

Grade: A

Time it takes: 45 minutes plus 2 hours or overnight to marinade (25 minutes baking, 20 minutes prep)

Yield: Serves 2

Source: Stephanie Cooks - a food blog (Crispy Honey Ginger Chicken)

I love chicken. I love it so much. It is delicious. It is especially delicious when it is bite sized and dippable. So, breaded chicken tenders are right up my alley. Usually I just cut up my chicken and bread it in the normal boring way, which is fine. But, I decided I should jazz it up a bit when I found this recipe in my favourite folder. I love honey and ginger, so this seemed like a winner.

Guess what? It totally was. Nicely crispy, and full of flavour. Also I always have the ingredients on hand, minus the buttermilk. But, I can handle picking up buttermilk at the store. These are way better than what you can purchase at a fast food place or get from a bag in the freezer section. Definitely worth the little added effort.

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups lowfat buttermilk
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons ground ginger, divided
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder, divided
• 1 lb chicken breast, cut into bite sized pieces
• 2 cups bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
• 1/4 cup flour

Directions:

Combine buttermilk, honey, 1 tablespoon ginger, and 1 teaspoon garlic powder in a bowl that has a lid, or a big plastic ziploc. Add the bite sized chicken tenders to the buttermilk mixture and cover. Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.

Preheat the oven to 450 F.

Combine bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon ginger, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, seasoned salt, and flour in a bowl. Coat the marinated chicken pieces in the bread crumb mixture and lay on a wire rack sitting on top of a baking sheet. Continue until all the chicken pieces are coated. Lightly spray the tops of the chicken pieces with cooking spray or olive oil.

Bake for 10 minutes, flip each chicken piece, spray with cooking spray again, and bake for another 10-15 minutes.

Enjoy drizzled with a little honey, or various dipping sauces such as honey mustard, ketchup, bbq sauce, or ranch dressing.