Gluten-Free Chicken Strips With a Kick

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The kick is the cayenne pepper and some people think the paprika. I love spicy so the paprika just adds color for me. I sometimes will add more cayenne and/or dip my strips in buffalo sauce. Making them buffalo chicken strips.

To make this even more fun, you can have assorted dipping sauces.

• Ranch Dressing. This is my favorite dipping sauce and you can find my homemade recipe HERE
• Buffalo Sauce
• Mustard Sauce
• Ketchup
• BBQ Sauce
• Honey Mustard
• Whatever makes you happy!

“Handy” likes french fries with his. You can also do sweet potato fries, onion rings so super simple potato chips.

I chose to have some raw veggies and apple slices. Other options are apple sauce and cooked carrots. I will sometimes have a side salad.

These are just a few easy side options. You can have anything you like on the side. This is also a good meal to heat up leftover sides and serve with the chicken.

You can also put the coated tenders in a single layer on a baking sheet, spraying each side with cooking oil spray. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until crispy and 145 degrees, internal temperature.

I don’t have an air fryer but I know people rave about them. I would think that you could cook them in an air fryer basket according to the manufacturer’s directions.

Cooking Chicken Strips

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Chicken Strips are actual chicken breasts cut into strips. Also referred to as Chicken Fingers

Chicken Tenders are cut from an actual cut of meat: the pectoralis minor, a small muscle that runs directly under the chicken breast. This is also called the “inner filet.”

If we’re getting technical, a chicken finger could be made from the chicken breast or the inner filet — which means that a chicken tender can be a chicken finger, but not all chicken fingers are chicken tenders.

Lastly, we have chicken nuggets. Unlike its more pure brethren, chicken nuggets are usually made from chopped and/or processed meat that is then reformed into a chicken-nugget shape. The meat involved does not have to be breast meat

I learn something new every day!

While frying them in oil might not be the healthiest alternative, using a healthier oil in small amounts is a good alternative to the deep-fried versions you will find at restaurants.

By cooking at home you also control the amount and ingredients that you use to coat the chicken.

The chicken breast is the healthiest part of the chicken.

I hope you enjoy this easy-to-fix, healthier-than-fast-food fun meal. I know that we really enjoy these Gluten-Free Chicken Strips with a Kick.

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