I love chicken strips and I have tried various homemade versions over the years. This recipe today is one of my favorites.
The potato chips give it a nice taste and crunch that I really enjoyed. Yes, I know this is not the healthiest of chicken dishes, but it is a nice treat and you really only need to eat one or two chicken strips, so you are not really eating that many potato chips.
One of the things that I really liked about this recipe was the wet mixture that you dip the chicken in. It had dijon mustard in it and it gives it a nice unique taste. I think you could easily use this in other breaded chicken recipes.
The other thing I liked about this recipe is that this is a nice gluten free coating for chicken. It is the same idea as breading, but you are not using bread or crumbs to make it.
Crispy Potato Chip Chicken
This crispy potato chip chicken is a delicious chicken recipe that is gluten free.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup dijon mustard
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 1 cup crushed potato chips
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese ( I use the stuff in the green can for this)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breast cut into strips or use chicken tenders
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with foil and place a cooling rack in pan. I did not use foil in the picture and it made it harder to clean up. Save yourself some time and use foil.
- In a shallow dish mix mustard and butter.
- In other dish mix chips, cheese, and salt.
- Dip chicken into mustard mixture and then into coating mixture
- Set coated strips onto rack and let sit or 20 minutes. This helps the coating to set and stick better.
- You cook the chicken on the rack, which helps make the chicken crunchy.
- Then bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes or until chicken is done.
- Let stand about 5 minutes before serving.
- We like these served with a honey mustard sauce and to make that I just mix together equal parts honey and mustard and serve it with the chicken.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 412Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 140mgSodium: 1258mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 1gSugar: 0gProtein: 44g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
This looks like a very yummy treat, I look forward to trying it. I had never stopped before and thought how to make honey mustard dipping sauce, despite missing it, now I no longer live in the USA. Thanks for sharing your simple recipe for this as well.
I can just imagine the wonderful crunch upon biting into this chicken. I think it would be kind of neat to experiment using different flavored potato chips too, especially the spicy ones.
This looks really good- I bet my kids would eat it right up! I think I can get my four year old to eat anything if I promise chips will be involved. Thanks for sharing, this looks like it will be a winner!
This sounds delicious and worth the extra fat!
chicken fingers are my favorite but i’ve never made a homemade version. i’ll try yours!
This looks really good and easy (though messy) and I can’t wait to give it a try. Thanks for sharing!
I think I may try this one with BBQ chips and see how it taste. This looks like a great recipe!
These look great. I’m worried about the mustard, though. I don’t like mustard and am wondering if the chicken tastes like mustard or not. Maybe I can just leave it out?
@Chris, Yes this does taste like mustard, but the mustard mixture is not only adding flavor it is giving the coating something to stick to. I would try dipping it in maybe a milk and egg mixture, then dip in the coating. That might work okay. I would love to hear if you try it without the mustard and how it turns out.
i tried it with lay’s bbq chips… unfortunately it seemed like the oils in the chips seemed to become more prominent as they baked on the chicken. i wasn’t so much worried about the calories or healthy alternative but i wasn’t entirely thrilled at the flavor it left. maybe next time i’ll try a dryer chip.
What is the butter for? I don’t see it mentioned in the recipe.
You mix the mustard and butter and then dip the chicken in it and then in the chip mixture. I hope that helps and that you enjoy it!