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Coconut Breaded Chicken Fingers

Coconut Breaded Chicken Fingers

Here’s a grown-up recipe for a kid’s favorite- chicken fingers.   Give your chicken tenders a whole new twist simply by adding coconut to your breadcrumbs.  You won’t believe how it elevates the taste.  Tip: coconut makes the chicken taste much sweeter so I like to play it down by serving it with a spicy dipping sauce like my Sriracha mayo.

Ingredients:

1 lb of boneless, skinless chicken tenders

2 cups of flour

3 eggs, beaten

2 cups of Panko breadcrumbs

1/2 cup of shredded coconut

5 Tbsp of oil

Dipping Sauce

Directions:

Prepare your breading station with individual bowls of flour, beaten eggs and a mixture of the breadcrumbs and coconut.

Dip each chicken tender into the flour first, then egg, then breadcrumb mixture.  Transfer to a hot skillet with oil and cook 5-8 minutes on each side over medium heat.

Once brown, remove from pan and place on a wire rack.  Sprinkle with sea salt and serve with a dipping sauce.

 

 

Chimichurri Chicken Kebabs

Chimichurri Chicken Kebabs

Kebabs don’t have to be boring. Have fun with them and take a twist with some unique ingredients. Try adding cheese (who puts cheese on the grill?) Make a special dipping sauce, like this Chimichurri. (Tip use a cheese such as queso fresco or halumi. These cheeses can hold up to the heat of a hot grill.)

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts, cubed

1 yellow onion, quartered and slices divided

4 poblano peppers, cut into slices

6 oz of queso blanco, diced

1 bunch of cilantro

1 bunch of parsley

1 bunch of green onion

1 lime

2 Tbsp of kosher salt

1/2 cup of vegetable oil

Chimichurri Sauce:

Roughly cut the leaves of both the cilantro and parsley.  Chop the green onion.  Add all ingredients to a food processor. Squeeze in the juice of one lime and season with salt.  Turn on food processor and gradually pour in oil.  When the sauce becomes creamy, pour into two separate bowls.  (One for basting the kebabs and one for dipping.)

Kebabs:

On a soaked wooden skewer, alternate a chicken, onion, pepper, and cheese.  Baste with Chimichurri Sauce.  Cook over a hot grill until chicken is done.

Serve with more Chimichurri Sauce for dipping.