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Breaded Chicken Tenders

Breaded Chicken Tenders with Lemon and Broccolini

This recipe for breaded chicken tenders with lemon is the grown-up version of chicken nuggets. We think you'll like them even better than the fried and frozen variety.

Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword breaded chicken tenders
Prep Time 22 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 47 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 415 kcal
Author Kirsten Morningstar

Ingredients

  • Parchment paper
  • ¼ cup whole wheat flour
  • ½ cup whole-grain Panko bread crumbs
  • 8 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese divided use
  • 1 tsp. dried parsley
  • ½ tsp. garlic powder
  • 1 dash sea salt or Himalayan salt
  • ½ tsp. ground black pepper
  • ½ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. finely grated lemon peel (lemon zest)
  • 4 cloves finely chopped garlic
  • ¼ cup butter (preferably grass-fed), melted
  • 1 lb. raw chicken breast tenders
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon pepper seasoning salt-free
  • 12 oz. broccolini
  • 1 medium lemon sliced (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400º F.
  2. Line large sheet pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
  3. Place flour on a medium plate. Set aside.
  4. Combine bread crumbs, 6 Tbsp. cheese, dried parsley, garlic powder, salt, and pepper powder in a small bowl; mix well. Transfer to a plate. Set aside.
  5. Combine lemon juice, lemon peel, garlic, and butter in a medium bowl; mix well. Put aside ¼ cup of lemon juice mixture.
  6. Dip each chicken tender in flour, completely coating, then lemon juice mixture, then bread crumbs; coating each evenly on all sides. Place chicken on prepared baking sheet. (Discard any lemon juice mixture that has been used with raw chicken.)
  7. Sprinkle with lemon pepper.
  8. Bake for 10 minutes, turn chicken tenders.
  9. Place broccolini on the side of the pan. Drizzle broccolini with 2 Tbsp. reserved lemon juice mixture and sprinkle with remaining 2 Tbsp. cheese. Top chicken with lemon slices if desired. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink in the middle, and broccolini is tender-crisp.
  10. Drizzle chicken with remaining 2 Tbsp. lemon juice mixture right before serving.

Recipe Notes

You can substitute broccoli for broccolini.

Make sure you sprinkle chicken with lemon juice mixture right before serving, or lemon juice will make the chicken soggy.

The Nutrition Facts box below provides estimated nutritional information for this recipe.