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Published May 8, 2015 by Jennifer. 14 Comments.
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Hello PinkWhen readers! Justine from Cooking and Beer here to share my favorite monthly recipe with you all. These sweet and sticky chicken strips are so amazing you guys. Chicken breast is sliced up into thin strips, dredged in a crispy, crunchy panko bread crumb mixture and then baked to golden perfection. That’s right. These amazing little bites are baked, not fried. Tossed in a sweet and sticky sauce, these chicken strips are a must-have weeknight meal!

Sticky Chicken by CookingAndBeer for PinkWhen.com

How is everyone’s spring going? My better half and I have had a very busy spring so far. With an immense amount of traveling, getting ready to list our house for sale and building a new home, we have been super busy. Oh, and there’s also my nightly Netflix binge-watching fest, but whose keeping track of that really? With all that is going on in our lives, easy dinners are best and so totally necessary. I’m sure you can relate. I can’t tell you how many times after a long day of cooking, writing and blogging, I don’t even want to think about cooking dinner. Poor Zach (that’s my better half), sometimes he’s stuck with an omelet and a small salad. This happens at least 2 to 3 times a week.

These sweet and sticky chicken strips are so amazing you guys. Chicken breast is sliced up into thin strips, dredged in a crispy, crunchy panko bread crumb mixture and then baked to golden perfection.

I kind of feel bad for him, but not really. 😉

Sticky Chicken by CookingAndBeer for PinkWhen.com

 

Enter chicken. Chicken is a staple in my house. I will normally grill or bake a couple of pounds of chicken at the beginning of the week, and add it to salads, eggs, and other simple recipes as the week progresses. These sweet and sticky chicken strips have made quite a few appearances on my dinner table lately because they are so easy AND quick to make.

Sweet and Sticky Chicken Strips

Another thing I love about these sweet and sticky chicken strips, is the smell it doesn’t create! One thing I hate more than almost anything else on this planet, is the smell of fried food lingering in my house. Now, don’t get me wrong. I LOVE to eat fried food, more than I probably should actually, but that smell…I just can’t stand the smell it leaves behind, and it stays there! It stays there and permeates for days. I’m literally shivering just thinking about it. These chicken strips are baked, but you still achieve that crispiness you crave from something that has been fried. Trust me, these chicken strips will make you so happy! I have dreams about them…

….seriously, I do. Recipe is below!

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Sweet and Sticky Chicken Strips

Prep Time: 10 min

Cook Time: 22 min

Total Time: 32 min

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 pound boneless and skinless chicken breast, cut into strips

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

2 eggs mixed with 1 tablespoon of water

1 cup panko bread crumbs

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1/2 cup cayenne pepper sauce (like Frank’s Red Hot)

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

ranch, for serving

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with foil. Spray it generously with non-stick spray. Set aside.

To one shallow bowl, add the flour. To a second shallow bowl, add the egg wash (2 eggs mixed with 1 tablespoon of water); and to a third shallow bowl, combine the bread crumbs, salt, garlic powder and cayenne pepper.

Dredge the chicken strips in the flour, shaking to get rid of any excess. Transfer to the egg wash and fully coat. Finally, place the chicken strips in the panko bread crumb mixture and press to adhere where necessary. Place the chicken strips on the prepared baking sheet and spray generously with a non-stick spray. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until crispy, brown and cooked through.

While the chicken is cooking, prepare your sauce. In a medium saucepan, whisk together the brown sugar, cayenne pepper sauce and butter. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and then remove from heat.

Once the chicken has cooked, toss it in the sauce. Serve immediately with ranch. Enjoy!


Sweet and Sticky Chicken Strips

Justine Sulia
Chicken breast is sliced up into thin strips, dredged in a crispy, crunchy panko bread crumb mixture and then baked to golden perfection. That's right. These amazing little bites are baked, not fried. Tossed in a sweet and sticky sauce, these chicken strips are a must-have weeknight meal!
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 22 minutes mins
Total Time 32 minutes mins
Course dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 4
Calories 673 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound boneless and skinless chicken breast cut into strips
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 eggs mixed with 1 tablespoon of water
  • 1 cup panko bread crumbs
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup cayenne pepper sauce like Frank's Red Hot
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • ranch for serving

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with foil. Spray it generously with non-stick spray. Set aside.
  • To one shallow bowl, add the flour. To a second shallow bowl, add the egg wash (2 eggs mixed with 1 tablespoon of water); and to a third shallow bowl, combine the bread crumbs, salt, garlic powder and cayenne pepper.
  • Dredge the chicken strips in the flour, shaking to get rid of any excess. Transfer to the egg wash and fully coat. Finally, place the chicken strips in the panko bread crumb mixture and press to adhere where necessary. Place the chicken strips on the prepared baking sheet and spray generously with a non-stick spray. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until crispy, brown and cooked through.
  • While the chicken is cooking, prepare your sauce. In a medium saucepan, whisk together the brown sugar, cayenne pepper sauce and butter. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and then remove from heat.
  • Once the chicken has cooked, toss it in the sauce. Serve immediately with ranch. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 673kcalCarbohydrates: 110gProtein: 31gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 169mgSodium: 1380mgPotassium: 657mgFiber: 1gSugar: 81gVitamin A: 430IUVitamin C: 23.8mgCalcium: 117mgIron: 3.3mg

*Nutritional information is a calculated guesstimate. Please note that this can change with different brands and modifications you may make to the recipe. For the most accurate information, use a nutritional calculator with the exact brands and measurements you're using with each recipe.

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I hope you guys will love these sweet and sticky chicken strips as much as I do! They are so addicting! Have a wonderful Thursday, friends! I’ll see you all next month!

xoxo – Justine

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May 8, 2015 · 14 Comments

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  1. Tammy says

    May 8, 2015 at 19:13

    You say “ranch” at the end of the ingredients. Ranch what?? And it doesn’t say what to do with “ranch” once you find out what it is. Thank you in advance for your reply

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  2. Beck says

    May 8, 2015 at 23:36

    Yum! These look tantalizing!

    Reply
  3. Sarah says

    May 17, 2015 at 19:49

    These sound great!!! Found you at Share it One More Time!

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  4. Amanda @ The Chunky Chef says

    May 21, 2015 at 20:55

    Ohhhhh man… anything that looks that crunchy… I MUST try 😀 These chicken strips look great!

    Reply
  5. mary beth says

    May 24, 2015 at 06:54

    Thanks for the delicious recipe. Just wondering, I can’t copy and save to “Pepperplate” and can’t find the print icon. Am I missing something, really want to try it..Thank you!

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    • Jennifer says

      May 26, 2015 at 06:32

      I’ve added a recipe card into the post for you so you can easily print it out now 🙂

      Reply
  6. Mila says

    May 24, 2015 at 12:23

    I love chicken strips!
    It sounds like my perfect dinner 🙂

    Reply
  7. Karly says

    May 24, 2015 at 20:07

    This looks incredibility delicious! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!

    Reply
  8. Brittany says

    May 27, 2015 at 20:34

    Drooling over these pictures…need to try this! Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty 🙂

    Reply
  9. Kendra @ www.joyinourhome.com says

    May 27, 2015 at 23:18

    What I would give for a plate of these right now! They look amazing! Pinning 🙂 Thanks for sharing at Your Turn To Shine Jen! Featuring you tomorrow 🙂

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  10. J. Mac Neal says

    January 30, 2016 at 08:38

    Hi, Jen… The sweet-and-sticky chicken strips look so appetizing, but I have two questions:

    1. I’m sure there are a lot of spicy heat lovers out there, but for the rest of us, what’s the dish like without the hot sauce? 1/2 cup cayenne pepper sauce… YIKES! I can’t take that much of that kind of ingredient, and I even have to be careful where it comes to adding the tiniest amounts of cayenne itself because it acts like a nuclear bomb on my tongue. Would plain tomato or marinara sauce work an alternative for the hot sauce part of the sticky sauce? I’m talking subbing for texture, not for heat. Because I’m thinking that the body of the sticky sauce needs something besides brown sugar and butter.

    2. In the photo there appears to be an all-over sprinkling of sesame seeds on the sticky chicken strips, but I didn’t see sesame seeds in the list of ingredients. Would you say a teaspoon or two would do?

    Reply

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