Chicken Tenders

Always helping mom!

We love us some chicken tenders don't we!  We have them like twice a month and it's super easy to make them at home rather than buy them at a fast food place or in the frozen foods section at the grocery store.  Avery and Chatham kill these every time!  (Daddy likes them too)

Ingredients:
1 lbs. Chicken tenderloins (or buy chicken breasts and cut them yourself)
1 cup milk
1 egg
About 2 cups Italian seasoned panko
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
About 1/2 cup canola oil or other oil for frying

Preparation:
Prepare 2 dishes:   1 with milk and 1 egg in it (whisk together), and 1 with the panko
Sprinkle Parmesan cheese in with your panko and mix (if using).
Dip tenderloins in milk mixture and then coat in panko.
Heat oil to medium high in a large pan and preheat oven to 400.
Add coated chicken tenders to the hot oil in batches, not over crowding.
Cook chicken about 1 minute per side just to get a crispy outside.
Move chicken to a baking pan and finish in the oven for about 10-15 minutes depending on thickness.
Remove from oven and let cool.

Serving ideas:
Awesome over a salad as shown above
Great with mac & cheese for a homey meal
Save them for prepping lunches for a week
Freeze a bunch to pull out whenever

Change up the seasonings by using plain panko and lemon pepper seasoning, italian seasoning, etc.