Always Keep This Snack in Your Freezer!!! | Air Fryer Chicken Fingers for Snack City

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INGREDIENTS

5 lbs (2270 g) boneless skinless chicken breast
2½ cups (250 g) corn chex ground
1¼ cups (150 g) tapioca flour or cornstarch
2 eggs
3 tbsp (45 g) water
salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp (30 g) oil spray

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR THE CHICKEN FINGERS
1. Cut your chicken breasts into chicken finger sized pieces. I shoot for between 1"-1.5" in diameter and 4-5" long. Season with salt and pepper.

2. Prep your breading by placing the corn chex into a blender or food processor and blending into a flour. Lightly season the breading with salt and pepper.

3. Set up three bowls, one with the eggs and water beaten together, one with the cornstarch, and one with the breading. You can also use large ziplock bags for the breading steps if you wish.

4. Coat the chicken in cornstarch, then dunk in the egg wash, and then transfer to the corn chex and coat evenly. Shake off any excess and place on a sheet pan to prepare to be air fried.

5. Keep one of your hands as the wet hand for the eggs and one as the dry hand for the breading, this will keep it from gunking up on your fingers.
Once all of your chicken is breaded, preheat your air fryer to 400°F.

6. Place the chicken in a single layer in the basket and spray lightly with oil. Cook for 7-8 minutes then flip and lightly spray the other side. Cook for an additional 5-6 minutes or until golden brown.

7. Place the cooked pieces on a wire rack to cool and repeat this process until you have cooked all of the chicken.

STORAGE
8. Once all of the chicken has cooled, transfer it into a ziplock bag and remove all of the air. Store inside of Snack City in your freezer.

9. To reheat, add to your air fryer at 400°F for 7-10 minutes.
The nutrition values are an estimate for if you split the 5 lbs of chicken into 20 servings. If you need exact calorie information, you may want to calculate the exact values for your specific batch.

Calories: 195kcal | Carbohydrates: 17.1g | Protein: 23.4g | Fat: 3.7g

[davidcolin]

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[cryptarithmetic]

Phenomenal channel -- no fuss and easy meal prep for body builders

[hinatau]

Made these but ended up doing them as nuggets. Still brilliant! The corn chex is easy and tasty.

[stib]

Really liking all these air fryer recipes! Will try this out as well.

[slick]

I'm going to try this with pork loin strips... wish me luck!!!

[durtyzzzzzz]

These are so gas. Josh, you’re a legend mate.

[jackrdeen]

Have you ever tried breading these them freezing them raw and do the cook/reheat all at the same time when you are ready to eat some?

[Joe-eynw]

Just made these using my convection oven. They came out absolutely fantastic. So juicy and tender. Definitely will be making these frequently

[Loanarn]

I made 4 pounds of these today. Definitely need to make 10 pounds next time. These things are great!

[jonahwebster]

Did a test, half with corn starch half without, I didnt notice a difference, might be worth trying if youre trying to get bare bottom calories per tendy

[akingwithwords]

These chicken tenders combined with the mini waffles from another vid… TMPM Chicken & Waffles!

[JustRDanni]

We dont have corn chex in South Africa...anyone got suggestions on alternatives? I used to do this with corn flakes but dont like the after taste or texture...

[nikooooo]

id prefer to use a regular bread crumb or panko mix but how would it affect the calories?

[Jerry.]

How long can these be in the freezer for ?

[FutabaKIKS]

I tried this recipe today. However, I tried to use the convection setting on my oven. Unfortunately, the chicken did not turn out as well as I thought. After cooking, I found that the corn Chex did not crisp at all or change color much. Later batches I applied more oil, but noticed that one side would get soggy after cooking. I think the larger volume of my oven and the lack of a basket (I used a baking pan. No room to catch excess oil) makes this recipe harder to nail down. I will soon invest in an air fryer and have a second go at this recipe. However, the finished recipe does pretty good. The sweetness of the Chex does add an interesting twist.

[erikuzave]

How long will they last in the freezer?

[samuelhernandez]

Chicken tenderloin at Costco is cut exactly like this and has slightly better macros

[neensher]

I noticed you didn't mention having to flash freeze these? Does this mean they won't stick together in the freezer?

[americunuck]

Any tips to try microwaving these? I don't have access to an air-fryer at work and would like to bring these as part of meal prep.

[wyattpennington]

Can I use potato starch instead of corn / tapioca starch?