How To Make Hemp-Crusted Baked Chicken Tenders
Sink your teeth into these crunchy baked chicken tenders! They’re crusted with crispy hemp seeds and tasteful seasonings for a hearty meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½cuphemp seeds
- ½cupground almonds,or almond meal
- 1tspgarlic powder
- ½tspsmoked paprika,or any paprika
- ½tspsalt
- ¼tspblack pepper
- cayenne pepper,a pinch
- 1½lbschicken breasts,boneless, skinless, sliced into ¼-inch thick strips
- 2large eggs,whisked
- cooking spray,or olive oil mist
Instructions
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Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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In a medium bowl, whisk together the hemp seeds, ground almonds, garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper and cayenne until evenly combined.
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Set up the dipping stations in the following order: chicken strips, whisked eggs, hemp breading, then parchment-lined baking sheet.
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Dip each chicken strip in the eggs until they are completely covered, then give them a little shake to let any extra egg drip off.
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Add the chicken strip to the hemp mixture, then gently toss until the chicken strip is completely covered.
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Remove, then transfer the chicken strip to the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining chicken.
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Give the chicken strips a good shot of cooking spray.
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Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes, turning once halfway through, until the chicken is cooked and no longer pink inside and the breading is golden.
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Serve warm with desired dipping sauce, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 596.74kcal
- Fat: 37.30g
- Saturated Fat: 6.92g
- Trans Fat: 0.19g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 14.52g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 16.88g
- Carbohydrates: 12.53g
- Fiber: 9.98g
- Sugar: 0.96g
- Protein: 48.75g
- Cholesterol: 201.86mg
- Sodium: 439.68mg
- Calcium: 110.41mg
- Potassium: 771.73mg
- Iron: 6.46mg
- Vitamin A: 87.95µg
- Vitamin C: 0.31mg
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