Baked Buffalo Chicken Fingers
Celebrate your inner child with these Baked Buffalo Chicken Tenders. Made with almond meal, egg and hot sauce, this is a simple recipe for chicken fingers that you can serve for weeknight dinners or for a healthy kids meal.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Bake
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced into strips (or buy pre-sliced chicken tenders)
- 1 large egg
- 4 1/2 tbsp hot sauce of choice (reserve 3 tbsp for sauce)
- 2/3 cup almond meal (NOT almond flour)
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/4 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- pinch of black pepper
- 1 1/2 tbsp butter (or ghee)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Beat egg in a large bowl and combine with 1 1/2 tbsp hot sauce
- In a separate bowl combine almond meal and spices.
- Dip 1 strip into egg mixture with left hand and place into almond-spice mixture and mix to coat with right hand.
- Place onto a a parchment or silicone-lined baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining strips.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Let cool on tray for 20 minutes
- In a large shallow pan, combine butter and remained 3 tbsp of hot sauce until melted and combined.
- Using tongs or a fork, dip each chicken finger into sauce and flip to coat on both sides.
- Place back into tray to let soak in mixture for 10 minutes.
Find it online: https://www.thehealthymaven.com/baked-buffalo-chicken-fingers/