Gluten Free Chicken Tenders

These paleo chicken tenders are perfectly crispy, healthy one of my favorite meals. The paleo baked chicken tenders are served with an easy to make homemade honey mustard sauce. The gluten free chicken tenders are encrusted with ground almonds, coconut, oats and the perfect blend of herbs then baked for a nutritious meal of homemade chicken tenders.

500 grams free range chicken breast 
1/2 cup almond milk
1/2 cup ground almonds
1/4 cup ground shredded coconut
1/4 cup ground oats
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp sea salt 
1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper

Procedure

*slice chicken breast into strips

*Place almond milk in a side bowl to use for dipping the chicken into 

*Use a clean coffee grinder or food processor to freshly grind the oats, almonds and shredded coconut then combine with the herbs mixing altogether in another bowl

*Line a baking tray with baking paper and preheat the oven to 200 degrees celcius 

*One at a time dip each chicken strip into the almond milk then roll it in the crust mixture and coat well. Set on the baking tray

*When the homemade chicken tenders are all ready to go place in the oven for 15 mins then pull out and flip each chicken tender and place back in the oven for another 10 mins to make sure each side get crusty. While the paleo chicken tenders are cooking prepare the homemade honey mustard sauce

2 tbsp regular mustard
2 tbsp dijon mustard
2 tbsp honey
3 tbsp full fat greek yogurt
1/2 tsp horseradish

Nutrition Tip ~ Commercial chicken tenders or chicken strips from restaurants are fried in cheap refined vegetable oils that have oxidized and are the unhealthy fats in which you do not want to consume. But by making these paleo baked chicken tenders from whole foods that are baked instead of fried you can enjoy both a delicious and nutritious satisfying meal that the whole family is bound to love.