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Gluten Free Extra Crunchy Chicken Fingers

January 22, 2012 Michelle Day family, fun, gluten free dinner ideas, health benefits, healthy cooking, kids and a cook, kids cooking, meals, teens cooking

These will sure to delight evan those who are not Gluten Free. The addition of pretzels really makes the difference in the taste and crunch.

Ingredients:

2 cups Gluten Free cornflake cereal

1 cup Gluten Free Pretzels

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon paprika (sweet or hot which ever your family prefers)

1/2 cup Gluten Free All Purpose flour mix, of your liking

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

2 eggs lightly beaten, you may also use an egg substitute if dairy free

1 pound chicken tenders

nonstick cooking spreay

your favorite barbeque sauce and or honey mustard, to dip

Directions:

preheat oven to 350 degrees
in a food processor combine the cornflakes, pretzels, garlic powder, and paprika- transfer to a plate, set aside.
put onto a second plate, the Gluten Free flour mixture, salt, and pepper-mix with a fork, set aside.
lightly beat the eggs in a shallow bowl, set aside
salt and pepper both sides of the chicken fingers, then dredge each one in the flour mixture. Next drege each chicken finger into the egg mixture, and finally coat in the cornflake/pretzel mixture
spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray, or if you have a cookie cooling rack that fits inside your cookie sheet, use that spray it and lay each finger onto it- this will prevent a soggy bottom to your chicken fingers, but if you do not have a rack no worries, lay the fingers directly on the sprayed cookie sheet and bake.
bake for 10-15 minutes- this will vary depending on the thickness of the chicken fingers you are useing, so check after 10 minutes and keep cooking 5 minutes more until chicken is golden and tender.

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Michelle Day has been cooking and baking since she was old enough to hold a whisk. Michelle is an expert cook and her passion for cooking and entertaining has never wavered. At the age of 10 Michelle’s Family started a bakery in Simsbury CT, where Michelle got her first taste of running a food service business. In 1994 Michelle moved to New York City, where, she found her true passion in baking. In 2001 she started “The Catering Divas” Catering business. Serving the Upper East Side, she catered numerous small dinner and cocktail parties. Her passion and attention to detail won her the attention of some of New York’s Elite. Back at home in Connecticut, Michelle is a well known culinary instructor and her cake decorating skills jump-started a side business — Devine Cake Designs — where clients clamor for her inspired and beautifully artistic designs. After 15 years in the culinary industry, Michelle’s love of cooking, baking and children, has lead to her to her newest career, offering personalized family cooking classes and creating a TV show, digital broadcasts and Cook Books like no other. Kids and a Cook is all about healthy, fun, and easy meals for kids and their families. Michelle credits her parents with her success and her love of food, helping to create so many memories being in the kitchen with them as a child. Her goal is to have a show to help viewers create the same memories with their families. A show for the kids, and by the kids, with the “cook” there as guidance. Michelle’s featured co-host is an energetic, precocious 9-year-old named Elisabeth. Although a finicky eater, Elisabeth still loves to cook in the kitchen and learn about ingredients and how to mix them to make tasty dishes. Come join us — as you and Elisabeth learn easy recipes and explore culinary adventures. Michelle Day is available for lectures and cooking demonstrations. Please contact us through this website.