The Superbowl is only two days away. How exciting is that!
I am going to reveal a little disclosure here: I really couldn’t care less about football and don’t even know which teams are IN the Superbowl this year. I know, shocking right!! With all the hype over football you would swear that the national passtime is no longer baseball.
Even though I don’t care about football, I still watch the Superbowl. But I mostly care about the food. And I sometimes like the commercials too though honestly I feel like they haven’t been as good in the past couple of years. Does anyone else agree?
This year I am baking up these amazing Maple Chicken Tenders. They are coated in a pretzel crust and are baked in the oven. I swear that they really couldn’t be easier to make. They turn out crispy and full of flavor.
In fact, they are so yummy and easy to make that you honestly better make a double batch because your guests are going to gobble them up before kick-off!
Have fun watching the Superbowl on Sunday! And no matter who wins, you are going to have an incredibly tasty time when you make these Maple Chicken Tenders. Don’t forget; Make a double batch. You’ll need it!! 🙂
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds of chicken tenders
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup of finely crushed pretzel crumbs
- 1 cup of bred crumbs
- 1/2 c. maple syrup ( use REAL maple syrup)
- 1 egg
- 1/2 c. vegetable oil, divided
- dipping sauce (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees.
- Season the tenders with salt and pepper.
- Mix the crushed pretzels and bread crumbs together in a medium bowl or large freezer bag and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix the egg and maple syrup together.
- Line a large rimmed baking sheet with foil and pour half of the oil on the bottom of the sheet.
- Dip each tender in the maple syrup mixture and then coat the tenders in the pretzel/bread crumbs.
- Place each tender on the rimmed sheet. Repeat the procedure for each of the tenders. Drizzle the top of the tenders with the remaining oil.
- Bake at 475 for ten minutes, flip the tenders and bake another ten minutes. Remove from the oven and serve promptly with your favorite dipping sauce. I used honey mustard.
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What a great idea to use pretzels, I can just imagine the flavor and crunchiness! <3
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Thank you Kristi! I love crunchy chicken fingers!!
I will happily join you to eat these tenders and talk about anything other than football! hahaha! These look fabulous!
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Ha, ha Annie!! You sound like my kind of gal!! 🙂
You know that I absolutely love maple right? How in the WORLD have I not had it on chicken yet? LOVE this!
Thank you Trish. It really does go quite well with chicken. A real treat!! 🙂
I don’t follow sports either, but I love game day food! I think this would be good with tofu too.
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Oh man, these chicken tenders look SO crispy and golden for being oven-baked and I LOVE it! I would end up eating waaay too many of these, I just know it. They look perfect, Renee!
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Homemade chicken tenders are the best! I love that you used pretzels and maple syrup.
I can imagine dipping these tenders into mayonnaise while watching my favorite tv episodes 🙂
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