These crispy, golden, baked chicken tenders are tender on the inside and crunchy on the outside, and they so much healthier than fried chicken fingers! Kid - approved and a hit with all ages!
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray or brush lightly with oil.
Step 2
Before doing anything else, you need to set up stations to dip the chicken tenders into each coating. So first you’ll want to mix the all-purpose flour and salt in a shallow dish
Step 3
Then, beat the eggs in a second shallow dish and set that next to the flour. The egg acts as a glue to hold the breadcrumbs to the flour layer.
Step 4
Lastly, stir together the breadcrumbs, paprika, garlic powder and salt in a third shallow dish. Drizzle oil over the breadcrumb mixture and then mix thoroughly with a fork until all of the oil and spice coats the breadcrumbs.
Step 5
Bread the chicken tenders. Dip in flour, dip in the eggs coating it completely, then press chicken tender into the breadcrumb mixture.
Step 6
Transfer the breaded tenders to the oven and bake until the chicken is cooked through.