Because every day you don’t feel like producing a five-star dining affair, today I am bringing you an easy, delicious and healthy dinner! You’re welcome.
Before I get to the super simple recipe, let me tell you a story about why I love cracker crumbs (which is what you will be using for breading). When I was a baby and toddler, every time I would start to throw a tantrum, I would be given one of those little 2 packs of saltine crackers. I would mush them (in the packet) between my teeth and play with them for hours. There is something incredibly soothing about it. So, when I first decided to use cracker crumbs in a recipe, that soothing feeling came flooding back, and now I will never use regular bread crumbs again.PS- There is also a song they sang to shut me up with the crackers, but I will spare you that!
One more thing before the recipe. My favorite condiment. I LOVE hot sauce. Love, love, love, love. I have made my own, I eat it on everything, and I will try every and any type I can get my hands on. But my very favorite hot sauce? Sylvia’s Kickin’ Hot Hot Sauce. For $1 a bottle, I could live off this stuff. The flavor is so good, and the heat is just enough to be spicy but not override the flavor. I highly recommend you pick a bottle up. Today. But not before you read this recipe…
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Baked BBQ Chicken Fingers
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb raw chicken tenders
- 1/3 bottle buffalo wing sauce (i.e. Frank’s Red Hot or Texas Pete’s)
- 1/3 bottle BBQ Sauce
- 1 sleeve fat-free saltine crackers (crushed into bread crumb size bits)
- Pepper
- Habanero Powder (optional)
Directions
- Place raw chicken in a plastic container with a tight sealing lid
- Pour buffalo & bbq sauce over the top of chicken
- Place lid tightly on container and shake well
- Allow to marinade for a minimum of 30 minutes or over night
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper, or tin foil with a layer of cooking spray
- Mix the cracker crumbs with the desired amount of pepper and Habanero powder
- Place the cracker crumbs on a flat plate
- Take marinated chicken, one at a time, and dredge through the cracker crumbs to coat
- Place chicken on the prepared cookie sheet and bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until cooked through. Do not flip during cooking.
- Remove from the oven, plate, and enjoy with your favorite dipping sauce (I opt for Sylvia’s Hot Sauce)
Quick Green Beans
Ingredients
- 1 can green beans (drained)
- 1/4 Vidalia onion (chopped)
- 1 large garlic clove (chopped)
- 1 tbs olive oil
Directions
- Heat olive oil & garlic in a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat
- When the oil starts to sizzle, add the onion
- Continue to cook until onion starts to get brown
- Add green beans to pan, stir, and cook on medium-high for 3 minutes
- Reduce heat to low, cover, and let simmer for at least 10 minutes, or until your main meal is ready
I love hot sauce so I’m definitely going to have to give Sylvia’s a try!
You won’t be disappointed. It has such a great hot sauce flavor!
I love easy dinner recipes like this. Haven’t used cracker crumbs as breading yet but I can imagine how awesome it tastes!
I need to make something buffalo at home one of these days. I love wings when we go out, and I feel like I need to incorporate them into our regular rotation… but without all the frying 🙂
I thank the heavens every day for Frank’s Red Hot. Yup, I admit it, I am a foodie and I LOVE Frank’s Red Hot!