Coconut-Crusted Chicken Tenders
Amy Erickson
Updated Jan 23, 2014
Bake chicken tenders for a quick, kid-friendly dinner. Serve with a sweet sauce for dipping!
Coconut-Crusted Chicken Tenders
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 40 min
- Ingredients 8
- Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1 cup Progresso™ panko crispy bread crumbs
- 1 bag (14 oz) shredded coconut
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 lb uncooked chicken breast tenders (not breaded)
- 1 cup orange marmalade
- Dash ground red pepper (cayenne) or to taste
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Place flour in shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, beat egg with splash of water. In third shallow bowl, mix bread crumbs and coconut.
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Step2Sprinkle salt and pepper over chicken tenders. Coat each chicken tender with flour, then dip into egg mixture and coat well with bread crumbs-coconut mixture. Place in single layer in ungreased shallow baking pan.
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Step3Bake 20 to 25 minutes, turning once halfway through cooking, until chicken is no longer pink in center. (If chicken is getting too dark, cover loosely with sheet of foil.) Cool chicken slightly before serving.
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Step4Meanwhile, mix marmalade and ground red pepper in small bowl.
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Step5Serve chicken with marmalade mixture for dipping.
Nutrition
700
Calories
28g
Total Fat
23g
Protein
90g
Total Carbohydrate
55g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 700
- Calories from Fat
- 250
- Total Fat
- 28g
- 43%
- Saturated Fat
- 22g
- 109%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 80mg
- 26%
- Sodium
- 280mg
- 12%
- Potassium
- 420mg
- 12%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 90g
- 30%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 16%
- Sugars
- 55g
- Protein
- 23g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 5 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 3 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 5 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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