{"id":252,"date":"2010-05-25T07:04:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T14:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiddy.wordpress.com\/?p=252"},"modified":"2010-05-25T07:04:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T14:04:03","slug":"cashew-crusted-chicken-strips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Cashew Crusted Chicken Strips"},"content":{"rendered":"

I took Higgy out for his morning backyard time and noticed something floating in the pool…<\/p>\n

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It was a bee hitching a ride across the shallow end. Is it weird that I immediately started thinking of the German honey I had and what I could make that would include using it as an ingredient? Probably should have been more concerned about saving Mr. Bee.<\/p>\n

I had purchased two trays of chicken breasts\u00a0 for the weekend BBQ and didn’t end up cooking everything. I saved 3 breasts to cook another way. I’ve been wanting to incorporate nuts into a coating, but wasn’t really sure what kind. I’ve seen so many recipes for baked “fried” chicken. My SIL brought a can of cashews to the weekend BBQ, so I wanted to use up the last of those. I’ve seen recipes that used pistachios and walnuts, so I looked online and took things from each recipe that I thought would work well together.<\/p>\n

Ingredients for<\/strong> Cashew Crusted Chicken Strips w\/Honey Mustard Sauce:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For the Chicken Strips:<\/strong>
\n3 Chicken Breasts (I cut each breast into 4 pieces)
\n1\/2 Cup Cashews (lightly salted)
\n1\/2 Cup Panko Bread Crumbs
\n<\/strong>1\/8 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper – <\/strong>I used an extra dash
\n1 Large Egg White
\n1 Heaping Tablespoon Dijon Mustard
\n2 Tablespoons Loosely Packed Parsley
\nSalt and Pepper to Taste
\nCooking Spray (I used olive oil spray)<\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.<\/p>\n

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Combine the panko, cashews, cayenne, parsley and salt and pepper in a bowl. This photo is missing the parsley. The one with came out too blurry.<\/p>\n

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I used my chopper instead of breaking out the food processor to chop up the cashews – it worked great! I ended up putting the dry ingredients in a glass pie dish for the coating process.<\/p>\n

I used a second dish for the wet ingredients.<\/p>\n

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I separated the egg and then added the dijon mustard to the egg white and whisked things together.<\/p>\n

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One at a time, I\u00a0 dipped the chicken strips into the egg white\/dijon\u00a0mixture, then into the cashew\/panko mixture. I pressed firmly and made sure both sides were coated really well.<\/p>\n

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I got all 12 tenders arranged on the spray coated baking sheet and put them into the oven for 15 minutes. I then gave them a quick turn and put them back in for another 15 minutes. I wasn’t very happy with the color – they didn’t brown up as much as I would have liked. I used a new brand of panko – maybe that was it… who knows. I was very careful to not over bake the chicken – I wanted juicy tenders.<\/p>\n

While the chicken was in the oven, I whipped up the “bee” inspired sauce.<\/p>\n

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Ingredients for Honey Mustard Sauce:
\n<\/strong>3 Tablespoons Honey
\n2 Tablespoons Dijon
\n2 Tablespoons Mayo<\/p>\n

I kept tweaking it, so the measurements are close guesses.<\/p>\n

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The chicken strips tasted delicious! Dan’s comment – they are crunchy! He liked them better with BBQ sauce, but then again… he isn’t a huge honey mustard fan to begin with. I felt like the strips were flavorful enough that you didn’t even need a sauce. I plan on using the leftovers in lunch salads for the week. I will for sure be making these again – next time I might even try a different nut… because I’m crazy like that, hah!<\/p>\n

In other news… Today Dan and I celebrate our Wedding Anniversary. It’s so hard to believe that it’s already been 6 years since our beautiful wedding in Maui.<\/p>\n

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We look so um… thin and young… \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

The plan is to go out for a nice anniversary dinner. Cheers to my awesome hubby and\u00a0the best 6 years of my life! Can’t wait to see what the future holds.
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I took Higgy out for his morning backyard time and noticed something floating in the pool… It was a bee hitching a ride across the shallow end. Is it weird that I immediately started thinking of the German honey I had and what I could make that would include using it as an ingredient? Probably … <\/p>\n

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