Chicken on a Stick
Chicken on a Stick are the most fun, kid friendly food ever! These are breaded in cornflakes for extra crispiness and oh so delicious.
Ingredients
- 2 cups cornflakes, whole wheat flakes or other flakey cereal
- 2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
- 1 pound chicken tenders, remove white stringy tendon
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 package popsicle sticks
- cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Place the cereal and 1 teaspoon salt in a zip lock bag and crush with a rolling pin OR place in a food processor until the size of breadcrumbs.
- Pour the buttermilk in one bowl and the cereal in another.
- Take the popsicle sticks and skewer the chicken tenders on to the sticks leaving a 1 inch handle. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon salt over chicken tenders.
- Roll the chicken tenders in the buttermilk and then in the cereal, coating the chicken completely. Press down lightly to adhere the cornflakes to the chicken.
- Line a sheet tray with foil or parchment paper and spray it with oil.
- Place the chicken tender sticks on the sheet tray and lightly spray them with oil. Cover stick handles with foil so they do not burn.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes or until cooked through.
- *After step 5 place chicken tenders on a sheet tray and freeze for 30 minutes. Transfer to a ziploc bag, label and freeze up to 4 months. When ready, follow steps 6-9 adding an additional 3-5 min cooking time (do not defrost).
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Nutrition
Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 106mg | Sodium: 1946mg | Potassium: 699mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 511IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 101mg | Iron: 6mg
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