Breaded Chicken

This recipe serves two, and has a lot of wiggle room in spices and pieces of chicken used. I happened to come across really inexpensive tenders, but will probably use breasts in the future. Keep in mind that if you change the cut of meat, the cook time will change also. Tenders cook very quickly.

Ingredients:

8 chicken tenders

1 egg

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1 tbsp onion powder

1 tbsp paprika

1/2 tbsp garlic powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp ground black pepper

cooking spray

1) Prepare the bowls. Whisk the egg in a small bowl that will accommodate the chicken pieces. Mix flour and seasonings in another bowl. In a third bowl, add bread crumbs (or panko, or crushed crackers, or crushed cereal, etc.)

2) Rinse the chicken and pat dry.

3) Spray a baking pan with cooking spray.

4) Dip the chicken into egg. Let the excess drip off, then roll it in flour mixture. Spray the piece with cooking spray, then press into bread crumbs.

5) Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or so. Check for doneness.

Other ideas to try:

• Add dried parsley to the flour mixture or eggs, and grated parmesan to the crumbs
• Use a mixture of dijon mustard and mayo instead of eggs
• Use panko or crushed cereal instead of bread crumbs