Gluten Free Cajun Buffalo Chicken Tenders Food

BAKED BUFFALO-STYLE CHICKEN TENDERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Combine first 6 ingredients in a shallow dish, stirring with a whisk.
• Place egg whites in a shallow dish.
• Place Panko in a shallow dish.
• Working with 1 chicken strip at a time, dredge in flour mixture. Dip in egg whites; dredge in panko. Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Repeat procedure with remaining chicken strips, flour mixture, egg whites, and panko.
• Lightly coat chicken strips with cooking spray. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until done, turning once.
• Combine hot sauce and Worcestershire in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in butter. Drizzle hot sauce mixture over chicken.
• Serve with Blue Cheese.

GLUTEN-FREE ITALIAN CHICKEN TENDERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place butter in a 9"x13" baking dish into oven to melt.
• Combine rice flour and Italian seasoning blend and stir well.
• Remove baking pan from oven and tip back and forth to coat bottom of pan with butter.
• Rinse chicken breast strips and while they are still damp dredge them in the seasoned flour. Make sure strips are well coated.
• Arrange chicken strips in pan and place in oven.
• Bake 45 minutes.

BUFFALO CHICKEN TENDERS

Steps:

• Combine hot sauce, paprika and red pepper; brush on chicken. Place chicken in baking dish. Cover; marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 15 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.
• Meanwhile, combine sour cream and cheese; chill.
• To serve, place tenders on plate. Surround with celery sticks and place the bowl of dip in the middle.

BUFFALO CHICKEN TENDERS

Steps:

• Preheat deep fryer to 360 degrees.
• Combine chicken tenders and hot sauce in plastic bag. Store in refrigerator for 30 minutes to an hour.
• Combine flour, Cajun seasoning, and salt on one plate. Put buttermilk on second plate.
• Place chicken tenders in flour and dredge to coat. Transfer to buttermilk, dredge, then return to flour and dredge once more. You should have a nice, thick crust.
• Place breaded tenders on a wire rack for 5 minutes, to set the crust. If you skip this step, the crust may fall off during frying.
• After crust has set, dredge once more in flour and drop into oil. You can skip the final dredge, but I find it makes for a crispier result.
• Fry for 4-6 minutes until golden, brown, and delicious.

GLUTEN-FREE CAJUN BUFFALO CHICKEN TENDERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place butter in a 9" x 13" baking dish and place in oven while preheating to melt.
• Pour hot pepper sauce in in a small bowl.
• Combine rice flour and Cajun seasoning in a medium sized bowl; make sure it is all blended well.
• Remove baking dish from oven and tip from side to side so that butter coats entire bottom of pan.
• Rinse chicken breast strips and dip them in the hot pepper sauce.
• Dredge breast strips in the seasoned rice flour, making sure they are well coated.
• Arrange chicken pieces in pan and bake 45 minutes.