Recipe Alert- Coconut Crusted Chicken Strips

Yesterday was day 16 of The Whole 30 for me. Loving it and feeling fabulous, and totally inspired. Ever since hooking up my instagram again, and following the @paleopartridge, my meal creativity has seriously spiked. His recent IG posts had got me craving baked brussel sprouts (which BTW, are so much better than boiled or steamed!). I was also craving chicken, and since I have one extremely picky eating 3-year old, I decided to turn it into strips, with a side of Paleo Honey Mustard ('cuz my kids NEED to dip). I used franks, naturally. <3

Coconut Crusted Chicken Strips
Serves 4

Ingredients:

4, 4 oz boneless, skinless, chicken breasts.
2 eggs
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 cup flaked coconut (unsweetened)
dash of sea salt
a few cracks of ground pepper

4 tbs paleo mayo (if you want to get serious, you can find a recipe here)
1 tbs of paleo approved mustard (I used a djon containing mustard seed, vinegar, and spices)
1 tbs honey

Method:

Preheat oven to 400C. Cut chicken breasts lengthwise down the middle so they are strips. Whisk the eggs in a small bowl, set aside. In another bowl, measure out the coconut flour, set aside. And again, in another bowl, measure out the flaked coconut. Dip each chicken strip with tongs, one by one in the egg wash, so that its well coated (let excess egg drip off), then roll in the coconut flour, then back into the egg wash, and then lastly into the flaked coconut, then place on an oven sheet (I used one that had a grease trap on the bottom, though i'm not sure if this was necessary since they didn't have a lot of excess grease). Once all the strips are prepared, bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes (don't flip).

While the chicken strips are cooking prepare the honey mustard by mixing the 3 ingredients in a small bowl with a whisk. BOOM.

This was seriously, so quick and efficient to make, and the kids loved it, Summer actually finished her dinner which is super rare in our house.

And a big thank you to PaleoLeap for the inspiration.

-Steph
xoxoxo