Plain and easy baked chicken tenders recipe?

AleksD3

I'm trying to find a basic, easy recipe for baked chicken tenders, maybe with some olive oil and seasoning and I keep finding recipes that have mayo, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, tons of butter, etc.

Does anyone have any basic recipe (with nutrition info) that is good? I just want something simple but yummy.

doubleduofa

Do you want "breaded" tenders or just plain?

Soak in buttermilk (or 1 cup of milk w/ 1 tsp vinegar) for a few hours. Dip tenders in shredded parmesan cheese or bread crumbs and bake at 400 until brown. 20-25 mins (depends on oven). I flip once during cooking. Sometimes I need to go to 425, since I have a gas oven.

If you don't want parmesan, dry them off, then toss in a mixture of olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Bake for the same amount of time.

I do the same with chicken breasts (skin on, bone in). I place on baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with kosher/himalayan salt and pepper and bake at 350 for 45 minutes. I let them cool and then take the skin off and cut them off the bone. Really good. It's basically Ina Garten's recipe for roast chicken.

AleksD3

Definitely not breaded! Thank you, those sound great!

AleksD3

Do I need the buttermilk?

melsinct

Cut into strips instead of nuggets:

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/04/healthy-baked-chicken-nuggets.html

AleksD3

Perfect! Thank you!