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Baked Graham Cracker Chicken Tenders

This recipe for baked graham cracker chicken tenders is perfect for a kids’ dinner or an adult snack! Easy and delicious!

This recipe for baked graham cracker chicken tenders is perfect for a kids' dinner or an adult snack!

The first time I had a chicken tender was probably at a fast-food restaurant with golden arches (you know which one I’m talking about.) I probably loved it too.  That was a very long time ago.

And a lot has changed since then. The restaurant I mentioned above recently began a campaign talking about where their food comes from and how its made.

All it did for me was make me want to keep cooking at home.  Don’t get me wrong, I love going out to eat.  And not just fancy restaurants – I’m a big fan of the local diners too. But its going to take some kind of crazy for me to get those chicken tenders, even after watching all of their videos.  (Though I may grab a cheeseburger now and again…)

This recipe for baked graham cracker chicken tenders is perfect for a kids' dinner or an adult snack!

Baked Graham Cracker Chicken Tenders

After making my s’mores brownies, I still had a bunch of leftover graham cracker crumbs.  I also had some chicken.  Baked graham cracker chicken tenders happened, and they were delicious.

They were also pretty easy to make. I combined all of the dry ingredients in a plastic bag, sealed it and then shook it (like a polaroid picture.)  After dredging the chicken pieces in egg I threw them in the bag, tossed again and voila!

Once out of the oven, you need to let them cool off a little bit but then you can get to dipping.  I usually go with a trio of bbq sauce, blue cheese dressing, and mustard.  But you don’t have to stop there – take out the ranch, mustard and honey too!

This recipe for baked graham cracker chicken tenders is perfect for a kids' dinner or an adult snack!

Graham Cracker Chicken Tenders

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This recipe for baked graham cracker chicken tenders is perfect for a kids' dinner or an adult snack! Easy and delicious!

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds chicken, fat trimmed and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 2 large eggs, beaten

Dipping Sauces

  • Ranch dressing
  • Blue Cheese dressing
  • BBQ sauce
  • Mustard

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and line a cookie sheet with foil.
  2. In a plastic bag, combine the graham cracker crumbs, salt and pepper. Take 4-5 pieces of chicken and dredge them in the egg. Put them in the bag and toss the chicken pieces in the graham cracker pieces. Remove them from the bag and put the chicken on the cookie sheet. Repeat with all of the chicken pieces.
  3. Bake for 25 minutes or until the chicken is cooked all the way through.
  4. Serve with dipping sauces

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Recipe Notes

You can substitute black pepper for the white pepper.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
Amount Per Serving As Served
Calories 2637kcal Calories from fat 1436
% Daily Value
Total Fat 160g 246%
Saturated Fat 44g 220%
Transfat 1g
Cholesterol 1052mg 351%
Sodium 2310mg 96%
Carbohydrate 99g 33%
Dietary Fiber 4g 16%
Sugars 32g
Protein 190g

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

Calories 2000
Total Fat Less than 65g
Sat Fat Less than 25g
Cholesterol Less than 300mg
Sodium Less than 2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate 300g
Dietary Fiber 25g

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  3. Graham crackers, on chicken? That sounds a bit odd. I have used saltine crackers before but never these. If someone offered me one to try I’d try it. I don’t think I would cook it without tasting it first.

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  4. These are so much better than said restaurant’s version and much cheaper and healthier as well… homemade is best! 🙂
    Yummy recipe, thanks Jenny B.

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  6. Your’s look so good! I just can’t seem to get a handle on the whole ‘oven fried’ thing. Mine turn out mushy and pale.

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  11. This looks absolutely DELICIOUS!!! I love Chicken and graham crackers, I wonder how the combination of the two would taste

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  14. WHoa! This seems weird and fantastic all at once! I must try this, I would never think to put these flavors together on my own.

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  19. This is so genius! I would of never thought to do anything like this. What a great way to use up those graham crackers. I will have to try this, they look amazing!

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  21. Would never have thought to use graham crackers for these. I bet my 7- and 10 -year-old boys would love them!

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  30. I have some extra graham cracker crumbs too and this would be the perfect way to use them! Pinning and hoping to try it out soon!

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  35. I am so intrigued by the graham crackers. What a fabulous idea to put on chicken tenders. We rarely eat them but I have been having a huge craving for them. I can’t wait to try them this way.

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  36. These were great! I used chicken breasts and cooked them on a rack. Perfectly moist chicken with a crispy, but not too sweet, crust! 1-yr-old and 3-yr-old loved them.

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  37. Thank you very much for this great idea! I made this for dinner tonight for my 14 yr old daughter and I. I made it exactly per the instructions. Our reaction was “it’s different”. It didn’t taste “bad”, but it tasted like it was missing something. Adding a little extra salt & pepper helped but it still seemed to lack seasoning. I thought that mixing in a packet of ranch dressing mix in with the dredge would have livened it up. Or maybe even a couple pinches of cayenne & sugar to give it a little spice & sweetness. but that might be something for more mature tastes, instead of let’s say, making it for a child. If I ever experiment with it again I will probably go with the ranch mix. Once again, this was a great idea and although it wasn’t quite what I was expecting, it was still a good change for our pallets.

    Best Regards,

    Rob Dempley

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