This recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks - Southern Living Homestyle Cooking. I've made several of recipes from this cookbook, and they are all delicious! This recipe is no exception. This is one of our "go-to" weeknight meals. The chicken is so flavorful and crispy. The original recipe uses chicken breasts, but I like to use chicken tenders since they cook quicker. This chicken only takes minutes to put together, and the end result looks like you went to a lot of trouble. Let's just let that be out little secret!
Crunchy Pecan Chicken Tenders
slightly adapted from Southern Living Homestyle Cooking
(Printable Recipe)
1 cup Bisquick
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans (I used my food processor)
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp Creole seasoning
2 lbs chicken tenders
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350.
Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl; stir well. Dip chicken in buttermilk, dredge in pecan mixture. Place chicken in an ungreased 9x13-inch pan. Drizzle butter over chicken. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until chicken is done.
8 comments:
My little girl would be mental for these-actually, my husband would be just as enthusiastic.
These look wonderful! I think we will have them for dinner soon. I'm pinning them now!
as much as I luv pecans, I think I would really luv this.
I made this tonight and it was divine! Thank you for sharing the recipe. I do have one question though: what sides/starch do you pair it with? Mine came out pretty rich...maybe I used a bit too much pecans, and it felt like I needed something light to pair it with, like a salad, but I'm racking my brain try to figure out what non veggie sides I could serve with it. Any suggestions?
CupcakeNinja - we serve it with either some Rice-A-Roni or a packet of Knorr Sides noodles.
Dang! I followed this exactly by the recipe tonight and while the flavors were good, the breading was soft as can be and turned into mush as we cut it...I wonder what I did wrong? Do you turn yours during baking and/or turn the oven up at some point?
Chalna - try using cooking spray instead of butter. That might help get the all-over crisp. I also chop my pecans in the food processor so they get really fine. I think that helps to not overcoat them.
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