Not-fried chicken (gluten-free, dairy-free)
Pregnancy cravings during my pregnancy with P basically made me tip over into the fried wagon. When she was in my belly, all I wanted was steak, soft pretzels, and all the fried things. In San Diego, there’s a restaurant called Crack Shack, and they have the BEST fried chicken. It’s not too greasy, it’s a little spicy, and it’s crispy and soft and delicious and all the things that give fried chicken the hype it deserves. I never understood fried chicken hype until I tried Crack Shack. I understand now. Thank goodness it was a bit of a trek from our house or I’d have greasy handprint stains all over my at-the-time terrifyingly enormous pregnant belly.
Anyways, fried chicken. Right now, we are in the LAND of fried chicken. There’s seriously a local restaurant called Hip Hop Chicken. What does this mean? Do they play Missy Elliott while you eat your crispy wings? I haven’t been there to find out, but maybe this is a place I need to be. Anyways, since I’m not with fetus, I’ve found myself craving some crispy non-greasy (aka not-fried) chicken. I bake it. It’s good for my arteries and also good for not setting the house on fire.
Healthy Baked Chicken Tenders
It all starts with a little crispy topping, made from almond meal, chopped crispy rice cereal, and herbs.
Dip the chicken in some egg, coat with topping, repeat, and bake it up.
You get THIS.
It’s so crispy and savory, you won’t even miss the fried part. I promise.
Here’s the recipe if you’d like to give it a whirl!!
Grain-Free Dairy-Free Baked Chicken Tenders
- Yield: 7 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups crispy rice cereal, pulsed in the food processor (so it’s chopped but not a flour)
- 1 cup brown rice flour
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 2 eggs
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken tenders
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and spray a large cookie sheet with olive oil or cooking spray.
- Make an egg bath for the tenders: 2 eggs with 1 tablespoon of water. Whisk. Combine all of the coating ingredients in a separate bowl (the chopped cereal, brown rice flour, oregano, garlic and paprika. Season well with salt and pepper.)
- Season the chicken tenders well with salt and pepper. One at a time, dip the tender into the egg bath and then press into the coating mixture. Do it again so it’s extra crispy (egg bath, then coating).
- Place the chicken tenders onto the cookie sheet and bake for about 25 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
Favorite fried thing? What’s your go-to chicken recipe? Mine is this one!
Hope you have a wonderful day and I’ll see ya soon with your Workout #5.
Gina
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HI! These looks awesome! Do we use 1 cup almond meal or 1 cup brown rice flour? The beginning of your post says something about almond meal so I wanted to confirm.
Thanks!
Sorry about that! I originally planned to use almond meal but ended up using brown rice flour instead
Do you think almond meal would work equally well?
Yep! It will be more dense but still good
yum! very cool and interesting to use rice crispies! i don’t USUALLY like fried chicken just due to ALL the breading and lack of chicken – but this looks legit! pinned 🙂
Thanks, girl! Please let me know if you give them a try 🙂
Trying this tonight! Thanks 🙂
Please let me know what you think!
This sounds amazing with the rice krispies! Definitely stashing this recipe away in my file!
please let me know if you give it a try 🙂
WOah, love the use of rice crispy cereal! Such a creative and unique idea!
thanks, girl!
Yum, I love chicken tenders, I will have to give this a try.
let me know if you give it a whirl!
Ooh I’m not much of a fried food person but this looks good!
I like to poach my chicken in white wine with chopped garlic, shallots, basil (dried), tomatoes, salt, and pepper. Chop up and serve over sauteed zucchini noodles with fresh basil 🙂
that sounds ridiculous! can’t wait to try it. i never poach chicken because it turns out so bland, but your recipe sounds so flavorful
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I’m pregnant and dying for fried chicken. Only thing is I’m a vegetarian. My husband (not veg) is encouraging me to not cave. Also on the weird cravings list is a beer with green olives in it.
haha that is a weird one! i was kind of similar; i hadn’t had beef for years and years until just before i got pregnant with p. i was craving it majorly, so i went to whole foods and bought a giant organic steak. the pilot grilled it up (with the happiest smile on his face haha) and it tasted amazing
This looks amazing! Will definitely be trying it this weekend! 🙂
Here in Columbus, Ohio we have a place called Hot Chicken Takeover which is Nashville style fried chicken. They are known for hiring people who need a fair chance at working (homelessness, previously incarcerated, etc). The fried chicken is all anyone talks about in this town, and every employee we’ve encountered has been amazing!
what an incredible mission. i love that!
Hi Katie, from another Columbus, Ohio reader!! 🙂
These look so good, I bet the girls LOVED them!
Looks delicious 🙂 I’m just starving at works, waiting to get home and prepare these! Thanks for the tip.
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