Five Ingredients

Did you know there are thirty-eight ingredients in a Chicken McNugget?!?  So, don't do it!  Chicken nuggets/strips/tenders are so simple to make.  I make it about twice a month.  A good chicken tender recipe should really have no more than five ingredients and that is including the chicken! 


organic chicken tenders (buy them at trader joes)
1/2 C bread crumbs
1/2 C grated parmesan cheese
flour
eggs
(salt and pepper)


1.  Rinse your chicken.  Pat the pieces dry.
2.  Make your dredging station.  Pour some flour on to a plate, add salt and pepper.  Beat two eggs in a bowl, add salt.  Make a mixture of bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.  The secret to this dish is the cheese - it gives the chicken a tasty golden crust.  
3.  Dredge the chicken into the flour, dip it in the egg and coat the piece with the bread crumb mixture.
4.  Heat a frying pan and add olive oil.  Cook three minutes on one side; two minutes on the other.

I cool my chicken pieces on a cookie rack.  It keeps them nice and crunchy.