Crunchy chicken taco fingers (baked!)

Recipe video above. Fun and delicious! Tacos stuffed with crunchy chicken fingers coated in a Mexican seasoned crumb. Wouldn't discourage skipping the tacos and just munching on the chicken sticks. :) See notes for dipping sauce suggestions!Handful of my "great golden baked crumbed things" tricks on show here - oven toast the panko first (it will never go golden in the short bake time to cook the chicken), a streamlined single extra-strong dredge batter, a touch of mayo (replicate "frying"), left-hand-right-hand crumbing technique (clean fingers!) and Taco Slaw (triple duty sauce / veg quota / perfect crunchy chicken bed).

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🥘 Ingredients

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🍳 Cookware

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📝 Preparation Steps

ABBREVIATED RECIPE:

Toss panko with seasoning, oil spray, bake ⏱️ 7 min at 200°C/400°F (180°C fan). Coat fingers in dredge then crumb, spray generously, bake ⏱️ 12 minutes on rack. Use for tacos - or munch dipped in Avocado Sauce!

large avocado (, sliced)1

Toast panko:

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F (180°C fan-forced).

Mix and spray - Mix the panko and Taco Seasoning in a bowl. Pour onto a tray, spray with oil, spread out, then spray again (from height, directly down, so the panko doesn't blow off).

Bake for ⏱️ 7 minutes, mixing once, until golden brown. Scrape into a 20cm/8" pan (or similar, ease for crumbing multiple pieces).

Crumb and bake:

Rack - Put a rack on the used tray and spray the rack with oil (Note 6).

Dredge batter - Whisk the Dredge ingredients in a bowl until lump free (it will seem too thick at first, trust, it will thin to maple syrup constancy). Add all the chicken, toss to coat.

Crumb - Pick up a piece of chicken with one hand, let the excess batter drip off. Lay it down in the crumbs. Repeat with 2 - 3 more pieces. With your clean hand, cover with breadcrumbs, press to adhere, lay on rack. Repeat with remaining chicken.

Warm tortillas - Separate tortillas into 2 stacks, wrap with foil.

Bake - Spray generously with oil. Put in the oven with the wrapped tortillas. Bake for ⏱️ 12 minutes - thin strips cook fast! (Note 7).

Serve - Serve, stuffed in tortillas with fixings of choice. My assembly order: take a warm tortilla, pile in a generous amount of Taco Slaw. Top with 2 avocado slices, crunchy chicken finger, drizzle with sriracha, sprinkle with coriander. BITE!

large avocado (, sliced)1Sriracha (, for drizzling (Note 5))

Nutrition Facts

calories

128 kcal

fat Content

4 g

serving Size

1 serving

fiber Content

1 g

sugar Content

1 g

sodium Content

362 mg

protein Content

9 g

trans Fat Content

0.01 g

cholesterol Content

31 mg

carbohydrate Content

14 g

saturated Fat Content

1 g

unsaturated Fat Content

2 g

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