FIVE-SPICE CHICKEN TENDERS WITH A KICKIN BBQ SAUCE
This is a tasty way to put together some great-tasting chicken tenders. And since they're baked, you're saving all those nasty calories. Although if you want to deep-fry them... have at it. The BBQ sauce makes for an excellent compliment to the tenders, but if you have your own favorite sauce... then go for it. Well, you...
Provided by Andy Anderson !
Categories Poultry Appetizers
Time 3h15m
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- 1. Optional: Brine the chicken breasts for about three hours.
- 2. MAKING THE BBQ SAUCE
- 3. Chef's Note: When I talk about using ketchup in this recipe, I would really hope you choose a homemade variety. Otherwise you are making a condiment out of a condiment. Besides, store-bought ketchup has things in it, other than ketchup. Go homemade... if you can. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/other-sauce-spread/versatile-homemade-ketchup.html?r=1
- 4. Chef's Note: If you are not making the BBQ sauce, then skip down to step 11.
- 5. Gather all your ingredients
- 6. Rough chop the onion.
- 7. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan, add the onions, and cook over medium heat until softened, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- 8. Add the ketchup, vinegar, Worcestershire, and sugar, to the onions, and allow the mixture to simmer, covered, over low heat for about 30 minutes.
- 9. Remove from saucepan and place into a food processor fitted with an S-blade, or a blender.
- 10. Blend until smooth, return to saucepan, and keep warm.
- 11. MAKING THE CHICKEN TENDERS
- 12. Slice the chicken breasts into 1-inch planks.
- 13. Chef's Note: After slicing, if some of the planks are too long... cut them in half.
- 14. Coat the chicken planks with the flour, and allow them to rest for 5 minutes.
- 15. While the chicken is resting, beat the eggs and place them in a shallow pan.
- 16. Combine the breadcrumbs, sesame seeds, five-spice powder, salt, cumin, pepper, and parsley and place in a shallow pan.
- 17. Dreg one of the floured chicken planks in the egg mixture.
- 18. Place in the breadcrumbs and thoroughly coat.
- 19. Place on a wire rack, or parchment-lined baking sheet, and repeat until all the planks (tenders) are ready, and allow to rest while the oven is preheating.
- 20. Place a rack in the middle position, and preheat the oven to 450f (230c).
- 21. Place the tenders into the oven, and bake for about 15 minutes, or until they begin to turn golden brown.
- 22. Slice and serve up with the BBQ sauce, or your own favorite sauce. Enjoy.
- 23. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
KICKIN' BBQ CHICKEN QUESADILLA
Most people use 6-inch tortillas for tacos, but we apply healthy new math and use them for quesadillas. Upsizing to an 8-inch tortilla nearly doubles the surface area, meaning twice as much cheesy filling. Suddenly, your sensible meal becomes an 800-calorie heavyweight. Start with a 6-incher, and pile on the lean meats, veggies, and cheese. Crisp in a hot skillet with cooking spray instead of butter to save 7g sat fat.
Provided by @MakeItYours
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Place first 6 ingredients on 1 tortilla; top with second tortilla. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add quesadilla to pan; cook 1 minute on each side or until golden.
KICKIN BBQ CHICKEN
great for a beautiful day to be outdoors and enjoying the grill
Provided by Dustin Selzer @bigdust
Categories Chicken
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Wash chicken well pat dry. Season with salt and pepper.
- Combine the rest of the ingredients in a bowl and set aside
- Heat grill to around 350
- once grill is hot add chicken and slightly brown on each side.
- once chicken is brown on each side start basting chicken with sauce. keep turning and basting chicken until chicken is done. Enjoy
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