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Lucy Mercer

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Birthday: December 31

Bio: I cook, I write, I carpool. You may also find my words at A Cook and Her Books. Email acookandherbooks@gmail.com. Thanks for visiting!

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APRIL 13, 2010 11:21AM

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I learn so much from hanging out at Open Salon. A few weeks ago, I asked for help with chicken and Nick Carraway suggested homemade chicken tenders. I took this idea and ran with it and I'm proud to say that I have a new dinner in the rotation.

So, Nick Carraway, wherever you are (East Egg? West Egg?), thanks for making me a mealtime hero. Now, get back to work on that novel.

chicken tenders

Panko-Crusted Buttermilk Chicken Tenders with

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

For a side dish, roasted potatoes are a natural that can cook alongside the tenders, or a green salad, or even carrot sticks with Ranch dressing.

Buttermilk Chicken Tenders

serves four (two adults, two youngsters, with leftovers)

2 (1 lb.+) packages chicken tenders

2 cups buttermilk

4 ounces panko crumbs

Salt and pepper to taste

Vegetable oil spray

1. Preheat oven to 375. Line a baking sheet with foil and coat with vegetable spray.

2. Wash and dry chicken tenders. Pour buttermilk into a pie pan or other shallow dish, and panko crumbs into a separate shallow dish. Season the crumbs with salt and pepper. Coat the chicken tenders in buttermilk and then panko crumbs. Place on baking sheet. Spritz each tender with a light coating of vegetable oil spray.

3. Bake in oven for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through. Test with a knife for doneness - no pink should show when you cut into it.

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

1/2 cup mayonnaise

2 tablespoons Dijon mustard

2 tablespoons honey, or to taste

juice of one half of a lemon

1. Mix all ingredients together. Serve with chicken tenders.

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Lucy, the chicken tenders sound like a great idea; but I'm literally drooling over the potatoes!!! They look so crisp and wonderful, what's the secret?!

RavingBits

April 13, 2010 06:07 PM

RB: the roasted potatoes are super-simple: Preheat oven to 375. Line a baking sheet with foil. Grab 2 or 3 Russet potatoes, peel and slice them about 1/4 inch thick. You can slice them lengthwise, which makes pretty planks, or crosswise, which yields rounds. Place on baking sheet and pour a couple glugs of olive oil over all, season with salt and pepper and mix with your hands, until all potatoes are thoroughly coated. Arrange potatoes in orderly rows, then place in oven for about a half hour. Check often, and flip halfway through. I use convection, so time and temp are a little different. This is one of those intuitive recipes that you can just put in the oven while you're busy with the main dish or setting the table, or like me, emptying the dishwasher and putting another load of laundry in the washing machine. Thanks for reading!