A super simple dinner of Oven Baked Buttermilk Crumbed Chicken Tenders, sweet potato chips and roasted broccoli, all done in the oven!
Oven Baked Buttermilk Crumbed Chicken Tenders
We are on a bit of a budget over the next few months as I have a few big costs coming up in the middle of the year. One of them is a holiday to Singapore, so can’t complain about that! Anyway, to keep my grocery costs within budget I am sticking to a weekly meal plan. I am finding one great way to keep costs down is to have a few vegetarian dinners, but also, just stick to 2 proteins per week. Rather than going to the butcher and buying fish, chicken, beef and lamb, one week just having chicken and pork and the next beef and fish. This seems to really help as you can buy in bulk which reduces the unit price and much less likely to have leftovers. So this week I focussed on chicken tenderloins making this and also my Chicken Stir Fry with Broccoli and Carrot Noodles. (which was a real winner with everyone!)
These are great thinly sliced in a wrap with lettuce and a little mayonnaise if you have any leftover.
Oven Baked Buttermilk Crumbed Chicken Tenders
- Yield: 4-6 1x
Description
Chicken tenderloins marinated in buttermilk then lightly crumbed and baked in the oven.
Ingredients
- 600g / 10 chicken tenderloins or sliced chicken breast
- 1 cup buttermilk
- Head of broccoli, cut into pieces
- 1 large sweet potato, cut into thin chips
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon rice bran oil
- oil spray
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup breadcrumbs (panko or homemade)
Instructions
Place the chicken in a glass dish, coat in the buttermilk, cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
Pre heat oven to 200°C.
Drain the chicken and shake off any excess buttermilk. Combine the flour and breadcrumbs on a plate and coat each piece of chicken to cover.
Place the butter and oil in a large rimmed baking dish and place in the oven for a few minutes. Remove and spread the melted butter an oil over base of tray.
Lay out the chicken, broccoli and sweet potato. Spray the top of the chicken pieces and bake in the oven for 12 minutes, then turn the chicken. Check the broccoli at this stage as it may be cooked to your liking. Remove the chicken after 25 minutes and leave the sweet potato a little longer if needed.
Notes
This just gives a really light crumb to the chicken.
Adding the oil with the butter stops the butter from burning.
Chicken from Macro Organics
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