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Pretzel Coated Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

January 29, 2012 by Alea Milham 4 Comments

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Honey Mustard Chicken Tenders with Pretzel Coating with gluten-free options

This is a fast and easy recipe to make in bulk for either a party or to freeze and use as a base for a simple dinner on busy nights. If I use this recipe for dinners, it makes enough for 3 meals for my family of 5.

The flavor of the honey mustard marinade comes through the pretzel crust, so they can be served without a dip, but I’ve included my simple honey mustard dipping sauce below the chicken tenders recipe. Even though I cheat and use pretzels, it is still pretty healthy since these chicken tenders are baked instead of fried.

Time Saving Tips:

I buy chicken in bulk when it is on sale and freeze it. When I make chicken tenders I partially thaw the chicken and then use kitchen scissors to cut the chicken into strips.  Cutting strips with scissors speeds up the process.

You can add the marinade to the chicken strips the night before and let it marinate overnight in the fridge. You can also crush the pretzels the night before, so everything is prepped on ahead on a busy night. Then all you have to do is dredge the tenders through the crushed pretzels and bake.

If you freeze the tenders you can reheat 4 -6 tenders in the microwave for a minute. For a crisper crust, reheat the frozen tenders in the oven for 10 – 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Pretzel Coating for Honey Mustard Chicken Tenders

I place a few tenders in the pretzel crumbs and then spoon crumbs over the top to ensure they are completely coated.

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Pretzel Coated Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

Course Appetizer
Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
Total Time 25 minutes minutes
Servings 12
Author Alea

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. bl/sl chicken breasts
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard I use gf mustard
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice
  • 8 oz. pretzels I used Glutino Gluten Free Pretzels

Instructions

  • Cut chicken breasts into strips.
  • Mix honey, mustard, and orange juice together. cover chicken tenders with marinade and marinate in the refridgerator for at least 30 minutes.
  • Crush pretzels in a food processor or blender. I crush 1 -2 cups at a time.
  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease cookie sheets.
  • Place crushed pretzels in a large dish with a low lip. Place several tenders in the pretzels. Coat with pretzels and place on cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.

 

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

Ingredients:
1/4 cup honey
3 tablespoons mustard

Directions:

In a small bowl, mix honey with Dijon mustard.

The Honey Mustard Sauce can be doubled or tripled if serving all of the tenders at one time.

Pretzel Crusted Honey Mustard Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

What are your favorite homemade “fast foods”?

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. Wende says

    February 15, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    These look so yummy and I can’t wait to try them. I shared your post on my blog this week.

    http://therickettchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/02/56-must-try-tuesday-february-14-2012.html

    Thanks for sharing!

    Wende
    The Rickett Chronicles

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  2. April @ The 21st Century Housewife says

    January 31, 2012 at 7:53 am

    This is such a great idea! Pretzels would give such a great flavour and texture too. I like that you can make them tenders ahead and freeze them too. Thank you for sharing this post with the Hearth and Soul hop!

    Reply
  3. mjskit says

    January 30, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    What a great chicken tenders recipe! I love the dip in the crushed pretzels and then the dipping sauce is my favorite!

    Reply
  4. Kitchen Belleicious says

    January 30, 2012 at 8:46 am

    what a great idea to use pretzels as the crust!

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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