If you’ve recently gone gluten free, you’ve likely traveled down the sad road of pre-packaged gluten free items because you just weren’t sure how to handle this new lifestyle. I get it. I’ve been there. What the in-store items lack in wheat, they make up for in excess salt and crumbly texture most of the time. Not a fan.

This goes for frozen items like gluten free chicken fingers too! I have not once been impressed by a pre-packaged gluten free chicken finger. So, I set out to create my own recipe…and it’s one of the first gluten free recipes that I made up and perfected on my own! I’m so excited to share this with you!

Whether you’re gluten free or not, give these little guys a shot! They crisp perfectly in the oven, have few ingredients, and come together quickly. I don’t have an airfryer but I bet they’d be DIVINE in an airfryer.

John and I have been loving this recipe for years but our littlest toddler taste tester approves too!!

Ingredients

• 1.5-2 pounds of chicken breast tenders
• 1 egg
• 1/2 box of Mary’s Gone Crackers (6.5 ounce box)
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp ground paprika
• 1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• Sprinkle of pepper
• Avocado oil spray

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit.
2. In a blender or food processor, pulse Mary’s Gone Crackers until they’re ground into a flourlike consistency.
3. Pour cracker flour into a shallow dish for coating tenders with onion powder, garlic powder, ground paprika, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine.
4. In a shallow dish for dredging, whisk egg until it is an even yellow consistency.
5. Using a paper towel, dry each chicken tender – this will help you coat each tender evenly and allow coating to stick better.
6. I like to set up a dredging station of shallow pyrex dishes like this. I set up a small assembly line on my counter in this order from left to right: raw chicken tenders, egg wash, flour coating, a sheet pan sprayed with avocado oil.
7. Dip each chicken tender individually in egg wash, then in the Mary’s Gone Cracker flour coating, put each on the prepared sheet pan.
8. Continue the process until all tenders are dipped.
9. Spray the sheet full of prepared tenders with avocado oil on top – this helps your chicken tenders get the nice crisp factor!
10. Bake tenders for 30-35 minutes (be sure to temp the chicken up to 165 to ensure that it is done, as ovens may vary.)
11. Remove from oven and serve with your favorite dipping sauce!

These gluten free chicken tenders are an amazing addition to your normal dinner rotation! I hope you’ll give them a try and let me know how you like it!! Share your recreations on instagram and tag me @bethannsbites – I LOVE seeing people try my recipes!!