Easy ‘n’ Healthy Chicken Fingers

Apparently I am on a three-ingredient kick.

First, it was my three ingredient pumpkin cheesecake mousse yesterday and now it’s three ingredient chicken fingers!

What can I say? I like things simple!

To begin, grab some raw chicken tenders.

You can usually find these alongside the chicken breast meat… and it’s typically cheaper! Win!

Then, grab two bowls. Crack a couple of eggs in one of the bowl and whisk away until you have bowl of yellowy egg goop (that’s what it’s called in the cooking world ;) ).

Fill the other bowl about a quarter of the way full with Italian breadcrumbs.

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First dredge each chicken finger in the egg mixture before immediately rolling it in the Italian breadcrumbs. Completely coat the chicken tenders in the breadcrumbs before placing on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray.

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Serve the chicken fingers with your favorite dipping sauce (ketchup, BBQ sauce, honey mustard, etc.).

pumpkin cheesecake mousse 066 pumpkin cheesecake mousse 069These chicken fingers are perfect for picky children… or picky boyfriends and husbands. ;)

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pumpkin cheesecake mousse 076 Ryan, Sadie and I split these chicken tenders between the three of us. We all give them two enthusiastic thumbs up. Well, Sadie doesn’t, but that’s only because she doesn’t have thumbs. ;)

Comments

  1. Liz @ Blog is the New Black says:

    Haha “goop”! Looks delish!

      

  2. Katie says:

    Those look delicious!! :) I love easy ingredient meals!

      

  3. You gotta try this with panko! I just made my own whole wheat panko and it makes the fingers so much crispier.

      

  4. Tracy says:

    do you have cooling racks for baked goods? put them on top of a cookie sheet and bake your chicken tenders on those. that way the bottoms get crispy too.

      

  5. Mmmm. I love healthy chicken tenders – I think they taste better than the fried-Mc. Donalds type! ;-)

      

  6. Alicia says:

    Ahaha doesn’t have thumbs. They look great!

      

  7. Imwaytoobusy says:

    Those sound delicious! Three ingredients sounds like the perfect amount to me :)

      

  8. These look so good — and I love when I see simple recipes like this that have never occured to me :) Maybe I’ll add these to the list for this weekend!

      

  9. I love chicken fingers, especially when they are healthified! What a fun simple recipe!!!

      

  10. These look great! :)

      

  11. I’m all about the 3-4-or-5 ingredient meals. Simplicity + I are good friends!

      

  12. Anna Walker says:

    Seriously exactly what I was going to make for dinner! :) Wow! Way to read my mind!

      

  13. Maria says:

    I love making chicken tenders this way! YUM!

      

  14. mmm chicken fingers are my fave!! sometimes instead of breadcrumbs, i dip them in a bowl of parmesan cheese with dried basil or oregano. It is SOOO good and smells delish while they’re baking :)

      

  15. carlee says:

    Those look so awesome! I loveee chicken fingers!

      

  16. These look delicious. I am sure that these will be a hit with my uber picky husband! Thank-you

      

  17. Kristi says:

    Three ingredient recipes are the best!

      

  18. These look so much better than KFC!

      

  19. Jessica says:

    Ahhh…omgosh Julie I made your pumpkin spice cookies last night and I 100% cannot stop eating them. They are so great and seriously super easy peasy to make. Thank you for the recipe! (my co-workers thank you also lol)

      

  20. Hope says:

    Mmm..I love making chicken fingers! They are so simple and always come out tasting great.

      

  21. Laurel says:

    We make gluten free chicken strips just like these, and my kiddos eat them up! Yum!

      

  22. Bonnie says:

    I do the same and love them – but add a good deal of parmesan to the Italian bread crumb mixture. It’s the base for our chicken parmesan dinner.

    Hope everything came together for your new honeymoon plans!

      

  23. Laura says:

    You can also do this with corn flakes that you’ve crushed in a food processor. I coat my chicken tenders in dijon mustard instead of egg. It’s really good!

      

  24. Melissa says:

    I’ve done this before for chicken parm. So yummy and a lot less fat than the fried stuff!

      

  25. I do this a lot only I use milk to dredge instead of egg. The chicken turns out so tender! Like Bonnie, I use it in chicken parmesan.

      

  26. I
    can’t
    wait
    to
    make
    these.

    That is all :D

      

  27. Kelli says:

    I will be making these for the kids tonight!:)

      

  28. I hope that’s ketchup and not BBQ sauce :wink:

      

  29. kimiko says:

    looks easy enough…chicken fingers for dinner it is!!

      

  30. Yummy! I love chicken tenders. I like them better than breast.

      

  31. Shannon says:

    just wondering what colour nail polish you are wearing??

      

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