I am currently reading a book about living gluten-free and although we haven’t adopted the lifestyle fully yet, I have been trying to create recipes that are gluten-free for dinner time. Eventually we will work our way up to the rest of the meals.
The other day I knew I wanted to make some sort of chicken tenders type meal with “breading” that was clean and gluten-free.
I am proud to say I made this up 100% from scratch and it really did turn out great. There was none left and the kids were asking for more.
- ½-3/4 lb chicken tenders (for more coating per tender, use the smaller amount – increase ingredients as necessary for larger servings)
- 1 tbsp coconut oil (olive oil will work too)
- 1 egg (optional but helps the coating stick)
- ⅓ cup crushed pecans (almonds or walnuts are an option too)
- ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese (or grated)
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp dried parsley
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp salt
- Mix dry ingredients together until combined and place in a pie pan or other shallow dish.
- Whisk egg in a medium bowl.
- Pour oil in and heat skillet until hot.
- Lower heat to medium.
- Take each tender and dip it in the egg bowl, then dredge it in the dry mixture and place in skillet.
- Cook for about 2 minutes on each side until the outer layer of the chicken is no longer pink.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove tenders from skillet and place in an oven safe casserole dish.
- Pour any remaining oil and loose dry ingredients from skillet over chicken.
- Bake covered for 20 minutes or until cooked through.
The serving size and ingredients in the recipe are based upon the .69 lb pack of chicken I had and it fed myself and the 2 kids, but again, they were asking for more. I think the breading was perfect for the amount of chicken, but if your prefer more “breading” base the ingredients on 1/2 lb, if you prefer less, base them on 3/4 lb.
The chicken had so much flavor and wasn’t greasy. It stayed moist and we all really enjoyed it.
Just wondering if you could bake these? ;p
Sounds delicious! I like to use almonds but never tried the pecans with chicken tenders
Chicken tenders yummy! I’m not a big corn fan thou. With that said i probably would add carrots instead maybe peas. Great post thou! Keep them coming.
Hubby is trying gluten-free for some digestive problems so I’ll be making these for sure!
wow, this sounds so good! I am not gluten free but I do love nuts, I must try this sometime!
Oh yummy! I try to eat gluten free whenever possible and this is perfect!
I love this, definitely will make it the next time we have chicken. I did a review a while back of Eat Raw, Eat Well Cookbook that has 400 raw, vegan and gluten-free recipes, it’s a great cookbook if you want to incorporate more delicious gluten-free recipes in your everyday cooking :)
I’ve actually found the gluten free alternatives for breading chicken actually taste better… and pecans …oh yeah!
ooo, that looks so good. Thank you for the gluten free recipe.
Yum!