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One of the best ways to get kids excited about what they eat is to plant your own garden together. It doesn’t require a lot of room — a window box works beautifully — what’s most important is allowing kids to take part in every stage of the process, from planting the seeds through preparing the meal. My favorite part of having a garden is picking the produce when it is ready with my family and figuring out together what we should make with our harvest.

Summer is fast approaching, and that means basil will be growing abundantly in our garden. Most herbs are relatively easy to grow, but basil in particular grows like a weed — which is good news because I love cooking with it. Basil is a great compliment to so many foods, but the thing I like to make all summer long is pesto. It’s a great recipe to prepare and eat together as a family. It’s also extremely kid-friendly because of it’s nutritional balance — the greens, nuts and cheese provide plenty of protein and are packed with vitamin A and magnesium to boot.

You will be amazed at how versatile this pesto is. I normally make a big batch and keep it in the freezer so I have it on hand year-round to use as a spread on sandwiches, toss with pasta, put on fish or shrimp or dip chicken in it and roll in bread crumbs like these delicious Chicken Pesto Tenders!

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Chicken Pesto Tenders

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Servings: 4
Author: Catherine McCord
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Total Time 9 minutes

Ingredients  

  • 1/2 Cup bread crumbs
  • 1/4 Cup parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1/2 Tsp kosher salt
  • 1 1 1/4 Lb. Chicken Tenders, cleaned and rinsed
  • 1/4 Cup pesto

Instructions 

  • Preheat broiler.
  • Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl.
  • In another bowl, combine chicken tenders and pesto and toss to evenly coat.
  • Bread each tender with the bread crumb/parmesan mixture and place on a cooking rack with a foil-lined cookie sheet under it.
  • Broil for 2 minutes on one side, turn tenders over and broil another 2 minutes then take them out.
  • Cool and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 750mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g
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About the Author

Catherine is a mama of three. A Kentucky girl living in California. Here’s what I know: all kids can be great eaters and mealtime must be easy. I create simple, healthy recipes the whole family will love.

Comments

  1. I made these for my kids for supper tonight. They were so much easier than most of the chicken tenders I’ve made before, and they LOVED them (so did I)! I asked them what star rating they would give them out of 5, and my daughter said “25!” 🙂

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  3. Thank you for the tip! Making these right now and running into similar issues (re: chicken still raw). Will bake as you suggest.

  4. Ok, Catherine must have a really hot oven (or maybe skinnier chicken? I did buy the tenders)! I did these tonight at 3 minutes a side because I thought 2 wouldn’t be enough. My broiler was turned to high and my rack in the closest to the top spot.

    Despite looking golden brown on the outside, the chicken was pink on the inside. This left me very confused as to what to do. So I turned the oven to 350 and baked them 10 more minutes.

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  8. Is the cook time for raw chicken? I can’t imagine 4 minutes is enough??? Pls let me know…was hoping to make these tonight.

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