Almond Crusted Chicken Fingers

I have memories of chicken fingers growing up. My Mom was a single mom and often didn't get home from work until 6pm. But I always looked forward to her calls on the way home when she would walk me through instructions to get dinner ready and when you're trying to please the palettes of 3 young kids (okay, like pre-teens), chicken fingers was often on repeat in our home!

I haven't had them much since those days, typically because I don't buy a lot of frozen foods. Once I discovered how much easier and yummier it was to make things from scratch, I was all in! While it may be a bit more laborious to make it this way, it's so much more rewarding when you get to enjoy them.

I really believe spending time in the kitchen and using our own hands to make our own food helps to sculpt a positive relationship with food. It encourages you to ponder where your food came from, the journey it had to take to get to you and discover how nourishing and delicious it can be when you make it with #RealAssFood ingredients with your very own hands!

If you too are a kid at heart and are looking to please the pants off of a loved one (was that too far?) or want to win your kiddies over, serve up these Almond Crusted Chicken Fingers with your preferred dip of choice and some homemade sweet potato fries!

Almond Crusted Chicken Fingers

Ingredients

• 3 chicken breasts

• 2 eggs

• 1 1/2 cup almond meal (or ground almonds)

• 1/2 cup cashews, chopped

• 1 tbsp chili powder

• 1 tbsp onion flakes

• 1/2 tsp sea salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.

2. Cut chicken into strips.

3. Prepare a parchment-lined baking sheet and set aside.

4. In a bowl, mix together the dry ingredients (almond meal, cashews, chili powder, onion flakes and sea salt).

5. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs together. This will be your "egg wash".

6. Take each chicken strip and start by dipping it in the egg wash and then into your bowl of dry ingredients. Finish by laying the chicken strip on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining chicken strips.

7. Bake for around 20 minutes, cutting one down the middle to ensure it's cooked before removing them all.

8. Enjoy with your dip of choice (the BBQ Drizzle in this recipe also makes a great dip, which is what's shown in the photos!)